read_IC: Read raw ion count data

In MartinSchobben/point: Reading, Processing, and Analysing Raw Ion Count Data

Read raw ion count data

Description

read_IC() is designed to obtain the numerical data associated with ion counts and minimal set meta-data. read_meta() can be used to specifically retrieve the meta date associated with ion count data analysis, thereby loading specifications related to the optics, the primary and secondary ion beams, and the mass spectrometer.

Usage

read_IC(directory, meta = FALSE, hide = TRUE)

read_meta(directory)

Arguments

directory	A path or connection to a directory containing raw ion count data txt files.
meta	Logical indicating whether to include full meta-data.
hide	Logical indicating whether metadata is included as columns FALSE or as an attribute of the tibble TRUE.

Details

Ion count data consists of time-incremented integer values. These functions are currently only supported for data generated by a NanoSIMS50L. Raw ion count data and accompanying is extracted and collated into a single tibble from text files with the extensions .is_txt .chk_is and .stat, respectively. These files can be found in the directories associated with the SIMS measurements.

Value

A tibble::tibble containing raw ion count data and metadata.

Examples

# Use point_example() to access the examples bundled with this package

read_IC(point_example("2018-01-19-GLENDON"))

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