maximum distance between regions to be merged. defaults to 0 which means overlapping or bookended features. note that you can use negative distances to enforce a minimum overlap.
check.zero.based
should 0 based coordinates be checked
check.chr
should chr prefix be checked
check.valid
should the region be checkded for integerity
check.sort
should regions be checked for sort order
verbose
should log messages and checking take place
Author
Daryl Waggott
Details
clusters adjacent features of a specified distance.
if (check.binary("bedtools")) {
index <- get.example.regions();
a <- index[[1]];
b <- cluster.region(a, distance = 0);
d <- cluster.region(a, distance = 100);
}