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bioperl-1.0.2
/ Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter

NAME

Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter - Outputs tab-delimited data for each Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object.

SYNOPSIS

Example 1: Using the default columns

use Bio::SearchIO;
use Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter;

my $in = Bio::SearchIO->new();

my $writer = Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter->new();

my $out = Bio::SearchIO->new( -writer => $writer );

while ( my $result = $in->next_result() ) {
    $out->write_result($result, ($in->report_count - 1 ? 0 : 1) );
}

Example 2: Specifying a subset of columns

    use Bio::SearchIO;
    use Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter;

    my $in = Bio::SearchIO->new();

    my $writer = Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter->new( 
                                  -columns => [qw(
                                                  query_name
                                                  query_length
                                                  )]  );

    my $out = Bio::SearchIO->new( -writer => $writer,
				  -file   => ">result.out" );

    while ( my $result = $in->next_result() ) {
        $out->write_result($result, ($in->report_count - 1 ? 0 : 1) );
    }

Custom Labels

You can also specify different column labels if you don't want to use the defaults. Do this by specifying a -labels hash reference parameter when creating the ResultTableWriter object. The keys of the hash should be the column number (left-most column = 1) for the label(s) you want to specify. Here's an example:

  my $writer = Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter->new( 
                             -columns => [qw( query_name 
                                              query_length
                                              query_description )],
                             -labels  => { 1 => 'QUERY_GI',
	                                     2 => 'QUERY_LENGTH' } );

DESCRIPTION

Bio::SearchIO::Writer::ResultTableWriter outputs data in tab-delimited format for each search result, one row per search result. This is a very coarse-grain level of information since it only includes data stored in the Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object itself and does not include any information about hits or HSPs.

You most likely will never use this object but instead will use one of its subclasses: Bio::SearchIO::Writer::HitTableWriter or Bio::SearchIO::Writer::HSPTableWriter.

Available Columns

Here are the columns that can be specified in the -columns parameter when creating a ResultTableWriter object. If a -columns parameter is not specified, this list, in this order, will be used as the default.

query_name
query_length
query_description

For more details about these columns, see the documentation for the corresponding method in Bio::Search::Result::ResultI.

FEEDBACK

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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://bio.perl.org/bioperl-bugs/

AUTHOR

Steve Chervitz <sac@bioperl.org>

See the FEEDBACK section for where to send bug reports and comments.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001 Steve Chervitz. All Rights Reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

DISCLAIMER

This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

SEE ALSO

Bio::SearchIO::Writer::HitTableWriter, Bio::SearchIO::Writer::HSPTableWriter

METHODS

to_string()

Note: this method is not intended for direct use. The SearchIO::write_result() method calls it automatically if the writer is hooked up to a SearchIO object as illustrated in the SYNOPSIS section .

Title     : to_string()
          :
Usage     : print $writer->to_string( $result_obj, [$include_labels] );
          :
Argument  : $result_obj = A Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object
          : $include_labels = boolean, if true column labels are included (default: false)
          :
Returns   : String containing tab-delimited set of data for each hit 
          : in a ResultI object. Some data is summed across multiple HSPs.
          :
Throws    : n/a

column_labels

Usage     : print $result_obj->column_labels();
Purpose   : Get column labels for to_string().
Returns   : String containing column labels. Tab-delimited.
Argument  : n/a
Throws    : n/a