GFFparser

GFFparser is an R package designed to parse GFF (General Feature Format) files and extract their attribute information into a clean dataframe for further analysis.

Installation

You can install the GFFparser package directly from GitHub using remotes:

remotes::install_github("dorinemerlat/GFFparser")

Usage

gff_parser(file)

This function reads a GFF file and returns a dataframe with the parsed content and extracted attributes.

Arguments:

• file: The path to the GFF file (must be in GFF3 format).

Example:

# Load the package
library(GFFparser)

# Parse the GFF file
gff_data <- gff_parser("/path/to/your/file.gff")

# View the parsed dataframe
head(gff_data)

Dependencies

The package relies on the following R packages:

• ape
• dplyr
• stringr
• purrr
• tidyr

These will be installed automatically when you install GFFparser from GitHub.

License

This package is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Contact

For questions, suggestions, or issues, please contact me (dorine.merlat@etu.unistra.fr).