[BioPython] [ClustalW] alignment score

[Frank Kauff]

Mattias,

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 19:06 +0200, Mattias de Hollander wrote:
> Is it possible to get the 'alignment score' from a clustalw alignment, just 
> like when you run ClustalW over the web?
> 

Clustalw doesn't save the score together with the alignment, but only in
the log (or the on-screen output). I think the only way to get the score
might be to parse the log for the magic words 'Alignment score' and get
the value associated with them.

Frank

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