Import samples metadata from a csv file — import_smetadata

Reads a csv file and returns a dataframe in which the rows correspond to features (e.g. markers, genes, phenotypes...) and columns correspond to information about the features.

Usage

import_smetadata_csv(file, col_id, ...)

Arguments

file: Character, path to the dataset csv file.
col_id: Character, the name of the column in the file that contains the ID of the rows (i.e. sample IDs).
...: Further arguments passed to readr::read_csv().

Value

A data-frame with the samples as rows and the samples properties as columns. Sample IDs are used as rownames.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
samples_information <- import_smetadata_csv(
  "samples_information.csv",
  col_id = "Sample"
)
} # }