FaFile {Rsamtools} | R Documentation

## Manipulate indexed fasta files.

### Description

Use `FaFile()` to create a reference to an indexed fasta file. The reference remains open across calls to methods, avoiding costly index re-loading.

`FaFileList()` provides a convenient way of managing a list of `FaFile` instances.

### Usage

    ## Constructors

    FaFile(file, index=sprintf("%s.fai", file), ...)
    FaFileList(...)

    ## Opening / closing

    ## S3 method for class 'FaFile'
    open(con, ...)
    ## S3 method for class 'FaFile'
    close(con, ...)

    ## accessors; also path(), index()

    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFile'
    isOpen(con, rw="")

    ## actions

    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFile'
    indexFa(file, ...)

    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFile'
    scanFaIndex(file, ...)
    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFileList'
    scanFaIndex(file, ..., as=c("GRangesList", "GRanges"))

    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFile'
    seqinfo(x)

    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFile'
    countFa(file, ...)

    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFile,GRanges'
    scanFa(file, param, ...,
        as=c("DNAStringSet", "RNAStringSet", "AAStringSet"))
    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFile,IntegerRangesList'
    scanFa(file, param, ...,
        as=c("DNAStringSet", "RNAStringSet", "AAStringSet"))
    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFile,missing'
    scanFa(file, param, ...,
        as=c("DNAStringSet", "RNAStringSet", "AAStringSet"))

    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFile'
    getSeq(x, param, ...)
    ## S4 method for signature 'FaFileList'
    getSeq(x, param, ...)

### Arguments

`con, x` | An instance of `FaFile` or (for `getSeq`) `FaFileList`.
`file, index` | A character(1) vector of the fasta or fasta index file path (for `FaFile`), or an instance of class `FaFile` or `FaFileList` (for `scanFaIndex`, `getSeq`).
`param` | An optional `GRanges` or `IntegerRangesList` instance to select reads (and sub-sequences) for input. See Methods, below.
`...` | Additional arguments. For `FaFileList`, this can either be a single character vector of paths to BAM files, or several instances of `FaFile` objects. For `scanFa,FaFile,missing-method` this can include arguemnts to `readDNAStringSet` / `readRNAStringSet` / `readAAStringSet` when `param` is ‘missing’.
`rw` | Mode of file; ignored.
`as` | A character(1) vector indicating the type of object to return. For `scanFaIndex`, default `GRangesList`, with index information from each file is returned as an element of the list. For `scanFa`, default `DNAStringSet`. `GRangesList`, index information is collapsed across files into the unique index elements.

### Objects from the Class

Objects are created by calls of the form `FaFile()`.

### Fields

The `FaFile` class inherits fields from the `RsamtoolsFile` class.

### Functions and methods

`FaFileList` inherits methods from `RsamtoolsFileList` and `SimpleList`.

Opening / closing:

open.FaFile

  Opens the (local or remote) `path` and `index` files. Returns a `FaFile` instance.

close.FaFile

  Closes the `FaFile` `con`; returning (invisibly) the updated `FaFile`. The instance may be re-opened with `open.FaFile`.

Accessors:

path

  Returns a character(1) vector of the fasta path name.

index

  Returns a character(1) vector of fasta index name (minus the '.fai' extension).

Methods:

indexFa

  Visit the path in `path(file)` and create an index file (with the extension ‘.fai’).

scanFaIndex

  Read the sequence names and and widths of recorded in an indexed fasta file, returning the information as a `GRanges` object.

seqinfo

  Consult the index file for defined sequences (`seqlevels()`) and lengths (`seqlengths()`).

countFa

  Return the number of records in the fasta file.

scanFa

  Return the sequences indicated by `param` as a `DNAStringSet` instance. `seqnames(param)` selects the sequences to return; `start(param)` and `end{param}` define the (1-based) region of the sequence to return. Values of `end(param)` greater than the width of the sequence cause an error; use `seqlengths(FaFile(file))` to discover sequence widths. When `param` is missing, all records are selected. When `length(param)==0` no records are selected.

getSeq

  Returns the sequences indicated by `param` from the indexed fasta file(s) of `file`.

  For the `FaFile` method, the return type is a `DNAStringSet`. The `getSeq,FaFile` and `scanFa,FaFile,GRanges` methods differ in that `getSeq` will reverse complement sequences selected from the minus strand.

  For the `FaFileList` method, the `param` argument must be a `GRangesList` of the same length as `file`, creating a one-to-one mapping between the ith element of `file` and the ith element of `param`; the return type is a `SimpleList` of `DNAStringSet` instances, with elements of the list in the same order as the input elements.

show

  Compactly display the object.

### Author(s)

Martin Morgan

### Examples

    fl <- system.file("extdata", "ce2dict1.fa", package="Rsamtools",
                      mustWork=TRUE)
    fa <- open(FaFile(fl))                   # open
    countFa(fa)
    (idx <- scanFaIndex(fa))
    (dna <- scanFa(fa, param=idx[1:2]))
    ranges(idx) <- narrow(ranges(idx), -10)  # last 10 nucleotides
    (dna <- scanFa(fa, param=idx[1:2]))

[Package Rsamtools version 1.32.3 Index]