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Parse NIfTI Extension Data

Source: R/nifti_extensions.R
parse_extension.Rd

Parses the raw data in a NIfTI extension based on its extension code. Provides specialized parsing for known extension types.

Usage

parse_extension(ext, ...)

Arguments

ext

A NiftiExtension-class object.

...

Additional arguments passed to type-specific parsers.

Value

Parsed data in an appropriate format:

  • ecode 4 (AFNI): An XML document (if xml2 available) or character string

  • ecode 6 (comment): Character string

  • Other codes: Raw vector (unchanged)

See also

parse_afni_extension for AFNI-specific parsing.

Examples

# Parse a comment extension
ext <- NiftiExtension(ecode = 6L, data = "Test comment")
parse_extension(ext)  # Returns "Test comment"
#> [1] "Test comment"