readNimblegen: Function to read in Nimblegen Intensity Text Files
Description
Function to read in Nimblegen Intensity Text Files into an
RGList. Calls some other functions for actual reading of data.
This function is to be used with two-color NimbleGen array data.
Use the function read.xysfiles of the oligo package
for single-color data.
Name of the file describing the arrays. In
limma this file would be called targets file.
spotTypesFile
spot types also used by limma
path
Path to directoy that hold the files hybesFile,
spotTypesFile and also the intensity files. Set this to
NULL if you prefer the arguments hybesFile,
spotTypesFile and the file-name entries of the hybes file to
be treated as absolute or relative file paths themselves.
headerPattern
string; pattern used to identify explantory
header lines in the supplied pair-format files
verbose
logical; progress output to STDOUT?
...
further arguments passed on the readNgIntensitiesTxt
Value
Returns raw intensity values in form of an RGList.