process_hgncfile: Preprocess hgnc file as downloaded from...
In svenstringer/genematrix: Create a Table with Gene Annotation and Output in Convenient Format

Assumed input format .txt:

1	process_hgncfile(hgnc_path, value_sep)

`hgnc_path`	file path of downloaded .txt file
`value_sep`	character string to separate multi-value fields

Processing steps:

1) Restrict to relevant columns (as specified in the function)

2) Remove genes that are withdrawn

3) Add alias column which merges gene symbols from alias_symbol and prev_symbol in a single column

4) Change '|' value separater into ';'

processed hgnc table as data.table

svenstringer/genematrix documentation built on May 30, 2019, 8:48 p.m.

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