asBED,GInteractions-method {GenomicInteractions} | R Documentation

## Coerce to BED structure

### Description

Coerce the structure of an object to one following BED-like conventions, i.e., with columns for blocks and thick regions.

### Usage

    ## S4 method for signature 'GInteractions'
    asBED(x, keep.mcols = FALSE, score = "score")

### Arguments

`x` | Generally, a tabular object to structure as BED
`keep.mcols` | logical whether to keep non-BED12 columns in final output (may cause problems with some parsers).
`score` | character, which field to export as "score" in BED12. Defaults to "auto" which will choose score, then counts, if present, or fill column with zeros.
`...` | Arguments to pass to methods The exact behavior depends on the class of 'object'. 'GRangesList' This treats 'object' as if it were a list of transcripts, i.e., each element contains the exons of a transcript. The 'blockStarts' and 'blockSizes' columns are derived from the ranges in each element. Also, add 'name' column from 'names(object)'.

### Value

A 'GRanges', with the metadata columns 'name', 'blockStarts' and 'blockSizes' added.

### Examples

    data(hic_example_data)
    asBED(hic_example_data)

[Package GenomicInteractions version 1.14.0 Index]