seqinr (version 1.0-4)

read.fasta: Read file in fasta format

Description

Read a file containing sequences in fasta format.

Usage

read.fasta(File = system.file("sequences/ct.fasta", package = "seqinr"),seqtype="DNA")

Arguments

File

The name of the file which the sequences in fasta format are to be read from. If it does not contain an absolute path, the file name is relative to the current working directory, getwd()

seqtype

the nature of the sequence: DNA or AA

Value

• return a list of vector of chars. Each element is a sequence object of the class SeqFastadna or SeqFastaAA.

Details

By default read.fasta

References

� citation("seqinr")

Examples

s = read.fasta(File=system.file("sequences/malM.fasta",package = "seqinr"))
ss = read.fasta(File=system.file("sequences/seqAA.fasta",package = "seqinr"),seqtype="AA")