rbamtools (version 2.1.0)

bamReader: bamReader

Description

The bamReader function returns an object of class bamReader. The bamReader object represents a connection to an opened BAM-file.

Usage

bamReader(filename)

Arguments

filename

Filename of BAM-file to be opened for reading.

Examples

bam<-system.file("extdata","accepted_hits.bam",package="rbamtools")
reader<-bamReader(bam)
align<-getNextAlign(reader)
name(align)
position(align)
bamClose(reader)