3ba9819d796643362d5bdbc6996b21ee16dfd6eb
braney
  Tue Sep 24 15:08:16 2019 -0700
add a new function to bigBed to get any field's column

diff --git src/inc/bigBed.h src/inc/bigBed.h
index 9ee6f0b..28165d3 100644
--- src/inc/bigBed.h
+++ src/inc/bigBed.h
@@ -131,17 +131,19 @@
 // Get asObject associated with bigBed file, or the default.
 
 boolean bigBedFileCheckSigs(char *fileName);
 /* check file signatures at beginning and end of file */
 
 struct bptFile *bigBedOpenExtraIndex(struct bbiFile *bbi, char *fieldName, int *retFieldIx);
 /* Return index associated with fieldName.  Aborts if no such index.  Optionally return
  * index in a row of this field. */
 
 struct slName *bigBedListExtraIndexes(struct bbiFile *bbi);
 /* Return list of names of extra indexes beyond primary chrom:start-end one" */
 
 int bbExtraFieldIndex(struct bbiFile *bbi, char* fieldName);
 /* return the index of a given extra field */
 
+int bbFieldIndex(struct bbiFile *bbi, char* fieldName);
+/* return the index of a given field. Return -1 if not found. */
 #endif /* BIGBED_H */