readArr            package:AffyCompatible            R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This functions reads the content of Affymetrix ARR sample
     attribute files created by GeneChip(R) Command Console. Objects
     are represented as R classes. Navigation and extraction of data
     are described in the vignette `Retrieving MAGE and ARR sample
     attributes'.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     readArr(fls, ...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

     fls: A character vector containing the paths to files to be read.

     ...: Additional arguments, currently unused.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     An object or list of objects of class 'ArrayFileSet', depending on
     whether one or several file paths are provided.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Martin Morgan

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     The vignette `Retrieving MAGE and ARR sample attributes' for
     detailed illustration of use.

     'xclass' and 'readXml' for advanced access methods.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     dir <- system.file("extdata", "ARR", package="AffyCompatible")
     fls <- list.files(dir, full=TRUE)
     readArr(fls[[1]])
     readArr(fls)

