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VariantExperiment

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A RangedSummarizedExperiment Container for VCF/GDS Data with GDS Backend

v1.26.0 · software · GPL-3

Release Lineage

Entered 3.10 · Oct 30, 2019

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 14 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

VariantExperiment is a Bioconductor package for saving data in VCF/GDS format into RangedSummarizedExperiment object. The high-throughput genetic/genomic data are saved in GDSArray objects. The annotation data for features/samples are saved in DelayedDataFrame format with mono-dimensional GDSArray in each column. The on-disk representation of both assay data and annotation data achieves on-disk reading and processing and saves memory space significantly. The interface of RangedSummarizedExperiment data format enables easy and common manipulations for high-throughput genetic/genomic data with common SummarizedExperiment metaphor in R and Bioconductor.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

52 8 exported

Complexity

3.5 avg / 15 max

Call network

52 nodes / 82 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

2,867

Files

33

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 1,625 (56.7%)Tests 306 (10.7%)Docs 469 (16.4%)Vignettes 467 (16.3%)

API

Exported functions

9

Internal functions

44

Recent export changes

v3.19−1 gdsfile<-

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.19

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

88.9%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

26.7%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.6.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

14

First release

2019-10-29

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

181 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

1

LOC over versions

v3.10: 2,809 LOCv3.11: 2,868 LOCv3.12: 2,870 LOCv3.13: 2,870 LOCv3.14: 2,889 LOCv3.15: 2,889 LOCv3.16: 2,889 LOCv3.17: 2,889 LOCv3.18: 2,889 LOCv3.19: 2,867 LOCv3.20: 2,867 LOCv3.21: 2,867 LOCv3.22: 2,867 LOCv3.23: 2,867 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 84 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 33% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
83%
References docs
0%

Topics

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("VariantExperiment")
Liu, Q., Morgan, M., & Pagès, H. (2026). VariantExperiment: A RangedSummarizedExperiment Container for VCF/GDS Data with GDS Backend (Version 1.26.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/VariantExperiment

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for VariantExperiment version 1.26.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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