NAME

Bio::SearchIO::megablast - a driver module for Bio::SearchIO to parse megablast reports (format 0)

SYNOPSIS

# do not use this module directly

use Bio::SearchIO;
# for default format output from megablast
my $in = Bio::SearchIO->new(-file   => 'file.mbl',
                           -format => 'megablast',
                           -report_format => 0);

while( my $r = $in->next_result ) {
  while( my $hit = $r->next_hit ) {
    while( my $hsp = $hit->next_hsp ) {
    }
  }
}

DESCRIPTION

Beware!

Because of the way megablast report format 0 is coded, realize that score means # gap characters + # mismatches for a HSP.

The docs from NCBI regarding FORMAT 0 # 0: Produce one-line output for each alignment, in the form # # 'subject-id'=='[+-]query-id' (s_off q_off s_end q_end) score # # Here subject(query)-id is a gi number, an accession or some other type of # identifier found in the FASTA definition line of the respective sequence. # # + or - corresponds to same or different strand alignment. # # Score for non-affine gapping parameters means the total number of # differences (mismatches + gap characters). For affine case it is the # actual (raw) score of the alignment.

FORMAT 1 parsing has not been implemented FORMAT 2 parsing should work with the SearchIO 'blast' parser

FEEDBACK

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Support

Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

bioperl-l@bioperl.org

rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live/issues

AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason-at-bioperl.org

APPENDIX

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

new

Title   : new
Usage   : my $obj = Bio::SearchIO::blast->new();
Function: Builds a new Bio::SearchIO::blast object
Returns : Bio::SearchIO::blast
Args    : -fh/-file => filehandle/filename to BLAST file
          -format   => 'blast'

next_result

Title   : next_result
Usage   : my $hit = $searchio->next_result;
Function: Returns the next Result from a search
Returns : Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object
Args    : none

report_format

Title   : report_format
Usage   : $obj->report_format($newval)
Function: Get/Set the report_format value
Returns : value of report_format (a scalar)
Args    : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)

start_element

Title   : start_element
Usage   : $eventgenerator->start_element
Function: Handles a start element event
Returns : none
Args    : hashref with at least 2 keys 'Data' and 'Name'

end_element

Title   : start_element
Usage   : $eventgenerator->end_element
Function: Handles an end element event
Returns : none
Args    : hashref with at least 2 keys 'Data' and 'Name'

element

Title   : element
Usage   : $eventhandler->element({'Name' => $name, 'Data' => $str});
Function: Convience method that calls start_element, characters, end_element
Returns : none
Args    : Hash ref with the keys 'Name' and 'Data'

characters

Title   : characters
Usage   : $eventgenerator->characters($str)
Function: Send a character events
Returns : none
Args    : string

_mode

Title   : _mode
Usage   : $obj->_mode($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of _mode
Args    : newvalue (optional)

within_element

Title   : within_element
Usage   : if( $eventgenerator->within_element($element) ) {}
Function: Test if we are within a particular element
          This is different than 'in' because within can be tested
          for a whole block.
Returns : boolean
Args    : string element name

in_element

Title   : in_element
Usage   : if( $eventgenerator->in_element($element) ) {}
Function: Test if we are in a particular element
          This is different than 'in' because within can be tested
          for a whole block.
Returns : boolean
Args    : string element name

start_document

Title   : start_document
Usage   : $eventgenerator->start_document
Function: Handles a start document event
Returns : none
Args    : none

end_document

Title   : end_document
Usage   : $eventgenerator->end_document
Function: Handles an end document event
Returns : Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object
Args    : none

result_count

Title   : result_count
Usage   : my $count = $searchio->result_count
Function: Returns the number of results we have processed
Returns : integer
Args    : none