NAME

bl_bed_skip_header() - Read past BED header

LIBRARY

#include <biolibc/bed.h>
-lbiolibc -lxtend

SYNOPSIS

FILE    *bl_bed_skip_header(FILE *bed_stream)

ARGUMENTS

stream  Pointer to the FILE structure for reading the BED stream

DESCRIPTION

Skip over header lines in bed input stream, leaving the FILE structure pointing to the first character in the first line of data. The header is copied to a temporary file whose FILE pointer is returned.

RETURN VALUES

Pointer to the FILE structure of the temporary file.

EXAMPLES

FILE    *header, *bed_stream;
header = bl_bed_skip_header(bed_stream);