Vega (version 1.20.0)

sortData: This function sorts a dataset file by the genomic position of the probes.

Description

This function sorts a dataset file by the genomic position of the probes. This function makes very easy the integration of VegaMC with the output of PennCNV tool.

Usage

sortData(dataset, output_file_name = "")

Arguments

dataset

Dataset file.

output_file_name

Name of the file in which sorted data are stored.

Value

• This function returns the input matrix ordered by the genomic position of the probes.

References

Morganella S., and Ceccarelli M. VegaMC: a R/bioconductor package for fast downstream analysis of large array comparative genomic hybridization datasets. Bioinformatics, 28(19):2512-4 (2012).

Examples

## Copy the example dataset in current folder
    file.copy(system.file("example/breast_Affy500K.txt", package="VegaMC"), 
                            ".")


    ## Sort data and save results in sorted.txt file
    sortData("breast_Affy500K.txt", "sorted.txt");