[Biopython] parse header fastqc

[Jocelyne]

Hi Sergio:
If your read headers don't start with "@" then you don't have a valid fastq
file:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTQ_format
Jocelyne

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Sergio Martinez Cuesta <
Sergio.MartinezCuesta at cruk.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> How can I use biopython in order to figure out which of the read headers
> in my fastq file do not start with the character "@"?
>
> The record and title objects in the SeqIO.parse and FastqGeneralIterator
> functionalities assume headers start with "@".
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Sergio
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