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affxparser (version 1.44.0)

readCdfHeader: Reads the header associated with an Affymetrix CDF file

Description

Reads the header of an Affymetrix CDF file using the Fusion SDK.

Usage

readCdfHeader(filename)

Arguments

filename
name of the CDF file.

Value

A named list with the following components:
rows
the number of rows on the chip.
cols
the number of columns on the chip.
probesets
the number of probesets on the chip.
qcprobesets
the number of QC probesets on the chip.
reference
the reference sequence (this component only exists for resequencing chips).
chiptype
the type of the chip.
filename
the name of the cdf file.

See Also

readCdfUnits().

Examples

Run this code
for (zzz in 0) {

# Find any CDF file
cdfFile <- findCdf()
if (is.null(cdfFile))
  break

header <- readCdfHeader(cdfFile)
print(header)

} # for (zzz in 0)

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