removeExt               package:limma               R Documentation

_R_e_m_o_v_e _C_o_m_m_o_n _E_x_t_e_n_s_i_o_n _f_r_o_m _F_i_l_e _N_a_m_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Finds and removes any common extension from a vector of file
     names.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     removeExt(x)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: character vector

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A character vector of the same length as 'x' in which any common
     extension has been stripped off.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Gordon Smyth

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     An overview of LIMMA functions for reading data is given in
     03.ReadingData.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     x <- c("slide1.spot","slide2.spot","slide3.spot")
     removeExt(x)