File Format Conversions

Examples of queries that will convert between standard file formats

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### methratio (BSMAP) to GFF

SELECT 
chr as seqname,  
'methratio' as source,  
'CpG' as feature, 
pos as start,
pos + 1 as [end],
ratio as score,  
strand,  
'.' as frame,  
'.' as attribute

FROM [sr320@washington.edu].     
[BiGO_betty_plain_methratio_v1.txt] betty 
where 
context like '__CG_' --_=single character wildcard
and
CT_Count > 9

Explanation:

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### methratio (BSMAP) to IGV

SELECT 
chr as seqname,  
pos - 1 as start, -- compensating for going to zero-based
pos + 1 as [end], 
'CG' as feature, 
ratio as score

FROM [sr320@washington.edu].     
[BiGill_methratio_v9_A.txt] yel 
where 
context like '__CG_' --_=single character wildcard
and
CT_Count >= 5​

Explanation:

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###Methratio outputs to format needed for methylKit in SQLShare

SELECT 
  chr as chr,
  pos as start,
  '+' as strand,
  cast (CT_count as float) as CT_count,
  cast (C_count as float) as C_count,
  cast (C_count as float) / cast (CT_count as float) as freqC
  
FROM [sr320@washington.edu].[BiGill_methratio_v9_A.txt]
  where 
context like '__CG_'
and
  CT_Count >= 5 
and 
  ratio <> 'NA'​

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Python client formatted

python /Users/sr320/sqlshare-pythonclient/tools/fetchdata.py -s "SELECT chr as chr, pos as start, '+' as strand, cast (CT_count as float) as CT_count, cast (C_count as float) as C_count, cast (C_count as float) / cast (CT_count as float) as freqC FROM [sr320@washington.edu].[BiGo_lar_T1D3] where context like '__CG_' and CT_Count >= 5 and ratio <> 'NA'" -o /Volumes/web/cnidarian/BiGo_lar_T1D3_methylkit_input.csv