Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter - Outputs tab-delimited data for each Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object.

Example 1: Using the default columns
use Bio::SearchIO; use Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter; my $in = Bio::SearchIO->new(); my $writer = Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter->new(); my $out = Bio::SearchIO->new( -writer => $writer ); while ( my $result = $in->next_result() ) { $out->write_result($result, ($in->report_count - 1 ? 0 : 1) ); }

Example 2: Specifying a subset of columns
use Bio::SearchIO; use Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter; my $in = Bio::SearchIO->new(); my $writer = Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter->new( -columns => [qw( query_name query_length )] ); my $out = Bio::SearchIO->new( -writer => $writer, -file => ">result.out" ); while ( my $result = $in->next_result() ) { $out->write_result($result, ($in->report_count - 1 ? 0 : 1) ); }

Custom Labels
You can also specify different column labels if you don't want to use the defaults. Do this by specifying a "-labels" hash reference parameter when creating the ResultTableWriter object. The keys of the hash should be the column number (left-most column = 1) for the label(s) you want to specify. Here's an example: my $writer = Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter->new( -columns => [qw( query_name query_length query_description )], -labels => { 1 => 'QUERY_GI', 2 => 'QUERY_LENGTH' } ); Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter outputs data in tab-delimited format for each search result, one row per search result. This is a very coarse-grain level of information since it only includes data stored in the Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object itself and does not include any information about hits or HSPs. You most likely will never use this object but instead will use one of its subclasses: Bio::SearchIO::Writer::HitTableWriter or Bio::SearchIO::Writer::HSPTableWriter.

Available Columns
Here are the columns that can be specified in the "-columns" parameter when creating a ResultTableWriter object. If a "-columns" parameter is not specified, this list, in this order, will be used as the default. query_name query_length query_description For more details about these columns, see the documentation for the corresponding method in Bio::Search::Result::ResultI.

Mailing Lists
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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/ Steve Chervitz <sac@bioperl.org> See the FEEDBACK section for where to send bug reports and comments. Copyright (c) 2001 Steve Chervitz. All Rights Reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Bio::SearchIO::Writer::HitTableWriter, Bio::SearchIO::Writer::HSPTableWriter

to_string()
Note: this method is not intended for direct use. The SearchIO::write_result() method calls it automatically if the writer is hooked up to a SearchIO object as illustrated in the SYNOPSIS section . Title : to_string() : Usage : print $writer->to_string( $result_obj, [$include_labels] ); : Argument : $result_obj = A Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object : $include_labels = boolean, if true column labels are included (default: false) : Returns : String containing tab-delimited set of data for each hit : in a ResultI object. Some data is summed across multiple HSPs. : Throws : n/a

column_labels
Usage : print $result_obj->column_labels(); Purpose : Get column labels for to_string(). Returns : String containing column labels. Tab-delimited. Argument : n/a Throws : n/a

end_report
Title : end_report Usage : $self->end_report() Function: The method to call when ending a report, this is mostly for cleanup for formats which require you to have something at the end of the document. Nothing for a text message. Returns : string Args : none

filter
Title : filter Usage : $writer->filter('hsp', \&hsp_filter); Function: Filter out either at HSP,Hit,or Result level Returns : none Args : string => data type, CODE reference