softParser: A parser for soft files

In oganm/ogbox: Stuff and things

A parser for soft files

Description

Parses soft files in a flat file. Expression data inside the soft file can also be returned. Returns a table of metadata if expression data is ommited. If not, returns a list. First element of the list is the metadata, the second element is a list of expression data that needs to be flattened independently since the expression tables can be different depending on the data

Usage

softParser(
  softFile,
  mergeFrame = c("intersect", "union"),
  n = NULL,
  expression = F
)

Arguments

softFile	soft file to be parsed
mergeFrame	if there are different data fields, what to do with them. not yet implemented
n	how many samples are there in the GSE, if not provided, it will be acquired from GEO
expression	should the expression data be returned

Value

A data.frame or a list depending on expression

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