Updates a Plate object representing a multiwell plate, by setting a given
value for all wells in a block or a list of blocks defined by the well
coordinates of their upper-left and bottom-right corners.
Usage
set_block(plate, block, what, value, add = FALSE)
# S4 method for Plate,character,character,numeric
set_block(plate, block, what, value, add = FALSE)Arguments
- plate
A
Plateobject representing a multiwell plate.- block
Coordinates of a rectangular block (such as “A01~B02”), or a vector of coordinates.
- what
A reagent name.
- value
The value to set.
- add
Add to the volume instead of overriding it.
Value
Returns the Plate object, where the values for the wells indicated
in the blocks have been updated.
Details
This function wraps platetools::set_block().
See also
Other Plate functions:
Plate-class,
PlateTypeToWellNames(),
as.character,Well-method,
nextWell(),
plateMap(),
plateWellVolume(),
randomise(),
seekReagent(),
setWell(),
sourceReagent()
Other Dispensing functions:
dispense_pairs()
Examples
p <- Plate("96")
head(p)
#> DataFrame with 6 rows and 0 columns
p <- p |>
set_block(c("A01~B02", "A05~D05"), "dNTP", 0.25) |>
set_block( "A03", "dNTP", 0.50)
head(p)
#> DataFrame with 6 rows and 1 column
#> dNTP
#> <numeric>
#> A01 0.25
#> A02 0.25
#> A03 0.50
#> A04 NA
#> A05 0.25
#> A06 NA
# Be careful with the column names
p <- set_block(p, "A01~H12", "Mg2+", 3.0)
#> Warning: Column name not syntactically correct. See “?make.names”.
head(p)
#> DataFrame with 6 rows and 2 columns
#> dNTP Mg2.
#> <numeric> <numeric>
#> A01 0.25 3
#> A02 0.25 3
#> A03 0.50 3
#> A04 NA 3
#> A05 0.25 3
#> A06 NA 3
p <- set_block(p, "A02~A03", "dNTP", 1, add = TRUE)
head(p)
#> DataFrame with 6 rows and 2 columns
#> dNTP Mg2.
#> <numeric> <numeric>
#> A01 0.25 3
#> A02 1.25 3
#> A03 1.50 3
#> A04 NA 3
#> A05 0.25 3
#> A06 NA 3