NAME

Bio::SeqIO::phd - phd file input/output stream

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

This object can transform .phd files (from Phil Green's phred basecaller) to and from Bio::Seq::Quality objects. The phd format is described in section 10 at this url: http://www.phrap.org/phredphrap/phred.html

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AUTHOR Chad Matsalla

Chad Matsalla bioinformatics@dieselwurks.com

CONTRIBUTORS

Jason Stajich, jason@bioperl.org Jean-Marc Frigerio, Frigerio@pierroton.inra.fr

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

next_seq

Title   : next_seq()
Usage   : $swq = $stream->next_seq()
Function: returns the next phred sequence in the stream
Returns : Bio::Seq::Quality object
Args    : NONE

write_header

Title   : write_header()
Usage   : $seqio->write_header()
Function: Write out the header (BEGIN_COMMENTS .. END_COMMENT) part of a phd file
Returns : nothing
Args    : a Bio::Seq::Quality object
Notes   : These are the comments that reside in the header of a phd file
          at the present time. If not provided by the Bio::Seq::Quality object,
          the following default values will be used:

    CHROMAT_FILE          : $swq->id()
    ABI_THUMBPRINT        : 0
    PHRED_VERSION         : 0.980904.e
    CALL_METHOD           : phred
    QUALITY_LEVELS        : 99
    TIME                  : <current time>
    TRACE_ARRAY_MIN_INDEX : 0
    TRACE_ARRAY_MAX_INDEX : unknown
    CHEM                  : unknown
    DYE                   : unknown

write_seq

Title   : write_seq()
Usage   : $seqio->write_seq($swq);
Function: Write out a phd file.
Returns : Nothing.
Args    : a Bio::Seq::Quality object

attribute

Title   : attribute()
Usage   : swq->attribute(name[,value]);
Function: Get/Set the name attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : a name or a pair name, value

chromat_file

Title   : chromat_file
Usage   : swq->chromat_file([filename]);
Function: Get/Set the CHROMAT_FILE attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a filename

abi_thumbprint

Title   : abi_thumbprint
Usage   : swq->abi_thumbprint([value]);
Function: Get/Set the ABI_THUMBPRINT attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a value

phred_version

Title   : phred_version
Usage   : swq->phred_version([value]);
Function: Get/Set the PHRED_VERSION attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a value 

call_method

Title   : call_method
Usage   : swq->call_method([value]);
Function: Get/Set the CALL_METHOD attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a value 

quality_levels

Title   : quality_levels
Usage   : swq->quality_levels([value]);
Function: Get/Set the quality_levels attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a value

trace_array_min_index

Title   : trace_array_min_index
Usage   : swq->trace_array_min_index([value]);
Function: Get/Set the trace_array_min_index attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a value

trace_array_max_index

Title   : trace_array_max_index
Usage   : swq->trace_array_max_index([value]);
Function: Get/Set the trace_array_max_index attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a value

chem

Title   : chem
Usage   : swq->chem([value]);
Function: Get/Set the chem attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a value

dye

Title   : dye
Usage   : swq->dye([value]);
Function: Get/Set the dye attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a value

time

Title   : time
Usage   : swq->time([value]);
Function: Get/Set the time attribute.
Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
Args    : none or a value

touch

Title   : touch
Usage   : swq->touch();
Function: Set the time attribute to current time.
Returns : nothing
Args    : none