NAME

Bio::SeqIO::qual - .qual file input/output stream

SYNOPSIS

Do not use this module directly. Use it via the Bio::SeqIO class (see Bio::SeqIO for details).

my $in_qual = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file    => $qualfile,
                              -format  => 'qual',
                              -verbose => $verbose);

DESCRIPTION

This object can transform .qual (similar to fasta) objects to and from Bio::Seq::Quality objects. See Bio::Seq::Quality for details.

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AUTHOR Chad Matsalla

Chad Matsalla bioinformatics@dieselwurks.com

CONTRIBUTORS

Jason Stajich, jason@bioperl.org

APPENDIX

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

next_seq()

Title   : next_seq()
Usage   : $scf = $stream->next_seq()
Function: returns the next scf sequence in the stream
Returns : Bio::Seq::PrimaryQual object
Notes   : Get the next quality sequence from the stream.

_next_qual

 Title   : _next_qual
 Usage   : $seq = $stream->_next_qual() (but do not do
      	  that. Use $stream->next_seq() instead)
 Function: returns the next quality in the stream
 Returns : Bio::Seq::PrimaryQual object
 Args    : NONE
 Notes	: An internal method. Gets the next quality in
	        the stream.

next_primary_qual()

Title   : next_primary_qual()
Usage   : $seq = $stream->next_primary_qual()
Function: returns the next sequence in the stream
Returns : Bio::PrimaryQual object
Args    : NONE

write_seq

 Title   : write_seq
 Usage   : $obj->write_seq( -source => $source,
		            -header => "some information");
 Function: Write out a list of quality values to a fasta-style file.
 Returns : Nothing.
 Args    : Requires a reference to a Bio::Seq::Quality object or a
	        PrimaryQual object as the -source. Optional: information
	        for the header.
 Notes   : If no -header is provided, $obj->id() will be used where
	        $obj is a reference to either a Quality object or a
	        PrimaryQual object. If $source->id() fails, "unknown" will be
	        the header. If the Quality object has $source->length()
           of "DIFFERENT" (read the pod, luke), write_seq will use the
           length of the PrimaryQual object within the Quality
           object.