plotHisto {RNAither}R Documentation

Plot a histogram of the data values

Description

Plots and saves a histogram of the chosen data values.

Usage

plotHisto(header, dataset, channel, plotTitle, showPlot)

Arguments

header the header of a dataset file generated with generateDatasetFile
dataset an R data frame generated with generateDatasetFile
channel a character string specifying the name of the column containing the values to be plotted, e.g. "SigIntensity"
plotTitle the plot title
showPlot 0 or 1. 1 will open one or several plot windows in the R GUI, 0 will only save the plot(s) without opening windows.

Value

Saves the histogram in a pdf and a png file named after the experiment name specified in the header concatenated with the plotTitle.
The function returns the plot name.

See Also

plotHistoPerplate, plotHistoPerscreen

Examples

data(exampleHeader, package="RNAither")
data(exampleDataset, package="RNAither")

plotHisto(header, dataset, "SigIntensity", "Distribution of Data and Controls", 1)

[Package RNAither version 1.4.6 Index]