read_empower2 function

Import data from single EMPOWER2 HPLC files

reads output files of the EMPOWER 2 SOFTWARE (Waters). Input files must contain data of single samples deposited within the same directory.

read_empower2(
  path = NULL,
  pattern = ".txt",
  sep = "\t",
  skip = 2,
  id = "SampleName"
)

Arguments

• path: path to a folder containing input files
• pattern: pattern used to select files. By default ".txt"
• sep: The field separator character. The default is tab separated (sep = '\t'). See the "sep" argument in read.table for details.
• skip: rows to skip before reading data
• id: column containing sample name

Returns

a list of data frames (each corresponding to a sample)