insertInterval,IntervalTree,character-method {rIntervalTree}

insertInterval

Description

Method for inserting an interval into an IntervalTree object. Given an ordered pair of numbers denoting the start and end of an interval, the interval is first converted into an Interval object, then the Interval object is inserted by calling the insert() function.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'IntervalTree,character'
insertInterval(theObject, anInterval)

Arguments

theObject

an IntervalTree object

anInterval

an interval in the form of (name, start, end).

Value

an IntervalTree object.

Examples

m_ranges <- data.frame(c("A", "B", "C", "D"), c(-1.1,2,3,4), c(5,4,6,10))
m_interval_tree <- new("IntervalTree", data=m_ranges, root=list())
m_interval_tree <- insertInterval(m_interval_tree, c("testInterval2", 200, 500))
res <- insertInterval(m_interval_tree, c("a",-25,7))