base_count: Retrieves the total number of observed unique bases.

View source: R/base-count.R

base_countR Documentation

Retrieves the total number of observed unique bases.

Description

Retrieves the total number of observed unique bases. If ref is provided, reference base will be considered for counting, e.g.: At some site only base 'A' was observed but the reference was 'T'. base_count will be:

  • 1, when ref is NOT provided, or

  • 2, when ref is provided.

Usage

base_count(bases, ref = NULL)

Arguments

bases

vector of base calls or tibble of base call counts.

ref

vector of strings with reference bases

Value

numeric vector of total number of bases.

Examples

bc <- c("A", "AG", "C")
str(base_count(bc))

# use default observed base calls and condsider reference base
ref <- c("A", "A", "T")
str(base_count(bc, ref))

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