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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

Reporting Bugs¶

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

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next_seq¶

 Title   : next_seq()
 Usage   : $swq = $stream->next_seq()
 Function: returns the next phred sequence in the stream
 Returns : Bio::Seq::Quality object
 Args    : NONE

write_header¶

 Title   : write_header()
 Usage   : $seqio->write_header()
 Function: Write out the header (BEGIN_COMMENTS .. END_COMMENT) part of a phd file
 Returns : nothing
 Args    : a Bio::Seq::Quality object
 Notes   : These are the comments that reside in the header of a phd file
           at the present time. If not provided by the Bio::Seq::Quality object,
           the following default values will be used:
     CHROMAT_FILE          : $swq->id()
     ABI_THUMBPRINT        : 0
     PHRED_VERSION         : 0.980904.e
     CALL_METHOD           : phred
     QUALITY_LEVELS        : 99
     TIME                  : <current time>
     TRACE_ARRAY_MIN_INDEX : 0
     TRACE_ARRAY_MAX_INDEX : unknown
     CHEM                  : unknown
     DYE                   : unknown

write_seq¶

 Title   : write_seq()
 Usage   : $seqio->write_seq($swq);
 Function: Write out a phd file.
 Returns : Nothing.
 Args    : a Bio::Seq::Quality object

attribute¶

 Title   : attribute()
 Usage   : swq->attribute(name[,value]);
 Function: Get/Set the name attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : a name or a pair name, value

chromat_file¶

 Title   : chromat_file
 Usage   : swq->chromat_file([filename]);
 Function: Get/Set the CHROMAT_FILE attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a filename

abi_thumbprint¶

 Title   : abi_thumbprint
 Usage   : swq->abi_thumbprint([value]);
 Function: Get/Set the ABI_THUMBPRINT attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a value

phred_version¶

 Title   : phred_version
 Usage   : swq->phred_version([value]);
 Function: Get/Set the PHRED_VERSION attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a value

call_method¶

 Title   : call_method
 Usage   : swq->call_method([value]);
 Function: Get/Set the CALL_METHOD attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a value

quality_levels¶

 Title   : quality_levels
 Usage   : swq->quality_levels([value]);
 Function: Get/Set the quality_levels attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a value

trace_array_min_index¶

 Title   : trace_array_min_index
 Usage   : swq->trace_array_min_index([value]);
 Function: Get/Set the trace_array_min_index attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a value

trace_array_max_index¶

 Title   : trace_array_max_index
 Usage   : swq->trace_array_max_index([value]);
 Function: Get/Set the trace_array_max_index attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a value

chem¶

 Title   : chem
 Usage   : swq->chem([value]);
 Function: Get/Set the chem attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a value

dye¶

 Title   : dye
 Usage   : swq->dye([value]);
 Function: Get/Set the dye attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a value

time¶

 Title   : time
 Usage   : swq->time([value]);
 Function: Get/Set the time attribute.
 Returns : a string if 1 param, nothing else.
 Args    : none or a value

touch¶

 Title   : touch
 Usage   : swq->touch();
 Function: Set the time attribute to current time.
 Returns : nothing
 Args    : none