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affxparser

This is the released version of affxparser; for the devel version, see affxparser.

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3.24 (devel), 3.23 (release), 3.22, 3.21, 3.20, 3.19, 3.18, 3.17, 3.16, 3.15, 3.14, 3.13, 3.12, 3.11, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, 2.14, 2.13, 2.12, 2.11, 2.10, 2.9, 2.8, 2.7, 2.6, 2.5

Affymetrix File Parsing SDK

Bioconductor version: 3.23 · Package version: 1.84.0

Package for parsing Affymetrix files (CDF, CEL, CHP, BPMAP, BAR). It provides methods for fast and memory efficient parsing of Affymetrix files using the Affymetrix' Fusion SDK. Both ASCII- and binary-based files are supported. Currently, there are methods for reading chip definition file (CDF) and a cell intensity file (CEL). These files can be read either in full or in part. For example, probe signals from a few probesets can be extracted very quickly from a set of CEL files into a convenient list structure.

Author: Henrik Bengtsson [aut], James Bullard [aut], Robert Gentleman [ctb], Kasper Daniel Hansen [aut, cre], Jim Hester [ctb], Martin Morgan [ctb]

Maintainer: Kasper Daniel Hansen <kasperdanielhansen at gmail.com>

DOI: 10.18129/B9.bioc.affxparser

Citation

From within R, enter citation("affxparser"):

Henrik Bengtsson, James Bullard, Kasper Daniel Hansen. affxparser: Affymetrix File Parsing SDK. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.affxparser, R package version 1.84.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/affxparser.

Generated from the package metadata; it may differ from the package's own citation.

Installation

To install this package, start R (version "4.6") and enter:

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("affxparser")

For older versions of R, please refer to the appropriate Bioconductor release.

Details

Version1.84.0
LicenseLGPL (>= 2)
URLhttps://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/affxparser
Bug Reportshttps://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/affxparser/issues
Last updated2026-04-28
In Bioconductor sinceBioC 2.5 or earlier (R-2.10) (16 years)
Downloads rank163 of 2,418
Source branchRELEASE_3_23
Build report Bioconductor build system, r-universe
biocViewsDataImport, Infrastructure, Microarray, OneChannel, ProprietaryPlatforms, Software
Package Short Url https://bioconductor.org/packages/affxparser/

Documentation

Reference ManualPDF
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Follow the installation instructions to use this package in your R session.

Source packageaffxparser_1.84.0.tar.gz
Windows binary (x86_64)affxparser_1.84.0.zip
macOS binary (arm64)affxparser_1.84.0.tgz
macOS binary (x86_64)affxparser_1.84.0.tgz
Source Repositorygit clone https://git.bioconductor.org/packages/affxparser
Source Repository (Developer Access)git clone git@git.bioconductor.org:packages/affxparser
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Dependencies

Depends: R (>= 2.14.0)

Suggests: R.oo (>= 1.22.0), R.utils (>= 2.7.0), AffymetrixDataTestFiles

Reverse dependencies

Depends On Me (2): ITALICS, pdInfoBuilder

Imports Me (6): affyILM, cn.farms, EventPointer, GeneRegionScan, ITALICS, oligo

Suggests Me (3): aroma.affymetrix, aroma.apd, TIN