mergeReads: Reads raw fastq files and concatenates the forward and...

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Description

Merge the forward and reverse reads of fastq files. This basically concatenates the sequence and the read quality and uses the sequence infromation and other metadata of the forward read. The fastqfile should have the following name format: name.F.fq for the forward and name.R.fq for the reverse.

Usage

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mergeReads(filePath, fastqNam, outFile = NULL, chunkLines = 2e+05)

Arguments

filePath

full path to the directory containing the forward and reverse reads

fastqNam

name of the fastq file. See Details

outFile

name of the fastq file to be generated

Value

NULL; saves a fastq file instead.

Examples

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mergeReads(filePath = "rawReads/", fasqNam = "EMSE_5102")

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