Merge split peaks in peak table — merge

Merges the specified peaks, by selecting the largest value from each column. Utility function to combine split peaks into a single column of the peak table.

Usage

merge_peaks(peak_table, peaks, method = c("max", "sum"))

Arguments

peak_table: Peak table from get_peaktable.
peaks: A vector specifying the names or indices of peaks to be merged.
method: Method to merge peaks. Either max to select the largest peak from each sample or sum to sum the peaks together.

Value

A peak table similar to the input peak table, but where the specified columns are combined.

Author

Ethan Bass

Examples

data(pk_tab)
pk_tab <- merge_peaks(peak_table = pk_tab, peaks=c("V10","V11"))