getSpikeProbes: Get the names of all spike probes on the array

In yaqcaffy: Affymetrix expression data quality control and reproducibility analysis

Description

This function returns all the spike probes (i.e. BioB-3', BioD-5', Lys-3, ...) that are located on the given GeneChip.

Usage

  getSpikeProbes(object,onlyFirst)

Arguments

object	An object of type AffyBatch or ExpressionSet.
onlyFirst	Boolean defining of only first or all instances found should be returned. Default is set to TRUE. Warnings are returned if more than one probe is found. The function stops with an error if no probe is found.

Value

An object of class character containing all (hybridization and labelling) Affymetrix spike probe names.

Author(s)

Laurent Gatto

See Also

getBioProbes,getRatiosProbes

Examples

    ## load a dataset
    library(affydata)
    data(Dilution)
    getSpikeProbes(Dilution)

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