RbioRXN (version 1.3.1)

build.subtable: Build sub-table for the entries with multiple values

Description

When you download biochemical reaction data with functions such as get.kegg.all(), get.metacyc.all(), get.rhea.all(), etc, some entries have multiple values such as "synonyms". This function allows to build sub-table that separates multiple values in different rows.

Usage

build.subtable(table, column1, column2, separator = "///")

Arguments

table

data.frame object where multiple entries exist

column1

It is usually first column name for unique ID

column2

The column name where the column contains multiple values (e.g., synonyms)

separator

Separator symbol (default is "///")

Value

• data.frame() object

Examples

data(example) # load example data

chebi = example$chebi # sample ChEBI
chebi.sub = build.subtable(table = chebi, column1 = "chebi", column2 = "synonyms", separator="///")
head(chebi.sub)