load_chroms: Import chromatograms.

In chromatographR: Chromatographic Data Analysis Toolset

Import chromatograms.

Description

Convenience function to import chromatograms from a list of folders or paths.

Usage

load_chroms(
  paths,
  find_files = TRUE,
  format.in = c("csv", "chemstation", "masshunter"),
  sep = ",",
  dat = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

paths	Path(s) to chromatograms or the folders containing the files
find_files	Logical. Set to TRUE (default) if you are providing the function with a folder or vector of folders containing the files. Otherwise, set toFALSE.
format.in	Format of files.
sep	Argument provided to read.csv. Defaults to ",".
dat	Optional list of chromatograms. If provided, newly imported chromatograms will be appended to the existing list.
...	Additional arguments to read.csv.

Details

Chromatograms may be CSVs, ChemStation .uv files, or MassHunter .sp files. Parsers from the Aston package for python are used to load binary files.

Value

A list of chromatograms in matrix format.

Note

Relies on the file parsers from the Aston package to import ChemStation .uv and MassHunter .sp files.

Author(s)

Ethan Bass

Examples

## Not run: 
###  import from single folder
dat <- load_chromes(paths = path)
### import from multiple folders
path = 'foo'
folders <- list.files(path = path, pattern = "EXPORT3D")
dat <- load_chroms(folders)

## End(Not run)

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