getSpacing {limma} | R Documentation

## Get Numerical Spacing

### Description

Convert character to numerical spacing measure for within-array replicate spots.

### Usage

    getSpacing(spacing, layout)

### Arguments

`spacing` | character string or integer. Acceptable character strings are `columns`, `rows` or `topbottom`. Integer values are simply passed through.
`layout` | list containing printer layout information

### Value

Integer giving spacing between replicate spots in the gene list.

### Author(s)

Gordon Smyth

### See Also

An overview of LIMMA functions for reading data is given in 03.ReadingData.

### Examples

    getSpacing("columns",list(ngrid.r=2,ngrid.c=2,nspot.r=20,nspot.c=19))
    getSpacing("rows",list(ngrid.r=2,ngrid.c=2,nspot.r=20,nspot.c=19))
    getSpacing("topbottom",list(ngrid.r=2,ngrid.c=2,nspot.r=20,nspot.c=19))

[Package limma version 2.2.0 Index]