readFile: Reads experimental data from a file. This function reads the...
In COMBIA: Synergy/Antagonism Analyses of Drug Combinations

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Reads experimental data from a file. This function reads the data from specified (excel,log, txt etc) file and store it in a data frame.

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`filename`	Filename.ext.
`separator`	Any character(, ; ' etc) that is used as a separator in specified file.
`sheet`	Need to use only when reading excel files. It is the number of the excel sheet to be read in a worksheet.
`noofrows_skip`	Number of the rows in the file that should be skipped before starting the data reading.
`readplates`	Number of the plates that you want to read from a set of plates in a file.This parameter can only be used with excel files. Otherwise it will be ignored.
`numberofrowsperplate`	It is calculated on the basis of type of plates i-e number of rows per plates are 17 for 384 well plates(16 lines from plates + 1 header lines) and 9 for 96 well plates (8 lines from plates + 1 header lines).
`platetype`	type of plate used i-e 384 or 96 well plate.

Data frame of file data.

Muhammad Kashif

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f <- system.file("extdata", "optima.log", package="COMBIA")
fileDF <- readFile(filename = f, separator ="\t", sheet=1, noofrows_skip=0,   
readplates=1, numberofrowsperplate=17, platetype="384")