SYNOPSIS

$range = Bio::Range->new(-start=>10, -end=>30, -strand=>+1);
$r2 = Bio::Range->new(-start=>15, -end=>200, -strand=>+1);
print join(', ', $range->union($r2)), "\n";
print join(', ', $range->intersection($r2)), "\n";
print $range->overlaps($r2), "\n";
print $range->contains($r2), "\n";

DESCRIPTION

This provides a pure perl implementation of the BioPerl range interface.

Ranges are modeled as having (start, end, length, strand). They use Bio-coordinates - all points >= start and <= end are within the range. End is always greater-than or equal-to start, and length is greather than or equal to 1. The behaviour of a range is undefined if ranges with negative numbers or zero are used.

So, in summary:

  length = end - start + 1
  end >= start
  strand = (-1 | 0 | +1)

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Heikki Lehvaslaiho

Email heikki-at-bioperl-dot-org

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

Constructors

new

  Title   : new
  Usage   : $range = Bio::Range->new(-start => 100, -end=> 200, -strand = +1);
  Function: generates a new Bio::Range
  Returns : a new range
  Args    : -strand (defaults to 0) and any two of (-start, -end, -length),
            the third will be calculated

unions

 Title   : unions
 Usage   : @unions = Bio::Range->unions(@ranges);
 Function: generate a list of non-intersecting Bio::Range objects
           from a list of Bio::Range objects which may intersect
 Returns : a list of Bio::Range objects
 Args    : a list of Bio::Range objects

Member variable access

These methods let you get at and set the member variables

start

  Title    : start
  Function : return or set the start co-ordinate
  Example  : $s = $range->start(); $range->start(7);
  Returns  : the value of the start co-ordinate
  Args     : optionally, the new start co-ordinate
  Overrides: Bio::RangeI::start

end

  Title    : end
  Function : return or set the end co-ordinate
  Example  : $e = $range->end(); $range->end(2000);
  Returns  : the value of the end co-ordinate
  Args     : optionally, the new end co-ordinate
  Overrides: Bio::RangeI::end

strand

  Title    : strand
  Function : return or set the strandedness
  Example  : $st = $range->strand(); $range->strand(-1);
  Returns  : the value of the strandedness (-1, 0 or 1)
  Args     : optionally, the new strand - (-1, 0, 1) or (-, ., +).
  Overrides: Bio::RangeI::strand

length

  Title    : length
  Function : returns the length of this range
  Example  : $length = $range->length();
  Returns  : the length of this range, equal to end - start + 1
  Args     : if you attempt to set the length an exception will be thrown
  Overrides: Bio::RangeI::Length

toString

  Title   : toString
  Function: stringifies this range
  Example : print $range->toString(), "\n";
  Returns : a string representation of this range

Boolean Methods

These methods return true or false.

 $range->overlaps($otherRange) && print "Ranges overlap\n";

overlaps

  Title    : overlaps
  Usage    : if($r1->overlaps($r2)) { do stuff }
  Function : tests if $r2 overlaps $r1
  Args     : a range to test for overlap with
  Returns  : true if the ranges overlap, false otherwise
  Inherited: Bio::RangeI

contains

  Title    : contains
  Usage    : if($r1->contains($r2) { do stuff }
  Function : tests whether $r1 totally contains $r2
  Args     : a range to test for being contained
  Returns  : true if the argument is totally contained within this range
  Inherited: Bio::RangeI

equals

  Title    : equals
  Usage    : if($r1->equals($r2))
  Function : test whether $r1 has the same start, end, length as $r2
  Args     : a range to test for equality
  Returns  : true if they are describing the same range
  Inherited: Bio::RangeI

Geometrical methods

These methods do things to the geometry of ranges, and return triplets (start, end, strand) from which new ranges could be built.

intersection

  Title    : intersection
  Usage    : ($start, $stop, $strand) = $r1->intersection($r2)
  Function : gives the range that is contained by both ranges
  Args     : a range to compare this one to
  Returns  : nothing if they do not overlap, or the range that they do overlap
  Inherited: Bio::RangeI::intersection

union

  Title    : union
  Usage    : ($start, $stop, $strand) = $r1->union($r2);
           : ($start, $stop, $strand) = Bio::Range->union(@ranges);
  Function : finds the minimal range that contains all of the ranges
  Args     : a range or list of ranges
  Returns  : the range containing all of the ranges
  Inherited: Bio::RangeI::union