pcrimport2: Simple qPCR data import function (i.e. from text files or clipboard)
Description
Simple wrapper function to easily import qPCR data from the clipboard (default) or tab-delimited text files.
In contrast to pcrimport
, this function has no enhanced formatting features, but is quick and
easy to use on data that has been pre-formatted, i.e. as in dataset reps
('Cycles' in the first column, all
remaining columns with sensible names.
Usage
pcrimport2(file = "clipboard", sep = "\t", header = TRUE, quote = "",
dec = ".", colClasses = "numeric", ...)
Arguments
file
the name of the file which the data are to be read from (full path).
sep
the field separator character.
header
a logical value indicating whether the file contains the names of the variables as its first line.
quote
the set of quoting characters.
dec
the character used in the file to denote decimal points.
colClasses
character. A vector of classes to be assumed for the columns.
Value
A data frame containing a representation of the data in the file.
Details
For a more detailed description of the arguments see read.table
.
Examples
Run this code# NOT RUN {
## Paste some Excel data into the clipboard.
# }
# NOT RUN {
temp <- pcrimport2()
# }
# NOT RUN {
## From a tab-delimited text file.
# }
# NOT RUN {
temp <- pcrimport2("c:\temp\foo.txt")
# }
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