I am trying to sort my PyBedtools object using the -chrThenSizeA option present in Bedtools sort. However, I can't seem to find a way to pass this argument through to PyBedtools. I think this is because the option acts as a flag, and doesn't have any associated values (i.e. g=0).
If I try to pass just the option as-is:
>>> bedtool_sort=bedtool_subset.sort(chrThenSizeA)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'chrThenSizeA' is not defined
If I try to pass the argument as a string:
>>> bedtool_sort=bedtool_subset.sort("chrThenSizeA")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "conda_envs/test2/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pybedtools/bedtool.py", line 923, in decorated
result = method(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "conda_envs/test2/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pybedtools/bedtool.py", line 365, in wrapped
cmds, tmp, stdin = self.handle_kwargs(prog=prog,
TypeError: keywords must be strings
If I try to pass a blank value along with the argument:
>>> bedtool_sort=bedtool_subset.sort(chrThenSizeA='')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "conda_envs/test2/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pybedtools/bedtool.py", line 923, in decorated
result = method(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "conda_envs/test2/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pybedtools/bedtool.py", line 402, in wrapped
stream = call_bedtools(
File "conda_envs/test2/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pybedtools/helpers.py", line 460, in call_bedtools
raise BEDToolsError(subprocess.list2cmdline(cmds), stderr)
pybedtools.helpers.BEDToolsError:
Command was:
bedtools sort -i /tmp/pybedtools.ypek0855.tmp -chrThenSizeA ""
Error message was:
*****ERROR: Unrecognized parameter: *****
Do you have any advice for this issue? My BedTools version is v.2.30.0, and my PyBedtools version is 0.9.0.
If this is still an issue (or at least, for future reference for other users), use chrThenSizeA=True. See this section of the docs for how arguments are translated.
Hello,
I am trying to sort my PyBedtools object using the -chrThenSizeA option present in Bedtools sort. However, I can't seem to find a way to pass this argument through to PyBedtools. I think this is because the option acts as a flag, and doesn't have any associated values (i.e. g=0).
If I try to pass just the option as-is:
If I try to pass the argument as a string:
If I try to pass a blank value along with the argument:
Do you have any advice for this issue? My BedTools version is v.2.30.0, and my PyBedtools version is 0.9.0.
Thank you very much!