Exclude features from the dataset — exclude

This function excludes specified features from a MidarExperiment object, either by marking them as invalid for downstream processing. The function also alloows to reset the exclusions.

Usage

exclude_features(data = NULL, features, clear_existing)

Arguments

data: A MidarExperiment object
features: A character vector of feature IDs (case-sensitive) to be excluded from the dataset. If this is NA or an empty vector, the exclusion behavior will be handled as set via the clear_existing flag.
clear_existing: A logical value. If TRUE, existing valid_analysis flags will be overwritten. If FALSE, the exclusions will be appended, preserving any existing invalidated features

Value

A modified MidarExperiment object with the specified analyses defined as excluded.