NAME

bp_chaos_plot - a chaos plot from DNA and RNA sequences

SYNOPSIS

bp_chaos_plot.pl -i/--input=INPUTFILE -f/--format=SEQFORMAT
      -o/--output=OUTPUTFILE -g/--graphics=GRAPHIC FORMAT
      -w/--width=WIGHT -h/--height=HEIGHT

DESCRIPTION

This scripts generates image files using GD image library to visualize nucleotide sequences using chaos plot.

OPTIONS

Valid graphics formats are currently gd, gd2, png, wbmp, jpeg and gif.

The default size of the image file is 600x400.

The sequence input can be provided using any of the three methods:

unnamed argument

bp_chaos_plot filename

named argument

bp_chaos_plot -i filename

standard input

bp_chaos_plot < filename

FEEDBACK

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bioperl-l@bioperl.org                  - General discussion
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Reporting Bugs

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason@bioperl.org

HISTORY

This code is based on EMBOSS C code for chaos.c by Ian Longden. Included are documentation from EMBOSS code:

Chaos produces a chaos plot. The original application is part of the ACEDB genome database package, written by ** Richard Durbin (MRC LMB, UK) rd@mrc-lmba.cam.ac.uk, and Jean Thierry-Mieg (CRBM du CNRS, France) mieg@crbm1.cnusc.fr