Bio::AlignIO::mega - Parse and Create MEGA format data files use Bio::AlignIO; my $alignio = new Bio::AlignIO(-format => 'mega', -file => 't/data/hemoglobinA.meg'); while( my $aln = $alignio->next_aln ) { # process each alignment or convert to another format like NEXUS } This object handles reading and writing data streams in the MEGA format (Kumar and Nei).

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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