Bio::AlignIO::mega.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2010-05-19 (ubuntu - 24/10/10)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

Bio::AlignIO::mega - Parse and Create MEGA format data files

SYNOPSIS

     use Bio::AlignIO;
     my $alignio = Bio::AlignIO->new(-format => 'mega',
                                    -file   => 't/data/hemoglobinA.meg');
 
     while( my $aln = $alignio->next_aln ) {
     # process each alignment or convert to another format like NEXUS
     }
 
 

DESCRIPTION

This object handles reading and writing data streams in the MEGA format (Kumar and Nei).

FEEDBACK

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   bioperl-l@bioperl.org                  - General discussion
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Support

Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted the web:
   http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/
 
 

AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason-at-bioperl.org

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

next_aln

  Title   : next_aln
  Usage   : $aln = $stream->next_aln()
  Function: returns the next alignment in the stream.
            Supports the following MEGA format features:
            - The file has to start with '#mega'
            - Reads in the name of the alignment from a comment
              (anything after '!TITLE: ') .
            - Reads in the format parameters datatype
 
  Returns : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object - returns 0 on end of file
             or on error
  Args    : NONE
 
 

write_aln

  Title   : write_aln
  Usage   : $stream->write_aln(@aln)
  Function: writes the $aln object into the stream in MEGA format
  Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error
  Args    : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object