Add cell metadata#

Last Updated: Oct 02, 2023

Description#

Adds cell metadata to the giotto object

Usage#

addCellMetadata(
  gobject,
  spat_unit = NULL,
  feat_type = NULL,
  new_metadata,
  vector_name = NULL,
  by_column = FALSE,
  column_cell_ID = NULL
)

Arguments#

gobject

giotto object

spat_unit

spatial unit

feat_type

feature type

new_metadata

new cell metadata to use (data.table, data.frame, …)

vector_name

(optional) custom name if you provide a single vector

by_column

merge metadata based on cell_ID column in pDataDT (default = FALSE)

column_cell_ID

column name of new metadata to use if by_column = TRUE

Details#

You can add additional cell metadata in two manners:

  • 1. Provide a data.table or data.frame with cell annotations in the same order as the cell_ID column in pDataDT(gobject)

  • 2. Provide a data.table or data.frame with cell annotations and specify which column contains the cell IDs, these cell IDs need to match with the cell_ID column in pDataDT(gobject)

Value#

giotto object