[BioC] Is a number within a set of ranges?

[Carlos J. Gil Bellosta]

You can use cut (?cut) defining the breaks from your ranges, as they
are non-overlapping.

Regards,

Carlos J. Gil Bellosta
http://www.datanalytics.com


> On 10/29/07, Daniel Brewer <daniel.brewer at icr.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I have a table with a start and stop column which defines a set of
> > ranges.  I have another table with a list of genes with associated
> > position.  What I would like to do is subset the gene table so it only
> > contains genes whose position is within any of the ranges.  What is the
> > best way to do this?  The only way I can think of is to construct a long
> > list of conditions linked by ORs but I am sure there must be a better way.
> >
> > Simple example:
> >
> > Start   Stop
> > 1       3
> > 5       9
> > 13      15
> >
> > Gene    Position
> > 1       14
> > 2       4
> > 3       10
> > 4       6
> >
> > I would like to get out:
> > Gene    Position
> > 1       14
> > 4       6
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > --
> > **************************************************************
> > Daniel Brewer, Ph.D.
> > Institute of Cancer Research
> > Email: daniel.brewer at icr.ac.uk
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