Bio::SeqIO::fasta - fasta sequence input/output stream


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NAME

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Bio::SeqIO::fasta - fasta sequence input/output stream

SYNOPSIS

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Do not use this module directly. Use it via the Bio::SeqIO class.

DESCRIPTION

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This object can transform Bio::Seq objects to and from fasta flat file databases.

FEEDBACK

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Support

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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.

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AUTHORS - Ewan Birney & Lincoln Stein

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Email: birney@ebi.ac.uk lstein@cshl.org

CONTRIBUTORS

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Jason Stajich, jason-at-bioperl.org

APPENDIX

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

next_seq

 Title   : next_seq
 Usage   : $seq = $stream->next_seq()
 Function: returns the next sequence in the stream
 Returns : Bio::Seq object, or nothing if no more available
 Args    : NONE

write_seq

 Title   : write_seq
 Usage   : $stream->write_seq(@seq)
 Function: Writes the $seq object into the stream
 Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error
 Args    : Array of 1 or more Bio::PrimarySeqI objects

width

 Title   : width
 Usage   : $obj->width($newval)
 Function: Get/Set the line width for FASTA output
 Returns : value of width
 Args    : newvalue (optional)




preferred_id_type

 Title   : preferred_id_type
 Usage   : $obj->preferred_id_type('accession')
 Function: Get/Set the preferred type of identifier to use in the ">ID" position
           for FASTA output.
 Returns : string, one of values defined in @Bio::SeqIO::fasta::SEQ_ID_TYPES.
           Default = $Bio::SeqIO::fasta::DEFAULT_SEQ_ID_TYPE ('display').
 Args    : string when setting. This must be one of values defined in 
           @Bio::SeqIO::fasta::SEQ_ID_TYPES. Allowable values:
           accession, accession.version, display, primary
 Throws  : fatal exception if the supplied id type is not in @SEQ_ID_TYPES.


BioPerl documentation Contained in the BioPerl distribution.
# BioPerl module for Bio::SeqIO::fasta
#
# Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org> 
#
# Cared for by Ewan Birney <birney@ebi.ac.uk>
#          and Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>
#
# Copyright Ewan Birney & Lincoln Stein
#
# You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself
# _history
# October 18, 1999  Largely rewritten by Lincoln Stein

# POD documentation - main docs before the code

# Let the code begin...

package Bio::SeqIO::fasta;
use vars qw($WIDTH @SEQ_ID_TYPES $DEFAULT_SEQ_ID_TYPE);
use strict;

use Bio::Seq::SeqFactory;
use Bio::Seq::SeqFastaSpeedFactory;

use base qw(Bio::SeqIO);

@SEQ_ID_TYPES = qw(accession accession.version display primary);
$DEFAULT_SEQ_ID_TYPE = 'display';

BEGIN { $WIDTH = 60}

sub _initialize {
  my($self,@args) = @_;
  $self->SUPER::_initialize(@args);  
  my ($width) = $self->_rearrange([qw(WIDTH)], @args);
  $width && $self->width($width);
  unless ( defined $self->sequence_factory ) {
      $self->sequence_factory(Bio::Seq::SeqFastaSpeedFactory->new());
  }
}

sub next_seq {
    my( $self ) = @_;
    my $seq;
    my $alphabet;
    local $/ = "\n>";
    return unless my $entry = $self->_readline;

    chomp($entry);
    if ($entry =~ m/\A\s*\Z/s)  { # very first one
	return unless $entry = $self->_readline;
	chomp($entry);
    }
    
    # this just checks the initial input; beyond that, due to setting $/ above,
    # the > is part of the record separator and is removed
    $self->throw("The sequence does not appear to be FASTA format ".
        "(lacks a descriptor line '>')") if $. == 1 && $entry !~ /^>/;
    
    $entry =~ s/^>//;
    
    my ($top,$sequence) = split(/\n/,$entry,2);
    defined $sequence && $sequence =~ s/>//g;
#    my ($top,$sequence) = $entry =~ /^>?(.+?)\n+([^>]*)/s
#	or $self->throw("Can't parse fasta entry");

    my ($id,$fulldesc);
    if( $top =~ /^\s*(\S+)\s*(.*)/ ) {
	($id,$fulldesc) = ($1,$2);
    }
    
    if (defined $id && $id eq '') {$id=$fulldesc;} # FIX incase no space 
                                                   # between > and name \AE
    defined $sequence && $sequence =~ tr/ \t\n\r//d;	# Remove whitespace

