| blocks-methods {rtracklayer} | R Documentation |
Obtains the block ranges (subranges, usually exons) from an object, such as a
RangedData imported from a BED file.
blocks(x, ...)
x |
The instance from which to obtain the block/exon
information. Currently must be a RangedData, presumably
imported with import.bed.
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... |
Additional arguments for methods |
For the RangedData method, there must be two columns in
x: blockStarts and blockSizes, each field of
which should be a comma-separated list of block starts and widths,
respectively. This comes from the BED specification.
Michael Lawrence
import.bed for importing a track from BED, which
can store block information.