[GenABEL-dev] OmicABEL: DatABEL double format

[L.C. Karssen]

Dear list,

I was reading through the OmicABEL tutorial and noted that the DatABEL
files should be in Double format. By default the GenABEL function
mach2databel() creates float files.

This means that all existing DatABEL files should be converted to
double. I guess we should add a "convertType" program to the filevector
utilities to make life easier for people. Or add a similar R function to
DatABEL (and update mach2databel()).

Does anybody have an idea if such a conversion from float to double can
be done quickly? Of course conversion via an intermediate text file is
also possible, but seems a bit awkward.


As an aside, this would probably also fix the problems I ran into while
trying to make ProbABEL compute everything in doubles (see
http://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/pipermail/genabel-devel/2013-February/000505.html).



Lennart.
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