DAVIDQuery (version 1.32.0)

getAffyChipTypes: Retrieve all Affymetrix array type available from DAVID database.

Description

Retrieve all Affymetrix array type available from DAVID database.

Usage

getAffyChipTypes(urlBase=DAVIDURLBase, curl=RCurl::getCurlHandle(), verbose=TRUE)

Arguments

urlBase

the DAVID main page url. Default is DAVIDURLBase.

curl

RCurl handle. Default is getCurlHandle()

verbose

if TRUE enables diagnostic messages

Value

The first column is a decorated Affymetrix array name, i.e. the name which appears in the corresponding drop-down list on the DAVID web site. The second column is an actual DAVID URL address of the file containing the Affymetrix probeset IDs

Details

When the getAffyChipTypes gets called the first time within the R session, it retrieves the set of annotation values from the DAVID web services, stores them within the DAVIDAffyChipChoices data structure and then reuses it in subsequent calls.

See Also

getAnnotationChoices, getIdConversionChoices, getAffyProbesetList, DAVIDQuery