Get Classes from a MAT File

This function reads a specified variable from a .mat file generated by the `ifcb-analysis` repository (Sosik and Olson 2007). It can be used, for example, to extract lists of classes from the file.

ifcb_get_mat_variable(mat_file, variable_name = "class2use")

Arguments

mat_file

A character string specifying the path to the .mat file containing the class information.

variable_name

A character string specifying the variable name in the .mat file that contains the class information. The default is "class2use". Other examples include "class2use.manual" from a manual file, or "class2use.auto" for a class list used for automatic assignment. You can find available variable names using the function ifcb_get_mat_names.

Value

A character vector of class names.

References

Sosik, H. M. and Olson, R. J. (2007), Automated taxonomic classification of phytoplankton sampled with imaging-in-flow cytometry. Limnol. Oceanogr: Methods 5, 204–216.

See also

ifcb_get_mat_names https://github.com/hsosik/ifcb-analysis

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Get class names from a class2use file
classes <- ifcb_get_mat_variable("path/to/class2use.mat", "class2use")
print(classes)

# Get class names from a classifier file
class2useTB <- ifcb_get_mat_variable("path/to/classified/sample.mat", "class2useTB")
print(class2useTB)
}