readFCSheader: FCS Header Parser

In IFC: Tools for Imaging Flow Cytometry

FCS Header Parser

Description

Helper to parse header segment from Flow Cytometry Standard (FCS) compliant files.

Usage

readFCSheader(fileName, header, encoding = "UTF-8", ...)

Arguments

fileName	path to file.
header,	a list whose members define the "at" offset from header$start$at and the "n" number of bytes to extract: - start: where to start reading current FCS dataset. Default is list(at = 0, n = 6), - space: where to retrieve space. Default is list(at = 6, n = 4), - text_beg: where to retrieve file text segment beginning. Default is list(at = 10, n = 8), - text_end: where to retrieve file text segment end. Default is list(at = 18, n = 8), - data_beg: where to retrieve file data segment beginning. Default is list(at = 26, n = 8), - data_end: where to retrieve file data segment end. Default is list(at = 34, n = 8).
encoding	name of the encoding for raw to character conversion. Default is "UTF-8".
...	other arguments to be passed.

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