or a given protein.</p>
<p>A file format which is often used to represent coverage data is <code>Wig</code> or the modern version <code>BigWig</code>.</p>
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<h2>Rle</h2>
<p>An <code>Rle</code> (run-length-encoded) vector is a specific representation of a vector. The <em><a href="http://bioconductor.org/packages/IRanges">IRanges</a></em> package implements support for this class. Watch out: there is also a base R class called <code>rle</code> which has much less fun