in.region2: checks if regions in object a are found in object b

In bedr: Genomic Region Processing using Tools Such as 'BEDTools', 'BEDOPS' and 'Tabix'

Description

checks if regions in object a are found in object b

Usage

x %in.region% y

Arguments

x	first region index in the form chr:start-stop. regions in this index will be checked for intersection in the values of the second index.
y	second region index.

Details

The function can also be called using syntax similar to the %in% operator, for example "region1 %in.region% region2"

Value

Returns a logical vector the length of x.

Author(s)

Daryl Waggott

Examples

if (check.binary("bedtools")) {

index <- get.example.regions();

a <- index[[1]];
b <- index[[2]];
a <- bedr.sort.region(a);
b <- bedr.sort.region(b);

d <- a %in.region% b

}

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