Build Unique Control Sample Names

Derives a unique sample identifier for every row of a control table, allowing multiple single-stained controls to be supplied for the same fluorophore. Rows whose fluorophore is not duplicated are returned unchanged. For a duplicated fluorophore, uniqueness is resolved in stages, each applied only to the rows still in conflict after the previous stage:

1. "fluorophore (control.type)"

2. "fluorophore (control.type) (marker)"

3. "fluorophore (control.type) (marker)_1", "..._2", etc.

Usage

.build.control.sample.names(fluorophore, control.type, marker)

Arguments

fluorophore

Character vector of fluorophore names, one per control.

control.type

Character vector of control types ("cells"/"beads"), one per control.

marker

Character vector of marker/antigen names, one per control. May contain NA.

Value

A character vector the same length as fluorophore, guaranteed to contain no duplicates.