ucsc2GRanges {compEpiTools}R Documentation

Convert UCSC-formatted genomic positions into a GRanges

Description

Convert UCSC-formatted genomic positions to a GRanges object

Usage

ucsc2GRanges(ucscPositions)

Arguments

ucscPositions

character; a vector of UCSC formatted genomic positions.

Details

UCSC formatted genomic positions such as chr5:10000-35000 are converted into GRanges format.

Value

a GRanges with chr, start and end derived from the UCSC format

References

http://genomics.iit.it/groups/computational-epigenomics.html

Examples

ucsc2GRanges(c('chr1:100-500','chrX:20-1000'))

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