Bio::Index::SwissPfam - Interface for indexing swisspfam files use Bio::Index::SwissPfam; use strict; my $Index_File_Name = shift; my $inx = Bio::Index::SwissPfam->new('-filename' => $Index_File_Name, '-write_flag' => 'WRITE'); $inx->make_index(@ARGV); use Bio::Index::SwissPfam; use strict; my $Index_File_Name = shift; my $inx = Bio::Index::SwissPfam->new('-filename' => $Index_File_Name); foreach my $id (@ARGV) { my $seq = $inx->fetch($id); # Returns stream while( <$seq> ) { if(/^>/) { print; last; } } } SwissPfam is one of the flat files released with Pfam. This modules provides a way of indexing this module. Inherits functions for managing dbm files from Bio::Index::Abstract.pm, and provides the basic funtionallity for indexing SwissPfam files. Only retrieves FileStreams at the moment. Once we have something better (ie, an object!), will use that. Heavily snaffled from James Gilbert's Fasta system. Note: for best results 'use strict'. Details on configuration and additional example code are available in the biodatabases.pod file.

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_index_file
Title : _index_file Usage : $index->_index_file( $file_name, $i ) Function: Specialist function to index swisspfam format files. Is provided with a filename and an integer by make_index in its SUPER class. Example : Returns : Args :

fetch
Title : fetch Usage : $index->fetch( $id ) Function: Returns a Bio::Seq object from the index Example : $seq = $index->fetch( 'dJ67B12' ) Returns : Bio::Seq object Args : ID