init_data_paths: Initialize data paths for count and target files.

In DEVis: A Differential Expression Analysis Toolkit for Visual Analytics and Data Aggregation

Description

This function initializes the paths to folders containing count and target data. This package assumes correspondence between count data column names and target data row names. In this package, metadata files are referred to as target data. Initialization by this function is required by most functions.

Usage

init_data_paths(count_path, target_path)

Arguments

count_path	Path to directory containing count data. Count data is assumed to be tab-delimited text represent raw expression counts for each gene, with samples indicated by column and genes identified by row. Column names in count data must correspond to row names in target files.
target_path	Path to directory containing target data. Target data can be tab-delimited or comma-separated text. Target rownames must correspond to count column names. Additionally, any data can be included in target files to represent experimental conditions or additional metadata for the project.

Value

This function does not return a value.

See Also

create_dir_struct

Examples

## Not run: 

#Initialize paths to count and target file directories.
init_data_paths(count_path="/Users/adam/projects/ebola/counts/",
                target_path="/Users/adam/projects/ebola/")


## End(Not run)

DEVis documentation built on May 2, 2019, 3:18 p.m.