read.MIAME {Biobase} | R Documentation |
Reads MIAME information from a file or using a widget.
read.MIAME(filename = NULL, widget = getOption("BioC")$Base$use.widgets, ...)
filename |
Filename from which to read MIAME information. |
widget |
Logical. If |
... |
Further arguments to |
Notice that the MIAME
class tries to cover the MIAME entries that are not covered by other
classes in Bioconductor. Namely, experimental design, samples,
hybridizations, normalization controls, and pre-processing
information.
The function scan
is used to read.
The file must be a flat file with the
different entries for the instance
of MIAME class separated by carriage returns. The order should be: name, lab,
contact, title, abstract, and url.
Alternatively a widget can be used.
An object of class MIAME
.
Rafael Irizarry <rafa@jhu.edu>
miame <- read.MIAME(widget=FALSE) ##creates an empty instance show(miame)