getBrukerMCFMetadata {rtms}

Retrieve specific metadata values from a Bruker BAF file

Description

Retrieves a list of specific metadata values (including instrument data, acquisition parameters, processing and analysis directives, etc.) for a specific acquisition from from a Bruker multi-acquisition BAF directory (represented by an rtmsBrukerBAFReader object).

Usage

getBrukerMCFMetadata(reader, names, index)

Arguments

reader

An RTMS reader object of class rtmsBrukerMCFReader

names

A character vector of metadata names

index

A single numeric index specifying which acquisition the sample set should be extracted from

Value

A named list of values corresponding to the metadata values specified. All values will be returned as a string, including numeric quantities (with units if appropriate).