read_chrom_size {BPRMeth}R Documentation

Read genome chromosome sizes file

Description

read_chrom_size reads a file containing genome chromosome sizes using the fread function.

Usage

read_chrom_size(file, delimiter = "\t")

Arguments

file

File name

delimiter

Delimiter format the columns are splitted. Default is tab.

Value

A data.table object.

Author(s)

C.A.Kapourani C.A.Kapourani@ed.ac.uk

See Also

read_met, read_anno

Examples

chr_file <- system.file("extdata", "hg19.chr.sizes", package = "BPRMeth")
chr_data <- read_chrom_size(chr_file)

# Extract the size of chr1
chr_data[1]
[Package BPRMeth version 1.8.1 Index]