COMBIA (version 1.0.6)

readFile: Reads experimental data from a file. This function reads the data from specified (excel,log, txt etc) file and store it in a data frame.

Description

Reads experimental data from a file. This function reads the data from specified (excel,log, txt etc) file and store it in a data frame.

Usage

readFile(filename, separator, sheet, noofrows_skip, readplates,
  numberofrowsperplate, platetype)

Arguments

filename

Filename.ext.

separator

Any character(, ; ' etc) that is used as a separator in specified file.

sheet

Need to use only when reading excel files. It is the number of the excel sheet to be read in a worksheet.

noofrows_skip

Number of the rows in the file that should be skipped before starting the data reading.

readplates

Number of the plates that you want to read from a set of plates in a file.This parameter can only be used with excel files. Otherwise it will be ignored.

numberofrowsperplate

It is calculated on the basis of type of plates i-e number of rows per plates are 17 for 384 well plates(16 lines from plates + 1 header lines) and 9 for 96 well plates (8 lines from plates + 1 header lines).

platetype

type of plate used i-e 384 or 96 well plate.

Value

Data frame of file data.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
f <- system.file("extdata", "optima.log", package="COMBIA")
fileDF <- readFile(filename = f, separator ="\t", sheet=1, noofrows_skip=0,   
readplates=1, numberofrowsperplate=17, platetype="384")  
# }