    # for empty sequences we need to know the mol.type
    $alphabet = $self->alphabet();
    if(defined $sequence && length($sequence) == 0) {
	if(! defined($alphabet)) {
	    # let's default to dna
	    $alphabet = "dna";
	}
    } else {
	# we don't need it really, so disable
	# we want to keep this if SeqIO alphabet was set by user
	# not sure if this could break something
	#$alphabet = undef;
    }

    $seq = $self->sequence_factory->create(
					   -seq         => $sequence,
					   -id          => $id,
					   # Ewan's note - I don't think this healthy
					   # but obviously to taste.
					   #-primary_id  => $id,
					   -desc        => $fulldesc,
					   -alphabet    => $alphabet,
					   -direct      => 1,
					   );




    # if there wasn't one before, set the guessed type
    #unless ( defined $alphabet ) {
	# don't assume that all our seqs are the same as the first one found
	#$self->alphabet($seq->alphabet());
    #}
    return $seq;

}

sub write_seq {
   my ($self,@seq) = @_;
   my $width = $self->width;
   foreach my $seq (@seq) {
		$self->throw("Did not provide a valid Bio::PrimarySeqI object") 
		  unless defined $seq && ref($seq) && $seq->isa('Bio::PrimarySeqI');

		my $top;

		# Allow for different ids 
		my $id_type = $self->preferred_id_type;
		if( $id_type =~ /^acc/i ) {
			$top = $seq->accession_number();
			if( $id_type =~ /vers/i ) {
				$top .= "." . $seq->version();
			}
		} elsif($id_type =~ /^displ/i ) { 
			$self->warn("No whitespace allowed in FASTA ID [". $seq->display_id. "]")
			  if defined $seq->display_id && $seq->display_id =~ /\s/;
			$top = $seq->display_id();
			$top = '' unless defined $top;
			$self->warn("No whitespace allowed in FASTA ID [". $top. "]")
			  if defined $top && $top =~ /\s/;
		} elsif($id_type =~ /^pri/i ) {
			$top = $seq->primary_id();
		}

		if ($seq->can('desc') and my $desc = $seq->desc()) {
			$desc =~ s/\n//g;
			$top .= " $desc";
		}
		
		if( $seq->isa('Bio::Seq::LargeSeqI') ) {
		  $self->_print(">$top\n");
		  # for large seqs, don't call seq(), it defeats the
		  # purpose of the largeseq functionality.  instead get
		  # chunks of the seq, $width at a time
		  my $buff_max = 2000;
		  my $buff_size = int($buff_max/$width)*$width; #< buffer is even multiple of widths
		  my $seq_length = $seq->length;
		  my $num_chunks = int($seq_length/$buff_size+1);
		  for( my $c = 0; $c < $num_chunks; $c++ ) {
		    my $buff_end = $buff_size*($c+1);
		    $buff_end = $seq_length if $buff_end > $seq_length;
		    my $buff = $seq->subseq($buff_size*$c+1,$buff_end);
		    if($buff) {
		      $buff =~ s/(.{1,$width})/$1\n/g;
		      $self->_print($buff);
		    } else {
		      $self->_print("\n");
		    }
		  }
		} else {
		  my $str = $seq->seq;
		  if(defined $str && length($str) > 0) {
		    $str =~ s/(.{1,$width})/$1\n/g;
		  } else {
		    $str = "\n";
		  }
		  $self->_print (">",$top,"\n",$str) or return;
		}
   }

   $self->flush if $self->_flush_on_write && defined $self->_fh;
   return 1;
}


sub width{
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'width'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'width'} || $WIDTH;
}

sub preferred_id_type {
    my ($self,$type) = @_;
    if( defined $type ) {
	if( ! grep lc($type) eq $_, @SEQ_ID_TYPES) {
	    $self->throw(-class=>'Bio::Root::BadParameter',
			 -text=>"Invalid ID type \"$type\". Must be one of: @SEQ_ID_TYPES");
	}
	$self->{'_seq_id_type'} = lc($type);
#	print STDERR "Setting preferred_id_type=$type\n";
    }
    $self->{'_seq_id_type'} || $DEFAULT_SEQ_ID_TYPE;
}

1;