Usage
readPhen(phen.file, sep.phen = ",", ped.file, sep.ped = ",", header = TRUE, stringsAsFactors = FALSE, id.unique = TRUE, sex.optional)
Arguments
- phen.file
- A character, path to phen file.
- sep.phen
- A character, the field separator in phen file.
The default value is
",".
- ped.file
- (optional) A character, path to ped file.
- sep.ped
- A character, the field separator in ped file.
The default value is
",".
- header
- Logical, indicating whether the file contains
the names of the variables as its first line.
The default value is TRUE.
- stringsAsFactors
- logical, indicating whether character vectors to be converted to factors.
The default value is FALSE.
- id.unique
- logical, indicating whether the IDs of individuals must be unique.
The default value is TRUE.
- sex.optional
- logical, indicating whether the SEX field must be presented.
The default value is TRUE if
ped.file is specified,
and it is FALSE otherwise.
Value
A data frame of phenotype data merged from two phen and ped files (merged by ID filed).
Description
The function reads the phenotype and pedigree data in SOLAR format,
i.e. plain-text tables.