\HeaderA{readSpot}{Extraction of measures from Spot (.spot) files.}{readSpot}
\keyword{programming}{readSpot}
\begin{Description}\relax
This component reads a Spot file (.spot) and returns
columns used for quality control.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
readSpot(fnames = NULL, path= ".", galfile=NULL,DEBUG=FALSE, skip = 0, sep ="\t",quote="\"",controlId="ID", ...)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{fnames}] A "character" string naming the input file.
\item[\code{path}] a "character" string representing the data directory.  By
default this is set to the current working directory (".").
\item[\code{galfile}] A "character" string naming the galfile associated
with the input file. If galfile = NULL, readSpot will use the first
.gal file found in the working directory.
\item[\code{DEBUG}] If 'TRUE', debug statements are printed.
\item[\code{skip}] Number of lines to skip in the gpr files.
\item[\code{sep}] A "character" string defining the type of separation for
the columns in the gpr files.
\item[\code{quote}] A "character" string defining the type of quote in the
gpr files.
\item[\code{controlId}] Character string. Name of the column of the Spot
file used to define controls.
\item[\code{...}] additional arguments.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Value}
A list of vectors containing information extracted from the
Agilent file
\end{Value}
\begin{Author}\relax
Agnes Paquet
\end{Author}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\LinkA{slideQuality}{slideQuality}}, \code{\LinkA{agQuality}{agQuality}}, \code{\LinkA{globalQuality}{globalQuality}}
\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

