getNumerics: Convert a column to numeric if possible and ignore given...

In psichomics: Graphical Interface for Alternative Splicing Quantification, Analysis and Visualisation

Description

Convert a column to numeric if possible and ignore given columns composed of lists

Usage

getNumerics(table, by = NULL, toNumeric = FALSE)

Arguments

table	Data matrix: table
by	Character: column names of interest
toNumeric	Boolean: which columns to convert to numeric

Value

Processed data matrix

Examples

event <- read.table(text = "ABC123 + 250 300 350
                            DEF456 - 900 800 700")
names(event) <- c("Event ID", "Strand", "C1.end", "A1.end", "A1.start")

# Let's change one column to character
event[ , "C1.end"] <- as.character(event[ , "C1.end"])
is.character(event[ , "C1.end"])

event <- psichomics:::getNumerics(event, by = c("Strand", "C1.end", "A1.end",
                                  "A1.start"),
                                  toNumeric = c(FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE))
# Let's check if the same column is now integer
is.numeric(event[ , "C1.end"])

psichomics documentation built on Nov. 8, 2020, 5:44 p.m.