Brick_list_ranges_mcols {HiCBricks} | R Documentation

## Find out what metadata columns are associated to a ranges with a certain name

### Description

`Brick_list_ranges_mcols` will list the metadata columns of the specified ranges if it is present in the Brick store.

### Usage

    Brick_list_ranges_mcols(Brick, rangekey = NULL, resolution = NA)

### Arguments

`Brick` | Required. A string specifying the path to the Brick store created with Create_many_Brick.
`rangekey` | Optional. A string specifying the name of the ranges. If not present, the metadata columns of all ranges will be listed.
`resolution` | Optional. Default NA When an object of class BrickContainer is provided, resolution defines the resolution on which the function is executed

### Value

if no metadata columns are present, NA. If metadata columns are present, a data.frame object containing the name of the ranges and the associated metadata column name.

### Examples

    Bintable.path <- system.file(file.path("extdata", "Bintable_100kb.bins"),
    package = "HiCBricks")

    out_dir <- file.path(tempdir(), "list_ranges_mcols_test")

    dir.create(out_dir)

    My_BrickContainer <- Create_many_Bricks(BinTable = Bintable.path,
      bin_delim = " ", output_directory = out_dir, file_prefix = "Test",
      experiment_name = "Vignette Test", resolution = 100000,
      remove_existing = TRUE)

    Brick_list_ranges_mcols(Brick = My_BrickContainer, rangekey = "Bintable",
    resolution = 100000)

[Package HiCBricks version 1.4.0 Index]