NAME

Bio::Expression::Microarray::Affymetrix::CelArray - Affymetrix CEL file.

SYNOPSIS

You should not be using this module directly. Try Bio::Expression::MicroarrayIO instead.

DESCRIPTION

Bio::Expression::Microarray::Affymetrix::CelArray just holds a reference to a big matrix of values corresponding to the spots on an Affy array. It also knows how to poke data into the matrix slots.

FEEDBACK

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Reporting Bugs

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AUTHOR

Allen Day <allenday@ucla.edu>

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

new

Title   : new
Usage   : Bio::Expression::Microarray::Affymetrix::CelArray->new()
Function: Returns a empty new CelArray for an Affy array
Returns : a new Bio::Expression::Microarray::Affymetrix::CelArray object
Args    : none

load_data

Title   : load_data
Usage   : $array->load_data($line);
Function: parses line from Cel file and loads info
Returns : nothing
Args    : The line of the parsed file to be loaded