VegaMC (version 3.10.0)

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");