as_data_table: Convert gtf/gff/bam/bed S4 objects to data.table and preserve...

In openanalytics/gread: Fast Reading and Processing of Common Gene Annotation and Next Generation Sequencing Format Files

Description

as.data.table converts the input object to data.table, but strips away all other classes except data.table and data.frame.

This internal function is a simple wrapper to as.data.table but also retains the extra class information of the input object.

Usage

as_data_table(x, reset_class = FALSE)

Arguments

x	An object that inherits from GRanges.
reset_class	logical (default FALSE). If TRUE, resets the class to "data.table", "data.frame".

Value

A data.table object with input class preserved.

Examples

## Not run: 
setClass("foo", contains="GRanges")
x = new("foo", GRanges(letters[1:5], IRanges(1:5, 6:10)))
class(x) # [1] "foo"
class(gread:::as_data_table(x)) # [1] "foo" "data.table" "data.frame"

## End(Not run)

openanalytics/gread documentation built on May 24, 2019, 2:29 p.m.