human_nt: Human-readable nucleotide scale

In genoPlotR: Plot Publication-Grade Gene and Genome Maps

Description

Return a human readable list from a nucleotide position or lenght.

Usage

human_nt(nt, signif = FALSE)

Arguments

nt	A nucleotide position
signif	Either a logical or an integer. If FALSE (default), nt is not rounded. Else, it returns signif significant digits.

Details

Return a nucleotide value in nt, kb, Mb or Gb, according to the value given. This is particularly useful to display nice scales without too many trailing zeros.

Value

Returns a list with 4 elements

n	A numeric value corresponding to nt divided by mult (see below).
tag	A character, giving the multiplier used in text.
mult	The muliplier used, in numeric value.
text	A character, giving the value in a human readable format.

Author(s)

Lionel Guy

Examples

human_nt(123456)
human_nt(123456, signif=2)
human_nt(123456890, signif=2)

genoPlotR documentation built on Jan. 7, 2021, 5:08 p.m.