chromConverter (version 0.7.5)

read_chromeleon: Read 'Chromeleon' ASCII files

Description

Reads 'Thermo Fisher Chromeleon™ CDS' ASCII (.txt) files.

Usage

read_chromeleon(
  path,
  format_out = c("matrix", "data.frame", "data.table"),
  data_format = c("wide", "long"),
  read_metadata = TRUE,
  metadata_format = c("chromconverter", "raw"),
  decimal_mark = NULL
)

Value

A chromatogram in the format specified by format_out. (retention time x wavelength).

Arguments

path

Path to 'Chromeleon' ASCII file.

format_out

Class of output. Either matrix, data.frame, or data.table.

data_format

Whether to return data in wide or long format.

read_metadata

Whether to read metadata from file.

metadata_format

Format to output metadata. Either chromconverter or raw.

decimal_mark

Which character is used as the decimal separator in the file. By default, decimal mark will be detected automatically, but it can also be manually set as "." or ",".

Author

Ethan Bass