Creates a BatchContainer from a table (data.frame/tibble::tibble) containing sample and location information.

Creates a BatchContainer from a table (data.frame/tibble::tibble) containing sample and location information.

batch_container_from_table(tab, location_cols)

Arguments

tab

A table with location and sample information. Table rows with all NAs in sample information columns are treated as empty locations.

location_cols

Names of columns containing information about locations.

Value

A BatchContainer assigned samples.

Examples

tab <- data.frame(
  row = rep(1:3, each = 3),
  column = rep(1:3, 3),
  sample_id = c(1, 2, 3, NA, 5, 6, 7, NA, 9)
)
bc <- batch_container_from_table(tab, location_cols = c("row", "column"))