[R] Entering data into a multi-way array?

[R. Michael Weylandt]

You might want to describe how your data is kept now so we can help
with the loading process, but in general, 4D arrays are loaded with
the same basic principles as 2D arrays (matrices).

If you are new to this kind of work in R, it sounds like you might
want to check out the Bioconductor lists for specifically
microbiology/genetics questions.

Michael Weylandt

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Victoria_Stuart
<1 at victoriasjourney.com> wrote:
> Hello: I am a novice R user, but I have been working my way through the
> manuals / tutorials, ...  I have R / Deducer up and running, and know the
> basics.
>
> I want to analyze a microarray (gene expression) dataset.
>
> I need to input the data into R as a multidimensional (multi-way) array,
> something on the order of
>
> 15,000 x 3 x 8 x 2  [genes x replicates x time points x treatments]
>
> I've Google'd, etc. to find the solution, but I cannot find an answer.  I am
> being led to the idea (I suspect) that I may need to use a RDBMS (like
> MySQL) for that purpose (section 4 in
> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.html)?
>
> If so, that is my next challenge!
>
> Any replies much appreciated!
>
> Sincerely, Victoria  :-)
>
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