count_bases {baseq} | R Documentation |
Count the number of A's, C's, G's, and T's in a DNA sequence
Description
This function takes a single argument, a DNA sequence as a character string, and counts the number of A's, C's, G's, and T's in the sequence. The counts are returned as a named vector.
Usage
count_bases(sequence)
Arguments
sequence |
a character string containing a DNA sequence |
Value
a named integer vector containing the counts of A's, C's, G's, and T's
Examples
sequence <- "ATCGAGCTAGCTAGCTAGCTAGCT"
count_bases(sequence)
# A C G T
# 6 6 6 6
[Package baseq version 0.1.4 Index]