Introduction:

The tool takes a peak table file as input, processes the outliers using the capping method. Default boundary is [0, Q3+1.5*IQR]. If the value > (Q3+1.5*IQR), it is identified as an outlier and replaced by the maximum value within the normal range.

Input files:

1. Peak table file in Tab-delimited text format with the first column as the compound identifier and others as samples.

For example:

AlignID	STDmix_GC_01	STDmix_GC_02	STDmix_GC_03
1	1486892478	561322777	3448620272
Nitrogen dioxide	5492977592	684434115	3265669981
Ethanol, 2-fluoro-	2265686433	4182838129	4365291513
3-Pentanone, 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-	13390154	12612932	21155307
Hydrazine	14588107	8510918	7224351

Parameter:

1. Q3: The third quartile (Q3), also known as the "larger quartile", equals to the value ranked at 75% of all values in ascending order.

2. IQR: InterQuartile Range, equals to |Q3 minus Q1|.

Output files:

1. 'outliers_processed_pkTable.txt', outliers processed peak table file in Tab-delimited txt format.