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IFC (version 0.2.1)

ExtractFromFCS: FCS File Reader

Description

Extracts data from Flow Cytometry Standard (FCS) Files.

Usage

ExtractFromFCS(fileName, ...)

Value

A named list of class `IFC_data`, whose members are:

-description, a list of descriptive information,

-Merged_fcs, character vector of path of files used to create fcs, if input was a merged,

-Keywords, a named-list of keywords values, only keywords from 1st 'fcs' segment will be retrieved

-fileName, path of fileName input,

-fileName_image, path of .cif image fileName is referring to,

-features, a data.frame of features,

-features_def, a describing how features are defined,

-graphs, a list of graphical elements found,

-pops, a list describing populations found,

-regions, a list describing how regions are defined,

-images, a data.frame describing information about images,

-offsets, an integer vector of images and masks IFDs offsets,

-stats, a data.frame describing populations count and percentage to parent and total population,

-checksum, a checksum integer.

Arguments

fileName

path(s) of file(s). If multiple files are provided they will be merged and populations will be created to identify each single file within returned `IFC_data` object.

...

other arguments to be passed to readFCS function, with the exception of 'options$text_only'.