tabix_getregion: Return the currently selected region of the given tabix file.
In WhopGenome: High-Speed Processing of VCF, FASTA and Alignment Data

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Return the currently selected region of the given tabix file. The resulting value does not reflect the current read position inside that region, i.e. you cannot infer whether there are any lines left for reading from that region.

1	tabix_getregion( tabfh )

tabfh

Tabix handle, once returned by tabix_open

Use .Call("tabix_getRegion", tabfh ) to eliminate the slight overhead of using the R wrapper function.

Tabix file handle

Ulrich Wittelsbuerger

tabix_open

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##	Example :
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gffgzfile  <- system.file("extdata", "ex.gff3.gz", package = "WhopGenome" )
gffh <- tabix_open( gffgzfile )
gffh
tabix_setregion( gffh, "ex.1", 1, 400 )
tabix_getregion( gffh )
tabix_close( gffh )
gffh