bedr (version 1.0.2)

bedr.sort.region: sort a region file

Description

sort a region file

Usage

bedr.sort.region(
	x,
	method = "lexicographical",
	engine = "R",
	chr.to.num = c("X" = 23, "Y" = 24, "M" = 25),
	check.zero.based = TRUE,
	check.chr = TRUE,
	check.valid = TRUE,
	check.merge = TRUE,
	verbose = TRUE
	)

Arguments

x

a region object or index

method

natural or lexicographic

engine

what analytical engine to use for sorting i.e. bedtools, bedops, gnu unix

chr.to.num

chromosome letter names to numbers map. Defaults to Homo sapiens i.e c("X" = 23, "Y" = 24, "M" = 25)

check.zero.based

should 0 based coordinates be checked

check.chr

should chr prefix be checked

check.valid

should the region be checked for integerity

check.merge

should overlapping regions be checked

verbose

should log messages and checking take place

References

http://bedtools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/content/tools/sort.html

Examples

if (check.binary("bedtools")) {

index <- get.example.regions();
a <- index[[1]];
b <- bedr.sort.region(a);

}