addRI {metaMS} | R Documentation

## Add retention index information to an msp object

### Description

Given an msp object and the retention times and indices of a series of reference compounds, the function adds an RI field to every entry of the msp object. This will only be done if there is not already an RI field: existing information will not be overwritten.

### Usage

    addRI(mspobj, RIstandards, isMSP = TRUE)

### Arguments

`mspobj` | An msp object.
`RIstandards` | A two-column matrix containing for the standards defining the RI scale both retention times and retention indices.
`isMSP` | Logical: if TRUE, then the spectra are stored in slot `pspectrum`; otherwise the spectra are simply the list elements of `DB` - matrices with three columns.

### Value

An msp object, now also containing an RI slot.

### Note

If the retention time of a compound is outside the range of the RI standards, NA will be used as RI value.

### Author(s)

Ron Wehrens

### Examples

    if (require(metaMSdata)) {
      manual.fname <- list.files(system.file("extdata", package = "metaMSdata"),
                                 pattern = "msp", full.names = TRUE)
      manual <- read.msp(manual.fname)
      RIstandards <- cbind("rt" = c(1.54, 1.68, 1.99, 2.7, 4.36, 6.81, 9.43,
                                    11.88, 14.17, 16.34, 18.39, 20.33, 22.18,
                                    23.93, 25.5, 27.18, 28.72, 30.26, 31.75,
                                    33.19, 34.58, 35.95),
                           "RI" = (6:27)*100)

      manualRI <- addRI(manual, RIstandards)
    }

[Package metaMS version 1.28.0 Index]