Hi everyone
Thanks for your support and help
I have a question. I am interested in understanding the wiggle format. I
was going through this :
http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/wiggle.html

Can you explain me what does the last paragraph means

*Caution for sparse variableStep data*
*The wiggle format was designed for quickly displaying data that is quite
dense. The variableStep format, in particular, becomes very inefficient
when there are only a few data points per 1,024 bases. If variableStep data
points (i.e., chromStarts) are greater than about 100 bases apart, it is
advisable to use BedGraph<http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/bedgraph.html>
 format.*
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What do we mean by *variablestep data points* referred above. It would be
nice if you can explain this

Moreover can you suggest me how can we convert wiggle file into a bed file

Thanks in advance

Regards
VARUN
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