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BGLR (version 1.1.3)

write_bed: write_bed

Description

This function writes genotype information into a binary PED (BED) filed used in plink. For more details about this format see http://zzz.bwh.harvard.edu/plink/binary.shtml.

Usage

write_bed(x,n,p,bed_file)

Arguments

n

integer, number of individuals.

p

integer, number of SNPs.

x

integer vector that contains the genotypic information coded as 0,1,2 and 3 (see details below). The information must be in snp major order. The vector should be of dimension n*p with the snps stacked.

bed_file

output binary file with genotype information.

Author

Gustavo de los Campos, Paulino Perez Rodriguez,

Details

The vector contains integer codes:

Integer codeGenotype
000 Homozygote "1"/"1"
101 Heterozygote
210 Missing genotype
311 Homozygote "2"/"2"

Examples

Run this code

if (FALSE) {

library(BGLR)
demo(write_bed)

}

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