Bio::Index::Qual(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Bio::Index::Qual(3)NAMEBio::Index::Qual - Interface for indexing (multiple) fasta qual files
SYNOPSIS
# Complete code for making an index for several
# qual files
use Bio::Index::Qual;
use strict;
my $Index_File_Name = shift;
my $inx = Bio::Index::Qual->new(
'-filename' => $Index_File_Name,
'-write_flag' => 1);
$inx->make_index(@ARGV);
# Print out several sequences present in the index
# in Qual format
use Bio::Index::Qual;
use strict;
my $Index_File_Name = shift;
my $inx = Bio::Index::Qual->new('-filename' => $Index_File_Name);
my $out = Bio::SeqIO->new('-format' => 'qual','-fh' => \*STDOUT);
foreach my $id (@ARGV) {
my $seq = $inx->fetch($id); # Returns Bio::Seq object
$out->write_seq($seq);
}
# or, alternatively
my $id;
my $seq = $inx->get_Seq_by_id($id); #identical to fetch
DESCRIPTION
Inherits functions for managing dbm files from Bio::Index::Abstract.pm,
and provides the basic funtionallity for indexing qual files, and
retrieving the sequence from them. For best results 'use strict'.
Bio::Index::Qual supports the Bio::DB::BioSeqI interface, meaning it
can be used as a Sequence database for other parts of bioperl
Additional example code is available in scripts/index/*PLS and in the
Bioperl Tutorial (<http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Bptutorial.pl>).
Note that by default the key for the sequence will be the first
continuous string after the '>' in the qual header. If you want to use
a specific substring of the qual header you must use the id_parser()
method.
You can also set or customize the unique key used to retrieve by
writing your own function and calling the id_parser() method. For
example:
$inx->id_parser(\&get_id);
# make the index
$inx->make_index($file_name);
# here is where the retrieval key is specified
sub get_id {
my $line = shift;
$line =~ /^(\d+)/;
$1;
}
FEED_BACK
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Support
Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:
bioperl-l@bioperl.org
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
the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the
web:
http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/
AUTHOR - James Gilbert, Mark Johnson
Email - jgrg@sanger.ac.uk, mjohnson@watson.wustl.edu
APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
_file_format
Title : _file_format
Function: The file format for this package, which is needed
by the SeqIO system when reading the sequence.
Returns : 'qual'
_index_file
Title : _index_file
Usage : $index->_index_file( $file_name, $i )
Function: Specialist function to index QUAL format files.
Is provided with a filename and an integer
by make_index in its SUPER class.
Example :
Returns :
Args :
id_parser
Title : id_parser
Usage : $index->id_parser( CODE )
Function: Stores or returns the code used by record_id to
parse the ID for record from a string. Useful
for (for instance) specifying a different
parser for different flavours of Qual file.
Returns \&default_id_parser (see below) if not
set. If you supply your own id_parser
subroutine, then it should expect a qual
description line. An entry will be added to
the index for each string in the list returned.
Example : $index->id_parser( \&my_id_parser )
Returns : ref to CODE if called without arguments
Args : CODE
default_id_parser
Title : default_id_parser
Usage : $id = default_id_parser( $header )
Function: The default Qual ID parser for Qual.pm
Returns $1 from applying the regexp /^>\s*(\S+)/
to $header.
Returns : ID string
Args : a qual header line string
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