readCdfHeader: Reads the header associated with an Affymetrix CDF file
In affxparser: Affymetrix File Parsing SDK

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) See Also Examples

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

1	readCdfHeader(filename)

filename

name of the CDF file.

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.

James Bullard and Kasper Daniel Hansen

readCdfUnits().

for (zzz in 0) {

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

header <- readCdfHeader(cdfFile)
print(header)

} # for (zzz in 0)