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biomformat

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An interface package for the BIOM file format

v1.40.0 · software · GPL-2

Release Lineage

Entered 3.3 · May 4, 2016

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 21 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

This is an R package for interfacing with the BIOM file format. This package includes basic tools for reading biom-format files, accessing and subsetting data tables from a biom object (which is more complex than a single table), as well as limited support for writing a biom-object back to a biom-format file. The design of this API is intended to match the python API and other tools included with the biom-format project, but with a decidedly "R flavor" that should be familiar to R users. This includes S4 classes and methods, as well as extensions of common core functions/methods.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

13 7 exported

Complexity

5.2 avg / 20 max

Call network

13 nodes / 4 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

3,945

Files

52

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 1,649 (41.8%)Tests 798 (20.2%)Docs 1,078 (27.3%)Vignettes 420 (10.6%)

API

Exported functions

14

Internal functions

6

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.48

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

66.7%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.1

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-2

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

21

First release

2016-05-15

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

2

LOC over versions

v3.3: 2,503 LOCv3.4: 2,503 LOCv3.5: 2,503 LOCv3.6: 2,503 LOCv3.7: 2,503 LOCv3.8: 2,503 LOCv3.9: 2,503 LOCv3.10: 2,503 LOCv3.11: 2,503 LOCv3.12: 2,503 LOCv3.13: 2,503 LOCv3.14: 2,503 LOCv3.15: 2,503 LOCv3.16: 2,503 LOCv3.17: 2,503 LOCv3.18: 2,503 LOCv3.19: 2,503 LOCv3.20: 2,503 LOCv3.21: 2,503 LOCv3.22: 3,146 LOCv3.23: 3,945 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 302 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 33% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
93%
References docs
27%

Topics

Depended on by (11)

CRAN (1)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("biomformat")
McMurdie, P. J., & Paulson, J. N. (2026). biomformat: An interface package for the BIOM file format (Version 1.40.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/biomformat

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 biomformat version 1.40.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-22, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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