[Bioc-devel] read_bed()

It breaks it because it's not standard BED; however, using the
extraCols= argument should work in this case. Requiring an explicit
format specification is intentional, because it provides validation
and type safety, and it communicates the format to a future reader.
This also looks a bit like a bedPE file, so you might consider using
the Pairs data structure.

Michael

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 4:51 AM Bhagwat, Aditya
<Aditya.Bhagwat at mpi-bn.mpg.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Yeah, I also noticed that the attachment was eaten when it entered the bio-devel list.
>
> The file is also accessible in the extdata of the multicrispr:
> https://gitlab.gwdg.de/loosolab/software/multicrispr/blob/master/inst/extdata/SRF.bed
>
> A bedfile to GRanges importer requires columns 1 (chrom), 2 (chromStart), 3 (chromEnd), and column 6 (strand). All of these are present in SRF.bed.
>
> I am curious as to why you feel that having additional columns in a bedfile would break it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Aditya
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Michael Lawrence [lawrence.michael at gene.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 1:41 PM
> To: Bhagwat, Aditya
> Cc: Shepherd, Lori; bioc-devel at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] read_bed()
>
> I don't see an attachment, nor can I find the multicrispr package
> anywhere. The "addressed soon" was referring to the BEDX+Y formats,
> which was addressed many years ago, so I've updated the documentation.
> Broken BED files will never be supported.
>
> Michael
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 4:17 AM Bhagwat, Aditya
> <Aditya.Bhagwat at mpi-bn.mpg.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Lori,
> >
> > I remember now - I tried this function earlier, but it does not work for my bedfiles, like the one in attach.
> >
> > > bedfile      <- system.file('extdata/SRF.bed', package = 'multicrispr')
> > >
> > > targetranges <- rtracklayer::import(bedfile, format = 'BED', genome = 'mm10')
> > Error in scan(file = file, what = what, sep = sep, quote = quote, dec = dec,  : scan() expected 'an integer', got 'chr2'
> > >
> >
> > Perhaps this sentence in `?rtracklayer::import` points to the source of the error?
> >
> > many tools and organizations have extended BED with additional columns. These are not officially valid BED files, and as such rtracklayer does not yet support them (this will be addressed soon).
> >
> > Which brings the question: how soon is soon :-D ?
> >
> > Aditya
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Shepherd, Lori [Lori.Shepherd at RoswellPark.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 1:02 PM
> > To: Bhagwat, Aditya; bioc-devel at r-project.org
> > Subject: Re: read_bed()
> >
> > Please look at rtracklayer::import()  function that we recommend for reading of BAM files along with other common formats.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > Lori Shepherd
> >
> > Bioconductor Core Team
> >
> > Roswell Park Cancer Institute
> >
> > Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
> >
> > Elm & Carlton Streets
> >
> > Buffalo, New York 14263
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Bioc-devel <bioc-devel-bounces at r-project.org> on behalf of Bhagwat, Aditya <Aditya.Bhagwat at mpi-bn.mpg.de>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:58 AM
> > To: bioc-devel at r-project.org <bioc-devel at r-project.org>
> > Subject: [Bioc-devel] read_bed()
> >
> > Dear bioc-devel,
> >
> > I had two feedback requests regarding the function read_bed().
> >
> > 1) Did I overlook, and therefore, re-invent existing functionality?
> > 2) If not, would `read_bed` be suited for existence in a more foundational package, e.g. `GenomicRanges`, given the rather basal nature of this functionality?
> >
> > It reads a bedfile into a GRanges, converts the coordinates from 0-based (bedfile) to 1-based (GRanges)<https://www.biostars.org/p/84686>, adds BSgenome info (to allow for implicit range validity checking<https://support.bioconductor.org/p/124250>) and plots the karyogram<https://support.bioconductor.org/p/124328>.
> >
> > Thank you for your feedback.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Aditya
> >
> >
> > #' Read bedfile into GRanges
> > #'
> > #' @param bedfile        file path
> > #' @param bsgenome       BSgenome, e.g. BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10::Mmusculus
> > #' @param zero_based     logical(1): whether bedfile GRanges are 0-based
> > #' @param rm_duplicates  logical(1)
> > #' @param plot           logical(1)
> > #' @param verbose        logical(1)
> > #' @return \code{\link[GenomicRanges]{GRanges-class}}
> > #' @note By convention BED files are 0-based. GRanges are always 1-based.
> > #'       A good discussion on these two alternative codings is given
> > #'       by Obi Griffith on Biostars: https://www.biostars.org/p/84686/
> > #' @examples
> > #' bedfile  <- system.file('extdata/SRF.bed', package = 'multicrispr')
> > #' bsgenome <- BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10::Mmusculus
> > #' (gr <- read_bed(bedfile, bsgenome))
> > #' @importFrom  data.table  :=
> > #' @export
> > read_bed <- function(
> >     bedfile,
> >     bsgenome,
> >     zero_based    = TRUE,
> >     rm_duplicates = TRUE,
> >     plot          = TRUE,
> >     verbose       = TRUE
> > ){
> >     # Assert
> >     assert_all_are_existing_files(bedfile)
> >     assert_is_a_bool(verbose)
> >     assert_is_a_bool(rm_duplicates)
> >     assert_is_a_bool(zero_based)
> >
> >     # Comply
> >     seqnames <- start <- end <- strand <- .N <- gap <- width <- NULL
> >
> >     # Read
> >     if (verbose) cmessage('\tRead %s', bedfile)
> >     dt <- data.table::fread(bedfile, select = c(seq_len(3), 6),
> >             col.names = c('seqnames', 'start', 'end', 'strand'))
> >     data.table::setorderv(dt, c('seqnames', 'start', 'end', 'strand'))
> >
> >     # Transform coordinates: 0-based -> 1-based
> >     if (zero_based){
> >         if (verbose)    cmessage('\t\tConvert 0 -> 1-based')
> >         dt[, start := start + 1]
> >     }
> >
> >     if (verbose) cmessage('\t\tRanges: %d ranges on %d chromosomes',
> >                             nrow(dt), length(unique(dt$seqnames)))
> >
> >     # Drop duplicates
> >     if (rm_duplicates){
> >         is_duplicated <- cduplicated(dt)
> >         if (any(is_duplicated)){
> >             if (verbose) cmessage('\t\t        %d after removing duplicates')
> >             dt %<>% extract(!duplicated)
> >         }
> >     }
> >
> >     # Turn into GRanges
> >     gr <-  add_seqinfo(as(dt, 'GRanges'), bsgenome)
> >
> >     # Plot and return
> >     title <- paste0(providerVersion(bsgenome), ': ', basename(bedfile))
> >     if (plot) plot_karyogram(gr, title)
> >     gr
> > }
> >
> >
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