biopython v1.71.0 Bio.AlignIO.Interfaces.AlignmentWriter

Base class for building MultipleSeqAlignment writers.

You should write a writealignment() method. You may wish to redefine the _init method as well.

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Functions

Initialize the class

Use this to avoid getting newlines in the output

Use this to write an entire file containing the given alignments

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Initialize the class.

Use this to avoid getting newlines in the output.

Use this to write an entire file containing the given alignments.

Arguments:

  • alignments - A list or iterator returning MultipleSeqAlignment objects

In general, this method can only be called once per file.

This method should be replaced by any derived class to do something useful. It should return the number of alignments..