Bio::AlignIO::fasta - FastA MSA Sequence input/output stream Do not use this module directly. Use it via the Bio::AlignIO class. 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.

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/ Email: schattner@alum.mit.edu 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