readTemplate {ddPCRclust} | R Documentation

## Read a template file from disk

### Description

This function reads a template file for ddPCRclust from disk and returns a run template and annotations. Please refer to the vignette for information on how this file need to be formatted.

### Usage

    readTemplate(template)

### Arguments

`template` | A csv file containing information about the individual ddPCR runs. An example template is provided with this package. For more information, please check the vignette or the repository on github.

### Value

`annotations` | The metatdata provided in the header of the template. It contains four fields: `Name` The name given to this ddPCR experiment `Ch1` Color channel 1 (usually HEX) `Ch2` Color channel 2 (usually FAM) `descriptions` Additional descriptions about this ddPCR experiment (e.g. date, exprimentor, etc.)
`template` | A parsed dataframe containing the template.

### Examples

    # Read template
    exampleFiles <- list.files(paste0(find.package('ddPCRclust'), '/extdata'), full.names = TRUE)
    template <- readTemplate(exampleFiles[9])

[Package ddPCRclust version 1.8.0 Index]