variables_as_metadata: Variables as metadata
In specmine: Metabolomics and Spectral Data Analysis and Mining

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Use one or more data variables as metadata variables.

1	variables_as_metadata(dataset, variables, by.index = FALSE)

`dataset`	list representing the dataset from a metabolomics experiment.
`variables`	name or index of the variables that are going to be used as metadata variables.
`by.index`	boolean value indicating if the variables are indexes or names

Returns the dataset with the variables removed from the data and added on the metadata.

  ## Example of using a variable as metadata variable
  library(specmine.datasets)
  data(cachexia)
  dataset = variables_as_metadata(cachexia, "Creatine", by.index = FALSE)