ilarCodeDescription {FlowRepositoryR} | R Documentation |
This function returns the name of a lab based on its ILAR code,
see http://dels.nas.edu/global/ilar/Lab-Codes
.
This function works only with a very limited set of ILAR codes defined
for IMPC centers. A NULL value will be returned for all unknown
centers.
ilarCodeDescription(ilarCode)
ilarCode |
ILAR code of an IMPC centre, or a list of ILAR codes, or a vector of ILAR codes. The code (or codes) will be looked in an internal database of ILAR codes, which contains labs from IMPC centers only. The codes are case sensitive. |
ILAR codes of IMPC centers are stored in an internal database (environment serving as a hash table), which is used to lookup the results of this function. The ILAR codes are case sensiteve. The function can handle a single code as well as a list (or vector) of codes.
An object of class character
containing a human readable name
of the lab corresponding to this ILAR code. If a list (or vector) of
multiple codes is submitted, then a vector of multiple descriptions
will be returned. The length of the output will match the length of
the input.
Josef Spidlen
## Checking internal dictionary ## Codes are case sensitive ilarCodeDescription("H") ilarCodeDescription(listKnownIlarCodes())