genoPlotR (version 0.7)

human_nt: Human-readable nucleotide scale

Description

Return a human readable list from a nucleotide position or lenght.

Usage

human_nt(nt, signif = FALSE)

Arguments

nt

A nucleotide position

signif

Either a logical or an integer. If FALSE (default), nt is not rounded. Else, it returns signif significant digits.

Value

• Returns a list with 4 elements
• n
  A numeric value corresponding to nt divided by mult (see below).
• tag
  A character, giving the multiplier used in text.
• mult
  The muliplier used, in numeric value.
• text
  A character, giving the value in a human readable format.

Details

Return a nucleotide value in nt, kb, Mb or Gb, according to the value given. This is particularly useful to display nice scales without too many trailing zeros.

Examples

human_nt(123456)
human_nt(123456, signif=2)
human_nt(123456890, signif=2)