getAssays {bioassayR} | R Documentation

## Retrieve multiple bioassays from a database

### Description

Retrieves a list of aids as a single `bioassaySet` matrix object

### Usage

    getAssays(database, aids)

### Arguments

`database` | A `BioassayDB` database to query.
`aids` | One or more assay identifier strings (aid), matching aid(s) for assays loaded into the database.

### Value

A `bioassaySet` object containing data from the specified assays.

### Author(s)

Tyler William H Backman

### Examples

    ## connect to a test database
    extdata_dir <- system.file("extdata", package="bioassayR")
    sampleDatabasePath <- file.path(extdata_dir, "sampleDatabase.sqlite")
    sampleDB <- connectBioassayDB(sampleDatabasePath)

    ## retrieve three assays
    assays <- getAssays(sampleDB, c("673509","103","105"))
    assays

    ## disconnect from sample database
    disconnectBioassayDB(sampleDB)

[Package bioassayR version 1.32.1 Index]