Convert from GRanges to BED format — granges_to

Convert GRanges object to BED format and save as a text file.

granges_to_bed(
  grlist,
  save_dir = tempdir(),
  sep = "\t",
  nThread = 1,
  gzip = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

grlist: A list of GRanges objects. Can also be a single non-list GRanges object.
save_dir: Where to save the BED file.
sep: The separator between columns. Default is ",".
nThread: The number of threads to use. Experiment to see what works best for your data on your hardware.
gzip: Whether the BED file should be gzip compressed.
verbose: Print messages.

Examples

gr <- echodata::dt_to_granges(dat = echodata::BST1)
#> Converting dat to GRanges object.
bed_path <- echodata::granges_to_bed(grlist = gr)
#> Converting 1 GRanges object to separate BED files.
#> Saving BED file ==> /tmp/RtmpLQCV4M/granges1.bed.txt