parseChromLocString {trena} | R Documentation

## Parse a string containing a chromosome and location on the genome

### Description

Given a string of the format "chromosome:start-end", pull out the three values contained in the string and return them as a named list

### Usage

    parseChromLocString(chromLocString)

### Arguments

`chromLocString` | A string of the format "chromosome:start-end"

### Value

A named list containing the chromosome, start, and end from the supplied string

### Examples

    # Note: Both examples return :
    # list(chrom="chr10", start=118441047, end=118445892)

    # Parse a string containing the "chr" prefix for chromosome
    chrom.list <- parseChromLocString("chr10:118441047-118445892")

    # Parse a string without the "chr" prefix in the chromosome
    chrom.list <- parseChromLocString("10:118441047-118445892")

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