readCcg: Reads an Affymetrix Command Console Generic (CCG) Data file
Description
Reads an Affymetrix Command Console Generic (CCG) Data file. The CCG data file format is also known as the
Calvin file format.
Usage
readCcg(pathname, verbose=0, .filter=NULL, ...)
Arguments
pathname
The pathname of the CCG file.
verbose
An integer
specifying the verbose level. If 0, the
file is parsed quietly. The higher numbers, the more details. Value
A named list
structure consisting of ...
About the CCG file format
A CCG file, consists of a "file header", a "generic data header",
and "data" section, as outlined here:
- File Header
- Generic Data Header (for the file)
- Generic Data Header (for the files 1st parent)
- Generic Data Header (for the files 1st parents 1st parent)
- Generic Data Header (for the files 1st parents 2nd parent)
- ...
- Generic Data Header (for the files 1st parents Mth parent)
- Generic Data Header (for the files 2nd parent)
- ...
- Generic Data Header (for the files Nth parent)
- Data
- Data Group \#1
- Data Set \#1
- Parameters
- Column definitions
- Matrix of data
- Data Set \#2
- ...
- Data Set \#L
- Data Group \#2
- ...
- Data Group \#K
Details
Note, the current implementation of this methods does not utilize the
Affymetrix Fusion SDK library. Instead, it is implemented in R from the
file format definition [1].