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Create an empty .fastq file using patient ID

create_empty_fastq.Rd

This function creates an empty `.fastq` file with the specified patient ID. The file will contain a single entry with the patient ID as the sequence identifier. The sequence and quality scores will be empty

Usage

create_empty_fastq(patient_id, output_dir = tempdir())

Arguments

patient_id

A character vector representing the patient IDs.

output_dir

A character string specifying the directory where the `.fastq` file will be saved.

Details

The function constructs a `.fastq` file with the following format:

  • Line 1: Sequence ID (e.g., @patient_id)

  • Line 2: Empty sequence

  • Line 3: Separator (e.g., +)

  • Line 4: Empty quality scores

Examples

 # Create an empty `.fastq` file for patient ID "patient_123"
 create_empty_fastq("patient_123")
#> Empty `.fastq` file created at: /tmp/RtmpCk48DO/patient_123.fastq
 # Create an empty `.fastq` file for patient ID "patient_456" in a specific directory
 create_empty_fastq("patient_456", output_dir = tempdir())
#> Empty `.fastq` file created at: /tmp/RtmpCk48DO/patient_456.fastq