set_block: Set values in rectangular areas of a plate
In platetools: Tools and Plots for Multi-Well Plates

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Updates a table representing a multiwell plate, by setting a given value for all wells in a block or a list of blocks defined by the well coordinates of their upper-left and bottom-right corners.

1	set_block(plate, block, what, value)

`plate`	A table representing a multiwell plate, with one column named “well” representing the well identifiers.
`block`	Coordinates of a rectangular block (such as “A01~B02”), or a vector of coordinates.
`what`	A column name in the table.
`value`	The value to set.

Returns the ‘plate’ table, where the values for the wells indicated in the blocks have been updated.

Charles Plessy

num_to_well

p <- data.frame(well = num_to_well(1:96))
head(p)

p <- set_block(p, c("A01~B02", "A05~D05"), "dNTP", 0.25)
p <- set_block(p,   "A03",                 "dNTP", 0.50)
head(p)

# Be careful with the column names
p <- set_block(p, "A01~H12", "Mg2+", 3.0)
head(p)

## Not run: 
# Chained updates with magrittr
p %<>%
  setBlock("A01~C04", "dNTP", 0.5) %>%
  setBlock("A01~C04", "Mg",   3.0)

## End(Not run)