Bio::FeatureIO::bed(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Bio::FeatureIO::bed(3pm)
NAME
Bio::FeatureIO::bed - read/write features from UCSC BED format
SYNOPSIS
my $in = Bio::FeatureIO(-format => 'bed', -file => 'file.bed');
for my $feat ($in->next_feature) {
# do something with $feat (a Bio::SeqFeature::Annotated object)
}
my $out = Bio::FeatureIO(-format=>'bed');
for my $feat ($seq->get_seqFeatures) {
$out->write_feature($feat);
}
DESCRIPTION
See <http://www.genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/customTrack.html#BED>.
Currently for read and write only the first 6 fields (chr, start, end, name, score, strand) are supported.
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AUTHOR - Allen Day
Email allenday@ucla.edu
CONTRIBUTORS
Sendu Bala, bix@sendu.me.uk
APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
_initialize
Title : _initialize
Function: initializes BED for reading/writing
Args : all optional:
name description
----------------------------------------------------------
-name the name for the BED track, stored in header
name defaults to localtime()
-description the description for the BED track, stored in
header. defaults to localtime().
-use_score whether or not the score attribute of
features should be used when rendering them.
the higher the score the darker the color.
defaults to 0 (false)
use_score
Title : use_score
Usage : $obj->use_score($newval)
Function: should score be used to adjust feature color when rendering? set to true if so.
Example :
Returns : value of use_score (a scalar)
Args : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)
name
Title : name
Usage : $obj->name($newval)
Function: name of BED track
Example :
Returns : value of name (a scalar)
Args : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)
description
Title : description
Usage : $obj->description($newval)
Function: description of BED track
Example :
Returns : value of description (a scalar)
Args : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)
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