define_grouping-methods: description of function define_grouping

In stela2502/BioData: The package allows to annotate a numeric data.table with col and row data

description of function define_grouping

Description

This will create a new sample or annotation column based on an old grouping and a list.

Usage

define_grouping(x, basedOn, colname, newNames, what = "col")

Arguments

x	The BioData object
basedOn	the old grouping name
colname	the new grouping name
newNames	the list "with new_group_name" = c( "old Group Names" ) structure
what	create a sample ('col') or annotation ('row') grouping

Examples

# data is a BioData object with a sample group 'oldG' and the levels c( 1, 2, 3, 4)
define_grouping( data, 'oldG', 'newGrouping', list( 'A' = c( 1,4), B= c(2,3)), 'col')
# will create a 'newGrouping' column in the $samples table with the entries A and B

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