# RSeqAn SeqAn Headers for R [](https://travis-ci.org/compbiocore/RSeqAn) [](https://codecov.io/gh/compbiocore/RSeqAn) [](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause) [](https://compbiocore.github.io/RSeqAn) [](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01160) ## Overview This package provides R with access to [SeqAn v2.4](http://www.seqan.de/) header files. SeqAn is an open source C++ library of efficient algorithms and data structures for the analysis of sequences with the focus on biological data. ## Usage RSeqAn can be used via the `LinkingTo:` field in the `DESCRIPTION` field of an R package. Note that the compiler will need to compile as C++14. This can be done in R as `Sys.setenv("PKG_CXXFLAGS"="-std=c++14")`. For a quick example, see our [introductory vignette](https://compbiocore.github.io/RSeqAn/first_example/). Alternatively you can run the C++ code from the vignette directly by entering ```r Rcpp::sourceCpp(system.file("extdata","first_example.cpp",package="RSeqAn")) pattern_search("This is an awesome tutorial to get to know SeqAn!", "tutorial") ``` Don't forget to set the C++14 compiler flags if you do this! ## Installation * We recommend installing the release version [through Bioconductor](https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/RSeqAn.html), especially if you are running R on Windows. Instructions are provided on their page. * Version 1.3.1 can also be installed [through Bioconductor](http://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/RSeqAn.html) (for now, Bioconductor has a separate release cycle), downloaded as [a tagged release](https://github.com/compbiocore/RSeqAn/releases/tag/v1.3.1), or installed with `devtools` by running: ```r devtools::install_github("compbiocore/RSeqAn", ref="v1.3.1") ``` This version contains `Rcpp::as` and `Rcpp::wrap` functions for `CharString` and is the one submitted to the [Journal of Open Source Software](https://joss.theoj.org/). * The development version can be installed with `devtools` by running: ```r devtools::install_github("compbiocore/RSeqAn", ref="devel") ``` This version contains additional wrappers, though we cannot guarantee that they will work for you. ## Author August Guang ## Release history See [`NEWS`](/inst/NEWS) for release history. ## Citation If you use this package in your work, even if only in auxiliary tools or pipelines please cite: Guang, (2019). RSeqAn: Headers and wrappers for the SeqAn library in R. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(34), 1160, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01160 Please do not forget to cite SeqAn as well: Reinert, K., Dadi, T. H., Ehrhardt, M., Hauswedell, H., Mehringer, S., Rahn, R., … Weese, D. (2017). The SeqAn C++ template library for efficient sequence analysis: A resource for programmers. Journal of Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.07.017