remove_data: Remove data

In specmine: Metabolomics and Spectral Data Analysis and Mining

Description

Remove data from the dataset.

Usage

remove_data(dataset, data.to.remove, type = "sample", 
by.index = FALSE, rebuild.factors = TRUE)

Arguments

dataset	list representing the dataset from a metabolomics experiment.
data.to.remove	vector with the elements' names to remove
type	type of the element to remove. It can be: "sample" to remove samples. "data" to remove variables. "metadata" to remove metadata's variables.
by.index	if TRUE, the values of the data.to.remove argument are indexes in case the type is "data".
rebuild.factors	if TRUE, rebuilds the factors from metadata.

Value

Returns the dataset with the specified data removed.

Examples

  ## Example of removing data
  library(specmine.datasets)
  data(cachexia)
  dataset = remove_data(cachexia, c("Creatine","Serine"), type = "data", 
	    by.index = FALSE)

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