NAME

Bio::AlignIO::clustalw - clustalw sequence input/output stream

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

This object can transform Bio::Align::AlignI objects to and from clustalw files.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHORS - Peter Schattner

Email: schattner@alum.mit.edu

APPENDIX

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

new

Title   : new
Usage   : $alignio = new Bio::AlignIO(-format => 'clustalw',
                      -file => 'filename');
Function: returns a new Bio::AlignIO object to handle clustalw files
Returns : Bio::AlignIO::clustalw object
Args    : -verbose => verbosity setting (-1, 0, 1, 2)
          -file    => name of file to read in or to write, with ">"
          -fh      => alternative to -file param - provide a filehandle
                      to read from or write to
          -format  => alignment format to process or produce
          -percentages => display a percentage of identity
                          in each line of the alignment (clustalw only)
          -linelength=> alignment output line length (default 60)

next_aln

Title   : next_aln
Usage   : $aln = $stream->next_aln()
Function: returns the next alignment in the stream
Returns : Bio::Align::AlignI object
Args    : NONE

See Bio::Align::AlignI for details

write_aln

Title   : write_aln
Usage   : $stream->write_aln(@aln)
Function: writes the clustalw-format object (.aln) into the stream
Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error
Args    : Bio::Align::AlignI object

percentages

Title   : percentages
Usage   : $obj->percentages($newval)
Function: Set the percentages flag - whether or not to show percentages in
          each output line
Returns : value of percentages
Args    : newvalue (optional)

line_length

Title   : line_length
Usage   : $obj->line_length($newval)
Function: Set the alignment output line length
Returns : value of line_length
Args    : newvalue (optional)