Re: Merging data files

From: J. Paul Robinson <jpr@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu>
Date: Wed Aug 18 2004 - 01:24:28 EST
go to
http://www.cyto.purdue.edu/flowcyt/software/ldatapp.htm
on our Purdue website
you can read all file formats with this progam and convert 
then to asci- where you can easily join them.
paul robinson


> To all you flow computer experts, here is a problem I have never 
> encountered and would like to solve.
> 
> We have two cytometry (BD format) data files that we want merged into 
> one data file.	It was a precious sample and we were analyzing very low 
> frequency events.  Due to Murphy's law, problems occurred during 
> acquisition and the data got separated into two files.	Same sample, 
> just two files.  As you might imagine with low frequency analysis, 
> splitting the data into two files results in two ugly looking 
> histograms that would look a whole lot better if all of the events were 
> in one histogram.
> 
> I believe BD files (or FCS in general) are binary files so editing them 
> is not easy.	Does anyone have a solution they think or know will work?
> 
> 
> Ed Rosloniec
> 
> 
> 
> ____________________
> 
> Edward F. Rosloniec, Ph.D.
> 
> Research Career Scientist,
> VA Medical Center, Memphis, and
> Associate Professor,
> Center of Excellence for Diseases of Connective Tissue
> Departments of Medicine and Pathology,
> University of Tennessee Health Science Center
> Memphis, TN
> 
> Ph. 901-577-7281
> FAX 901-577-7273
> mailto:erosloniec@utmem.edu
> www.utmem.edu/ctr
> 


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