Closed AngieHinrichs closed 9 years ago
The format you're describing is actually bedGraph (http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenpath/help/bedgraph.html) not BED (http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format1). The 4th field of BED is a name; the 4th field of bedGraph is a number.
@AngieHinrichs Good point, updated.
The format you're describing is actually bedGraph (http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenpath/help/bedgraph.html) not BED (http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format1). The 4th field of BED is a name; the 4th field of bedGraph is a number.