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bioperl-1.5.2_004-RCd
/ Bio::PopGen::IO::prettybase

NAME

Bio::PopGen::IO::prettybase - Extract individual allele data from PrettyBase format

SYNOPSIS

Do not use directly, use through the Bio::PopGen::IO driver

DESCRIPTION

This object will parse comma delimited PrettyBase output. PrettyBase is defined by the SeattleSNPs http://pga.gs.washington.edu/

This is expected to be tab delimited (you can vary with the field_delimiter flag SITE SAMPLE ALLELE1 ALLELE2

There are 2 initialization parameters, the delimiter (-field_delimiter) [default 'tab'] and a boolean -no_header which specifies if there is no header line to read in. All lines starting with '#' will be skipped

FEEDBACK

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Reporting Bugs

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason-at-bioperl.org

CONTRIBUTORS

Matthew Hahn, matthew.hahn-at-duke.edu

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 = new Bio::PopGen::IO::prettybase();
Function: Builds a new Bio::PopGen::IO::prettybase object 
Returns : an instance of Bio::PopGen::IO::prettybase
Args    : -field_delimiter      => a field delimiter character or regexp (default is /\t/ ) 
          -header               => boolean if the file will have a header and parser should
                                   skip first line in the file (default is false)
          -convert_indel_states => convert alleles which are longer than one character
                                   to an 'I' meaning insert state, and alleles which are
                                   '-' to a delete state.
                                   (default is false)

flag

Title   : flag
Usage   : $obj->flag($flagname,$newval)
Function: Get/Set the flag value
Returns : value of a flag (a boolean)
Args    : A flag name, currently we expect 
          'header', 'field_delimiter', or 'allele_delimiter' 
          on set, new value (a boolean or undef, optional)

next_individual

Title   : next_individual
Usage   : my $ind = $popgenio->next_individual;
Function: Retrieve the next individual from a dataset
Returns : Bio::PopGen::IndividualI object
Args    : none

next_population

Title   : next_population
Usage   : my $ind = $popgenio->next_population;
Function: Retrieve the next population from a dataset
Returns : Bio::PopGen::PopulationI object
Args    : none
Note    : Many implementation will not implement this

write_individual

Title   : write_individual
Usage   : $popgenio->write_individual($ind);
Function: Write an individual out in the file format
Returns : none
Args    : L<Bio::PopGen::PopulationI> object(s)

write_population

Title   : write_population
Usage   : $popgenio->write_population($pop);
Function: Write a population out in the file format
Returns : none
Args    : L<Bio::PopGen::PopulationI> object(s)
Note    : Many implementation will not implement this