String specifying a file name, a path and file name, or a URL pointing to a file. The referenced file is a Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) SOFT format Sample file (GSM), Data Set file (GDS), or Platform (GPL) file. If you specify only a file name, that file must be on the MATLAB search path or in the current directory.
MATLAB character array that contains the text of a GEO SOFT format file.

Tip You can use the getgeodata function with the 'ToFile' property to retrieve GEO SOFT format data from the GEO database and create a GEO SOFT format file.

Return Values

GEOSOFTData MATLAB structure containing information from a GEO SOFT format file.

Description

GEOSOFTData = geosoftread(File) reads a Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) SOFT format Sample file (GSM), Data Set file (GDS), or Platform (GPL) file, and then creates a MATLAB structure, GEOSOFTData, with the following fields.

Fields	Description
`Scope`	Type of file read (SAMPLE, DATASET, or PLATFORM)
`Accession`	Accession number for record in GEO database.
`Header`	Microarray experiment information.
`ColumnDescriptions`	Cell array containing descriptions of columns in the data.
`ColumnNames`	Cell array containing names of columns in the data.
`Data`	Array containing microarray data.
`Identifier` (GDS files only)	Cell array containing probe IDs.
`IDRef` (GDS files only)	Cell array containing indices to probes.

Note Currently, the geosoftread function supports Sample (GSM), Data Set (GDS), and Platform (GPL) records.

Examples

Retrieve GSM data from the GEO Web site and save it to a file.

geodata = getgeodata('GSM3258','ToFile','GSM3258.txt');

Use geosoftread to read a local copy of the GSM file, instead of accessing it from the GEO Web site.

geodata = geosoftread('GSM3258.txt')

geodata = 

                 Scope: 'SAMPLE'
             Accession: 'GSM3258'
                Header: [1x1 struct]
    ColumnDescriptions: {6x1 cell}
           ColumnNames: {6x1 cell}
                  Data: {5355x6 cell}

Read the GDS file for photosynthesis in proteobacteria.

gdsdata = geosoftread('GDS329.soft')

gdsdata = 

                 Scope: 'DATASET'
             Accession: 'GDS329'
                Header: [1x1 struct]
    ColumnDescriptions: {6x1 cell}
           ColumnNames: {6x1 cell}
                 IDRef: {5355x1 cell}
            Identifier: {5355x1 cell}
                  Data: [5355x6 double]

geosoftread - Read Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) SOFT format data

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