getGDS {phantasus} | R Documentation

## Load ExpressionSet from GEO Datasets

### Description

`getGDS` return the ExpressionSet object corresponding to GEO Dataset identifier.

### Usage

    getGDS(name, destdir = tempdir(), mirrorPath = "https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov")

### Arguments

`name` | String, containing GEO identifier of the dataset. It should start with 'GSE' or 'GDS' and can include exact GPL to annotate dataset, separated with dash ('-') from the identifier.
`destdir` | Directory for caching loaded Series and GPL files from GEO database.
`mirrorPath` | URL string which specifies the source of matrices.

### Value

ExpressionSet object wrapped in list, that was available by given in `name` variable GEO identifier.

### Examples

    getGDS('GDS4922')

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