[BioC] iranges

[Valerie Obenchain]

Did you provide 'start', 'end' and 'width' and get a confusing answer? 
If yes, please show your example.

Thanks.
Valerie



On 08/08/2014 08:23 AM, Valerie Obenchain wrote:
> Hi Carol,
>
> The 'end' is the end of the range. When you specify ranges with 'end'
> and 'width' the range will always end at the 'end' value.
>
>  > IRanges(end = 10, width = c(5, 10))
> IRanges of length 2
>      start end width
> [1]     6  10     5
> [2]     1  10    10
>
>
> Similar reasoning for 'start' and 'width':
>
>  > IRanges(start = 10, width = c(5, 10))
> IRanges of length 2
>      start end width
> [1]    10  14     5
> [2]    10  19    10
>
>
> Valerie
>
>
>
> On 08/08/2014 01:29 AM, carol white wrote:
>> Hi,
>> How does width with start and end in IRanges work? I thought that if I
>> use the end with a width, then the sequence from the end with the
>> length of width is taken. However, in my case when I use width for ex
>> 20 and 10, the corresponding sequences with the length 20 and 10 are
>> not the same from the end but from the beginning. Did I misunderstood
>> some thing?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Carol
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