split_by_metadata {ENCODExplorer}R Documentation

Given a metadata data-frame and a vector of column names (split_by), builds a partition of rows based on all possible combinations of the columns identified by split_by.

Description

Given a metadata data-frame and a vector of column names (split_by), builds a partition of rows based on all possible combinations of the columns identified by split_by.

Usage

split_by_metadata(metadata, split_by, simplify = FALSE)

Arguments

metadata

A data.frame with the metadata.

split_by

The names of the columns in metadata according to which they should be split.

simplify

If TRUE, columns with no discriminatory power will be removed from the resulting Metadata. Furthermore, if there is only one category left, it will be labeled "All".

Value

A list with information about the new partition.


[Package ENCODExplorer version 2.14.0 Index]