[Bioperl-l] capturing AlignIO output

[James Wasmuth]

Hi all,

not sure this is specifically a bioperl question or more general Perl. 
 Anyway, I am trying to capture the text output from
$stream->write_aln($alignment) into a string, so I can manipulate it in a certain format.

I've tried all sorts of avenues, but not the correct one.

Any ideas?
Many Thanks

James