extractReadStatistics: Extract statistics from mapped reads.

Description Usage Arguments Value

Description

Extract statistics from mapped reads, such as total number of reads, uniquely mapped reaqds, percentages of intronic/intergenic etc. The function makes use of the R package Rsamtools (part of Bioconductor).

Usage

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extractReadStatistics(object, yieldSize = 10^6, sample.name = NULL)

Arguments

object

A string describing the exact location of the BAM file for the sample under consideration.

yieldSize

Large BAM files are processed in batches because of memory issues. The parameter yieldSize controls the batch size. Default value: 10^6.

sample.name

A string describing the sample.

Value

A data.frame containing the computed statistics.


rajewsky-lab/dropbead documentation built on May 26, 2019, 10 p.m.