importFQ {GenomicTools.fileHandler}

Importing a Fastq File.

Description

This function imports a standard fastq file

Usage

importFQ(file)

Arguments

file

Specifies the filename/path

Details

This function imports a standard fastq file that consists out of blocks of four lines per entry

Value

An object of class fq containing the sequences and the quality meausure. The names correspond to the sequence names given in the fasta file.

Author(s)

Daniel Fischer

See Also

print.fq, summary.fq

Examples

 # Define here the location on HDD for the example file
   fpath <- system.file("extdata","example.fastq", package="GenomicTools.fileHandler")
 # Import the example fastq file  
   fastqFile <- importFQ(file=fpath)