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NAME

Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Slice - Utility functions for slices

SYNOPSIS

use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Slice qw(split_Slices);

# ...

# get all chromosomes in the database
my $slices = $slice_adaptor->fetch_all('chromosome');

# split the chromosomes into equal chunks of size less than 1MB
# with an overlap of 1kb
$slices = split_Slices( $slices, 1e6, 1e3 );

METHODS

split_Slices

Arg [1]    : ref to list of slices
Arg [2]    : int maxlength of sub slices
Arg [3]    : int overlap length (optional)
Example    : my $sub_slices = split_Slices($slices,$maxlen,$overlap)
Description: splits a slice into smaller slices 
Returntype : ref to list of slices
Exceptions : maxlen <1 or overlap < 0