generateMap {wpm} | R Documentation

## Generate a plate map according to the input parameters

### Description

This function generates a plate map using a backtracking algorithm and returns a dataframe if success. If it fails to find a solution, returns NULL. If there are not enough wells to place all the samples, returns 0.

### Usage

    generateMap(
      user_df,
      nb_rows,
      nb_cols,
      df_forbidden,
      mod,
      max_it,
      updateProgress = NULL
    )

### Arguments

`user_df` | dataframe containing 9 features: Sample, ID, Group, Sample.name, Well, Status, Row, Column, Plate. See details.
`nb_rows` | numeric, number of lines on the plate
`nb_cols` | numeric, number of columns on the plate
`df_forbidden` | dataframe with the same structure than user_df, but for the forbidden, buffer solutions and Not randomized wells.
`mod` | character, neighborhood spatial constraint
`max_it` | numeric, maximum number of attempts to generate a plate plan before returning a failure.
`updateProgress` | shiny object, reports progress to the user.

### Details

The dataframe is generated using dedicated functions of the wpm package: 'convertCSV()', 'convertESet()' or 'convertSE()'. But the user can also generate it by hand.

A number of attempts is allowed. Consequently, if the maximal number if attempts is reeched and no solution was found with the backtracking (i.e. the randomWalk does not return a dataframe), this function prints a warning message and returns NULL. If a solution is found, then it returns the dataframe.

### Value

Returns a dataframe containing all the data of the plate map(s)

[Package wpm version 1.2.1 Index]