NAME

Bio::Expresssion::Affymetrix::Mas50TxtArray - Affymetrix MAS 5.0 TXT file.

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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AUTHOR

Allen Day <allenday@ucla.edu> Chris To <crsto@ucla.edu>

APPENDIX

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

featuregroup

Title   : featuregroup
Usage   : $array->featuregroup($name);
Function: get-set method for FeatureGroup object
Returns : a Bio::Expression::FeatureGroup object
Args    : A key for a FeatureGroup object

each_featuregroup

Title   : each_featuregroup
Usage   : @featuregroups = $array->each_featuregroup();
Function: iterated through FeatureGroup objects
Returns : a list of Bio::Expression::FeatureGroup::FeatureGroupMas50 object
Args    : none

each_qcfeaturegroup

Title   : each_qcfeaturegroup
Caveat  : this method cannot be called for a MAS 5.0 TXT file, as the information
          about which probesets are QC and which are not is not present.

load_data

 Title   : load_data
 Usage   : Bio::Expression::Microarray::Affymetrix::Mas50TxtArray->load_data(
																		-line => $line);
 Function: parses a line of text from .txt file and loads the data 
 Example : $data->load_data($line);
 Returns : nothing
 Args    : -line => line of data that will be parsed