Hi,

I have a huge dataset of 448 samples * 10053 sips that I am trying to read in as a snpMatrix. I converted the data to be read in as a long format. This is how it looks like currently :                                                                                                      

> head(forLD)
    V1         V2 V3 V4
1 snp1 ALT_ALT771  1  1
2 snp1 ALT_ALT772  NA  1
3 snp1 ALT_ALT773  0  1
4 snp1 ALT_ALT774  0  1
5 snp1 ALT_ALT775  2  1
6 snp1 ALT_ALT776  0  1                                                                                                                                                            

I Have also tried replacing NA with 0 too but still doesn't work.                                                                                                                              

> samples<-unique(forLD[ ,2])

> ids<-unique(forLD[ ,1])

> geno1 <- read.long(forLD,ids,samples,fields=c(snp=1, sample=2, genotype=3, confidence=4),gcodes=c("0", "1", "2"),threshold=0.95)

Error in file(file[1], open = "rt") : invalid 'description' argument

  Any idea on what is going wrong here and how to convert  to a snpMatrix.

 sessionInfo()
R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: CentOS release 6.6 (Final)

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
 [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
 [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C
 [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] snpStats_1.20.0      Matrix_1.2-8         survival_2.40-1
[4] BiocInstaller_1.20.3 reshape_0.8.6        data.table_1.10.4

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] zlibbioc_1.16.0     plyr_1.8.4          parallel_3.2.3
[4] tools_3.2.3         Rcpp_0.12.9         splines_3.2.3
[7] grid_3.2.3          BiocGenerics_0.16.1 lattice_0.20-34