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ShortRead

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FASTQ input and manipulation

v1.70.0 · software · Artistic-2.0

Release Lineage

Entered 2.2 · May 1, 2008

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 37 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

This package implements sampling, iteration, and input of FASTQ files. The package includes functions for filtering and trimming reads, and for generating a quality assessment report. Data are represented as DNAStringSet-derived objects, and easily manipulated for a diversity of purposes. The package also contains legacy support for early single-end, ungapped alignment formats.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

355 0 exported

Complexity

2.2 avg / 10 max

Call network

355 nodes / 436 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

22,135

Files

251

Compiled share

16.4%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 8,562 (38.7%)C/C++/src 3,640 (16.4%)Tests 1 (0%)Docs 6,949 (31.4%)Vignettes 2,983 (13.5%)

API

Exported functions

34

Internal functions

107

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

0%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

9.7%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

46.7%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

System requirements

C++ standard

License

Artistic-2.0

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

37

First release

2008-04-30

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

183 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

18

LOC over versions

v2.2: 3,315 LOCv2.3: 9,678 LOCv2.4: 14,998 LOCv2.5: 15,904 LOCv2.6: 17,328 LOCv2.7: 14,665 LOCv2.8: 14,920 LOCv2.9: 17,986 LOCv2.10: 19,362 LOCv2.11: 19,409 LOCv2.12: 19,457 LOCv2.13: 19,716 LOCv2.14: 22,490 LOCv3.0: 22,396 LOCv3.1: 22,417 LOCv3.2: 21,982 LOCv3.3: 21,989 LOCv3.4: 21,993 LOCv3.5: 21,996 LOCv3.6: 21,996 LOCv3.7: 21,990 LOCv3.8: 21,990 LOCv3.9: 21,990 LOCv3.10: 21,997 LOCv3.11: 21,997 LOCv3.12: 22,091 LOCv3.13: 22,108 LOCv3.14: 22,108 LOCv3.15: 22,108 LOCv3.16: 22,115 LOCv3.17: 22,115 LOCv3.18: 22,115 LOCv3.19: 22,114 LOCv3.20: 22,114 LOCv3.21: 22,114 LOCv3.22: 22,114 LOCv3.23: 22,135 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 0% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
not tracked
Return-value docs
not tracked
References docs
2%

Topics

Depended on by (62)

CRAN (7)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("ShortRead")
Bioconductor Package Maintainer, Anders, S., Lawrence, M., Morgan, M., Satyam, R., & Wokaty, J. (2026). ShortRead: FASTQ input and manipulation (Version 1.70.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/ShortRead

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Cite the R Observatory

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for ShortRead version 1.70.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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