biopython v1.71.0 Bio.AlignIO.Interfaces.SequentialAlignmentWriter

Base class for building MultipleSeqAlignment writers.

This assumes each alignment can be simply appended to the file. You should write a writealignment() method. You may wish to redefine the _init method as well.

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Functions

__init__()

Initialize the class

write_alignment()

Use this to write a single alignment

write_file()

Use this to write an entire file containing the given alignments

write_footer()

Use this to write any footer

write_header()

Use this to write any header

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__init__()

Initialize the class.

write_alignment()

Use this to write a single alignment.

This method should be replaced by any derived class to do something useful.

write_file()

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.

write_footer()

Use this to write any footer.

This method should be replaced by any derived class to do something useful.

write_header()

Use this to write any header.

This method should be replaced by any derived class to do something useful.