\HeaderA{readGPR}{Reading GenePix gpr file}{readGPR}
\keyword{programming}{readGPR}
\begin{Description}\relax
This component reads a GenePix file (.gpr) and returns
columns used for quality control.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
readGPR(fnames = NULL, path= ".", DEBUG=FALSE, skip = 0, sep ="\t",
quote="\"", ...)
\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{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{...}] additional arguments.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Value}
A list of vectors containing information extracted from the
GenePix file
\end{Value}
\begin{Author}\relax
Agnes Paquet
\end{Author}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\LinkA{slideQuality}{slideQuality}}, \code{\LinkA{gpQuality}{gpQuality}}, \code{\LinkA{globalQuality}{globalQuality}}
\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
datadir <- system.file("gprQCData", package="arrayQuality")
if (interactive())
gprData <- readGPR(fnames="9Mm137.gpr", path=datadir)
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

