Bio::AlignIO::fasta(3)

NAME
Bio::AlignIO::fasta - FastA MSA Sequence input/output stream

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

DESCRIPTION
This object can transform Bio::SimpleAlign objects to and from fasta flat file databases. This is for the fasta sequence format NOT FastA analysis program. To process the pairwise alignments from a FastA (FastX, FastN, FastP, tFastA, etc) use the Bio::SearchIO module.

FEEDBACK

  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 email or the web:

  bioperl-bugs@bio.perl.org
  http://bugzilla.bioperl.org/

AUTHORS - Peter Schattner
Email: schattner@alum.mit.edu

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.
 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 fasta format
 Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error
 Args    : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object