read.idat.files: read.idat.files
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Reads a directory of .idat files and initializes an object of type MethyLumiSet.

read.idat.files(
  base.dir,
  barcodes = NULL,
  sample.sheet = NULL,
  sep.samples = rnb.getOption("import.table.separator"),
  useff = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

`base.dir`	Directory that contains the `.idat` files to be read; or a character vector of such directories.
`barcodes`	Optional non-empty `character` vector listing the barcodes of the samples that should be loaded. If supplied, this vector must not contain `NA` among its elements.
`sample.sheet`	Optional file name containing a table of sample annotation data, or the table itself in the form of a `data.frame` or `matrix`. Only (and all) samples defined in this table will be loaded. The table is expected to contain a column named `"barcode"` that lists the samples' Sentrix barcodes. If such a column is not present, this function searches for columns `"Sentrix_ID"` and `"Sentrix_Position"` (or similar) that build a barcode.
`sep.samples`	`character` string used as field separator in the sample sheet file. Default value is taken by the call to `rnb.getOption("import.table.separator")`
`useff`	If `TRUE` `ff` package is used to store large matrices on the hard disk
`verbose`	Flag specifying whether the messages to the logger should be sent. Note that the logger must be initialized prior to calling this function. Logging is useful for keeping a record of the downloaded and processed samples. Also, informative messages are stored in case of an error.

If neither barcodes, nor sample.sheet are specified, the function attempts to locate a file in base.dir containing sample annotation information. It fails ifsuch a file cannot be (unambiguously) identified. If both barcodes and sample.sheet are supplied, only sample.sheet is used in loading methylation data. The value of barcodes is tested for validity but it is not used as a filter.

Loaded dataset of HumanMethylation450K samples, encapsulated in an object of type MethyLumiSet.

Pavlo Lutsik

methylumIDAT in package methylumi

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