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NanoStringNCTools

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NanoString nCounter Tools

v1.20.0 · software · MIT

Release Lineage

Entered 3.13 · May 20, 2021

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 11 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Tools for NanoString Technologies nCounter Technology. Provides support for reading RCC files into an ExpressionSet derived object. Also includes methods for QC and normalizaztion of NanoString data.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

58 32 exported

Complexity

4 avg / 63 max

Call network

58 nodes / 22 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

3,616

Files

76

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 2,030 (56.1%)Tests 2 (0.1%)Docs 1,196 (33.1%)Vignettes 388 (10.7%)

API

Exported functions

57

Internal functions

26

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

Yes

CI type

["github-actions"]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

3

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.6

System requirements

C++ standard

License

MIT

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

11

First release

2021-05-19

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

0

LOC over versions

v3.13: 3,483 LOCv3.14: 3,663 LOCv3.15: 3,664 LOCv3.16: 3,666 LOCv3.17: 3,666 LOCv3.18: 3,664 LOCv3.19: 3,621 LOCv3.20: 3,621 LOCv3.21: 3,616 LOCv3.22: 3,616 LOCv3.23: 3,616 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 214 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
98%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
8%

Topics

Depended on by (4)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("NanoStringNCTools")
Griswold, M., Aboyoun, P., Ortogero, N., & Yang, Z. (2026). NanoStringNCTools: NanoString nCounter Tools (Version 1.20.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/NanoStringNCTools

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for NanoStringNCTools version 1.20.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-23, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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