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# CIGAR string, SAM format
- URL: https://bioinformatics.ghost.io/cigar-string/
- Published: 2018-01-09T01:05:27.000Z
- Updated: 2018-01-09T01:05:27.000Z
- Author: Aarthi Ramakrishnan
- Tags: #Import 2026-08-27 15:34

A reminder on what a CIGAR string stands for in a SAM file:

[CIGAR string](https://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/SAM?ref=bioinformatics.ghost.io#What%5Fis%5Fa%5FCIGAR.3F)

Reminder of SAM format file fields:

[SAM format](https://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/SAMv1.pdf?ref=bioinformatics.ghost.io#subsection.1.4)