[Bioperl-l] SeqIO: input from memory not file

[Hilmar Lapp]

"J. Schaefer" wrote:
> 
> Hi-
> 
> I'm just getting into bioperl and have found a limitation which I
> haven't been able navigate around.
> 
> I would like to create a series of SeqIO:Seq objects directly from an
> array of sequence references.  The constructors for SeqIO:Seq only allow
> new objects to be made from files, filehandles or STDIN.
> 
> I am able to make a PrimarySeq object directly from memory, but I can't
> see how to convert a PrimarySeq into a SeqIO:Seq.
> 
> Am I just missing something?  Or should I just write a temporary file and
> slurp it in with SeqIO:Seq?
> 

I'm not sure I understand your question. There is no SeqIO::Seq class.
Would you like to emulate a sequence stream (Bio::SeqIO compliant
object) from an array of sequence objects? If so, is there a
particular reason that you can't pass on the array of seq objects to
the method which would otherwise receive the sequence stream?

	Hilmar
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