compEpiTools (version 1.6.3)

ucsc2GRanges: Convert UCSC-formatted genomic positions into a GRanges

Description

Convert UCSC-formatted genomic positions to a GRanges object

Usage

ucsc2GRanges(ucscPositions)

Arguments

ucscPositions

character; a vector of UCSC formatted genomic positions.

Value

Details

UCSC formatted genomic positions such as chr5:10000-35000 are converted into GRanges format.

References

http://genomics.iit.it/groups/computational-epigenomics.html

Examples

ucsc2GRanges(c('chr1:100-500','chrX:20-1000'))