R/bed2index.R

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

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bed2index <- function(x, sort = TRUE) {
	index <- paste0(
		x[, 1],
		':',
		x[, 2],
		'-',
		x[, 3]
		);
	if (sort) {
		index <- bedr.sort.region(index);
		}
	index;
	}