read_bigwig {plyranges} | R Documentation

## Read a BigWig file

### Description

Read a BigWig file

### Usage

    read_bigwig(file, genome_info = NULL, overlap_ranges = NULL)

### Arguments

`file` | A path to a file or URL.
`genome_info` | An optional character string or a Ranges object that contains information about the genome build. For example the identifier "hg19" will add build information to the returned GRanges.
`overlap_ranges` | An optional Ranges object. Only the intervals in the file that overlap the Ranges will be loaded.

### Value

a GRanges object

### See Also

`rtracklayer::BigWigFile()`

### Examples

    if (.Platform$OS.type != "windows") {
      test_path <- system.file("tests", package = "rtracklayer")
      bw_file <- file.path(test_path, "test.bw")
      gr <- read_bigwig(bw_file)
      gr
    }

[Package plyranges version 1.12.1 Index]