seqDelete {SeqArray} | R Documentation

## Delete GDS Variables

### Description

Deletes variables in the SeqArray GDS file.

### Usage

    seqDelete(gdsfile, info.var=character(), fmt.var=character(),
        samp.var=character(), verbose=TRUE)

### Arguments

`gdsfile` | a `SeqVarGDSClass` object
`info.var` | the variables in the INFO field, i.e., "annotation/info/VARIABLE_NAME"
`fmt.var` | the variables in the FORMAT field, i.e., "annotation/format/VARIABLE_NAME"
`samp.var` | the variables in the sample annotation field, i.e., "sample.annotation/VARIABLE_NAME"
`verbose` | if `TRUE`, show information

### Value

None.

### Author(s)

Xiuwen Zheng

### See Also

`seqOpen`, `seqClose`

### Examples

    # the file of GDS
    gds.fn <- seqExampleFileName("gds")
    file.copy(gds.fn, "tmp.gds", overwrite=TRUE)

    # display
    (f <- seqOpen("tmp.gds", FALSE))

    seqDelete(f, info.var=c("HM2", "AA"), fmt.var="DP")
    f

    # close the GDS file
    seqClose(f)

    # clean up the fragments, reduce the file size
    cleanup.gds("tmp.gds")

    # remove the temporary file
    unlink("tmp.gds", force=TRUE)

[Package SeqArray version 1.28.1 Index]