dropBioassay {bioassayR} | R Documentation

## Delete an assay from a bioassayR database

### Description

Allows the user to delete all records from the database associated with a given assay identifier.

### Usage

    dropBioassay(database, aid)

### Arguments

`database` | A `BioassayDB` database to remove an assay from.
`aid` | The assay identifier string (aid), matching an aid for an assay loaded into the database.

### Author(s)

Tyler Backman

### Examples

    ## create sample database and load with data
    myDatabaseFilename <- tempfile()
    mydb <- newBioassayDB(myDatabaseFilename, indexed=FALSE)
    extdata_dir <- system.file("extdata", package="bioassayR")
    assayDescriptionFile <- file.path(extdata_dir, "exampleAssay.xml")
    activityScoresFile <- file.path(extdata_dir, "exampleScores.csv")
    myAssay <- parsePubChemBioassay("1000", activityScoresFile, assayDescriptionFile)
    addDataSource(mydb, description="PubChem BioAssay", version="unknown")
    loadBioassay(mydb, myAssay)

    ## delete the loaded assay
    dropBioassay(mydb, "1000")

    ## disconnect from and delete sample database
    disconnectBioassayDB(mydb)
    unlink(myDatabaseFilename)

[Package bioassayR version 1.32.1 Index]