read.MIAME {Biobase} | R Documentation

## Read MIAME Information into an Instance of Class 'MIAME'

### Description

Reads MIAME information from a file or using a widget.

### Usage

    read.MIAME(filename = NULL, widget = getOption("BioC")$Base$use.widgets, ...)

### Arguments

`filename` | Filename from which to read MIAME information.
`widget` | Logical. If `TRUE` and a filename is not given, a widget is used to enter information.
`...` | Further arguments to `scan`.

### Details

Notice that the `MIAME` class tries to cover the MIAME entries that are not covered by other classes in Bioconductor. Namely, experimental design, samples, hybridizations, normalization controls, and pre-processing information.

The function `scan` is used to read. The file must be a flat file with the different entries for the instance of MIAME class separated by carriage returns. The order should be: name, lab, contact, title, abstract, and url.

Alternatively a widget can be used.

### Value

An object of class `MIAME`.

### Author(s)

Rafael Irizarry <rafa@jhu.edu>

### See Also

`MIAME`,`tkMIAME`

### Examples

    miame <- read.MIAME(widget=FALSE) ##creates an empty instance
    show(miame)

[Package Biobase version 2.4.1 Index]