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NAME

Bio::Phylo::Parsers::Table - A library for parsing plain text tables.

SYNOPSIS

my $table = new Bio::Phylo::Parsers::Table;
my $matrix = $table->parse(
       -file => 'data.dat',
       -type => 'STANDARD',
       -separator => '\t'
       );

DESCRIPTION

This module is used to import data and taxa, from a plain text file, such as a tab-delimited file.

CONSTRUCTOR

new()
Type    : Constructor
Title   : new
Usage   : my $table = new Bio::Phylo::Parsers::Table;
Function: Initializes a Bio::Phylo::Parsers::Table object.
Returns : A Bio::Phylo::Parsers::Table object.
Args    : none.

PARSER

from_handle(%options)
Type    : parser
Title   : from_handle(%options)
Usage   : $table->from_handle(%options);
Function: Extracts data from file, populates matrix object
Returns : A Bio::Phylo::Matrices::Matrix object.
Args    : -handle => (\*FH), -separator => (record separator)
Comments:

CONTAINER

container
Type    : Internal method
Title   : container
Usage   : $table->container;
Function:
Returns : SCALAR
Args    :
container_type
Type    : Internal method
Title   : container_type
Usage   : $table->container_type;
Function:
Returns : SCALAR
Args    :

AUTHOR

Rutger Vos, <rvosa@sfu.ca> http://www.sfu.ca/~rvosa/

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-bio-phylo@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Bio-Phylo. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author would like to thank Jason Stajich for many ideas borrowed from BioPerl http://www.bioperl.org, and CIPRES http://www.phylo.org and FAB* http://www.sfu.ca/~fabstar for comments and requests.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2005 Rutger Vos, All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.