readBead {BeadExplorer}R Documentation

Read BeadStudio expression data file

Description

Read BeadStudio expression data file

Usage

readBead(filenames = NULL, annotation = "", verbose = TRUE, version="Two")

Arguments

filenames A character filename or vector of filenames corresponding to the Illumina BeadStudio 'gene profile.csv' file
annotation A character representing a unique name to give to the analysis
verbose Logical, specifying whether a commentary should be provided
version A character specifying the version of BeadStudio used to create the intensity data, "One" or "Two"

Details

Reads an Illumina intnesity data file produced by BeadStudio. Using BeadStudio version 'One" the file will have a 'gene profile.csv' extension and using version "Two" the file will have a .txt extension. See package vignette for more information. Multiple filenames can be specified as a vector and the data are then combined into one output file. This function should only really be used for custom analysis as the beadAnalysis() function provides easier, flexible use.

Value

A beadData-class object containing the BeadChip informations (combined if multiple files are submitted)

Author(s)

Gareth Elvidge gareth.elvidge@well.ox.ac.uk

See Also

See Also as help

Examples

## Not run: 
data<-readBead ("filename")
## End(Not run)

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