Export a gen_tibble object to PLINK bed format

This function exports all the information of a gen_tibble object into a PLINK bed, ped or raw file (and associated files, i.e. .bim and .fam for .bed; .fam for .ped).

gt_as_plink(x, file = NULL, type = c("bed", "ped", "raw"), overwrite = TRUE)

Arguments

x

a gen_tibble object

file

a character string giving the path to output file. If left to NULL, the output file will have the same path and prefix of the backingfile.

type

one of "bed", "ped" or "raw"

overwrite

boolean whether to overwrite the file.

Value

the path of the saved file