read.MIAME              package: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)

