ifcb_create_class2use: Create a class2use '.mat' File

In iRfcb: Tools for Managing Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) Data

Create a class2use .mat File

Description

This function creates a .mat file containing a character vector of class names. A class2use file can be used for manual annotation using the code in the ifcb-analysis repository (Sosik and Olson 2007).

Usage

ifcb_create_class2use(classes, filename, do_compression = TRUE)

Arguments

classes	A character vector of class names to be saved in the .mat file.
filename	A string specifying the output file path (with .mat extension).
do_compression	A logical value indicating whether to compress the .mat file. Defaults to TRUE.

Details

Python must be installed to use this function. The required python packages can be installed in a virtual environment using ifcb_py_install().

Value

No return value. This function is called for its side effect of creating a .mat file.

References

Sosik, H. M. and Olson, R. J. (2007), Automated taxonomic classification of phytoplankton sampled with imaging-in-flow cytometry. Limnol. Oceanogr: Methods 5, 204–216.

See Also

ifcb_py_install ifcb_adjust_classes https://github.com/hsosik/ifcb-analysis

Examples

## Not run: 
# Initialize a python session if not already set up
ifcb_py_install()

# Example usage:
classes <- c("unclassified", "Dinobryon_spp", "Helicostomella_spp")

ifcb_create_class2use(classes, "class2use_output.mat", do_compression = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

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