CALIB (version 1.38.0)

getColClasses: Construct colClasses vector for use within read.rg function

Description

Construct a colClasses vector, an argument in read.table used in read.rg

Usage

getColClasses(cols,...)

Arguments

cols

a character vector of all columns to search against

...

accepts any character lists, character vectors or weight functions to match wanted columns against cols

Value

Character. A named vector of classes to assumed for the columns. Possible values are NA (when type.convert is used), NULL (when the column is skipped).

Details

This is an internally called function by read.rg to create a colClasses vector used in read.table for fast loading of only required columns in read.rg

References

getColClasses in limma package

Examples

allcnames <- c("Block","Column","Row","Name","ID", "F635 Mean","F532 Mean","Flag","Autoflag")
Annotation <- c("Block","Column")
Columns <- list(R="F635 Mean",G="F532 Mean")

getColClasses(allcnames, Annotation, Columns)