R/affyToR.R

In lwaldron/MistakenIdentities: Handy Functions for Working With HGNC Gene Symbols and Affymetrix Probeset Identifiers.

affyToR <-
function  #function to convert Affymetrix probeset identifiers to valid R names
###This function simply prepends "affy." to the probeset IDs to create
###valid R names.  Reverse operation is done by the \link{rToAffy}
###function.
(x
### vector of Affymetrix probeset identifiers, or any identifier which may with a digit.
 ){
    output <- paste("affy.", x, sep="")
    return(output)
### a character vector that is simply x with "affy." prepended to each value.
}