read_map {platetools}

Annotates dataframe with metadata in a platemap matrix

Description

Annotates a dataframe containined well identifiers with metadata in the form of a platemap matrix, matching the existing well-labels to the well position in the platemap

Usage

read_map(data, map, verbose = TRUE, new_col_name = "header")

Arguments

data

existing daatframe, with wellIDs under the column name of 'well'

map

Matrix of metadata to be added to the dataframe, N.B NO MISSING WELLS!

verbose

Boolean, if TRUE will add row and column numbers to dataframe

new_col_name

What to call the added metadata

Value

dataframe with new column named after 'new_col_name'