discardWells            package:RNAither            R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Removes wells from the analysis by setting their spot type in the
     dataset to -1.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     discardWells(data, screenNr, labtekNr, vecPositions)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    data: an R data frame generated with 'generateDatasetFile' 

screenNr: the number of the experiment that contains the plate to
          discard 

labtekNr: the number of the plate to discard 

vecPositions: a vector specifying the numbers of the wells to discard 

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A new dataset that does not contain the specified wells. A new
     dataset that stil contains the specified wells/spots, but excludes
     them from the further analysis by setting their 'SpotType's to -1.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'discardLabtek'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(exampleDataset, package="RNAither")

     newdataset <- discardWells(dataset, 2, 1, c(1, 10, 15))

