Parses a file that satisfies the Specimen Search format

parse_specimen_search_file(filepath, expand_path = FALSE)

Arguments

filepath

path to file

expand_path

logical whether or not to expand a path from '~' to the fully qualified name

Value

returns list of specimen entries

Details

A csv file is Specimen Search format if it contains the columns: | UID | Specimen Type | Study Short Code | Date (optional) | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | ... | ... | ... | ... |