Bio::Tools::HMMER Results
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Summary
Bio::Tools::HMMER::Results - Object representing HMMER output results
Package variables
No package variables defined.
Included modules
Bio::Root::IO
Bio::Root::Root
Bio::SeqAnalysisParserI
Bio::Tools::HMMER::Domain
Bio::Tools::HMMER::Set
Carp
Symbol
strict
Inherit
Bio::Root::Root Bio::SeqAnalysisParserI
Synopsis
   # parse a hmmsearch file (can also parse a hmmpfam file)
   $res = new Bio::Tools::HMMER::Results( -file => 'output.hmm' , -type => 'hmmsearch');

   # print out the results for each sequence
   foreach $seq ( $res->each_Set ) {
       print "Sequence bit score is",$seq->bits,"\n";
       foreach $domain ( $seq->each_Domain ) {
           print " Domain start ",$domain->start," end ",$domain->end,
	   " score ",$domain->bits,"\n";
       }
   }

   # new result object on a sequence/domain cutoff of 25 bits sequence, 15 bits domain
   $newresult = $res->filter_on_cutoff(25,15);

   # alternative way of getting out all domains directly
   foreach $domain ( $res->each_Domain ) {
       print "Domain on ",$domain->seqname," with score ",
       $domain->bits," evalue ",$domain->evalue,"\n";
   }
Description
This object represents HMMER output, either from hmmsearch or
hmmpfam. For hmmsearch, a series of HMMER::Set objects are made, one
for each sequence, which have the the bits score for the object. For
hmmpfam searches, only one Set object is made.
These objects come from the original HMMResults modules used
internally in Pfam, written by Ewan. Ewan then converted them to
bioperl objects in 1999. That conversion is meant to be backwardly
compatible, but may not be (caveat emptor).
Methods
new
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next_featureDescriptionCode
numberDescriptionCode
seqfileDescriptionCode
hmmfileDescriptionCode
add_DomainDescriptionCode
each_DomainDescriptionCode
domain_bits_cutoff_from_evalueDescriptionCode
dictate_hmm_acc
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write_FT_outputDescriptionCode
filter_on_cutoffDescriptionCode
write_ascii_outDescriptionCode
write_GDF_bitsDescriptionCode
write_scores_bits
No description
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write_GDF
No description
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highest_noise
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lowest_true
No description
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add_SetDescriptionCode
each_SetDescriptionCode
get_SetDescriptionCode
_parse_hmmpfamDescriptionCode
get_unit_nse
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_parse_hmmsearchDescriptionCode
Methods description
next_featurecode    nextTop
 Title   : next_feature
 Usage   : while( my $feat = $res->next_feature ) { # do something }
 Function: SeqAnalysisParserI implementing function
 Example :
 Returns : A Bio::SeqFeatureI compliant object, in this case, 
           each DomainUnit object, ie, flattening the Sequence
           aspect of this.
 Args    : None
numbercodeprevnextTop
 Title   : number
 Usage   : print "There are ",$res->number," domains hit\n";
 Function: provides the number of domains in the HMMER report
seqfilecodeprevnextTop
 Title   : seqfile
 Usage   : $obj->seqfile($newval)
 Function: 
 Example : 
 Returns : value of seqfile
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
hmmfilecodeprevnextTop
 Title   : hmmfile
 Usage   : $obj->hmmfile($newval)
 Function: 
 Example : 
 Returns : value of hmmfile
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
add_DomaincodeprevnextTop
 Title   : add_Domain
 Usage   : $res->add_Domain($unit)
 Function: adds a domain to the results array. Mainly used internally.
 Args    : A Bio::Tools::HMMER::Domain
each_DomaincodeprevnextTop
 Title   : each_Domain
 Usage   : foreach $domain ( $res->each_Domain() )
 Function: array of Domain units which are held in this report
 Returns : array
 Args    : none
domain_bits_cutoff_from_evaluecodeprevnextTop
 Title   : domain_bits_cutoff_from_evalue
 Usage   : $cutoff = domain_bits_cutoff_from_evalue(0.01);
 Function: return a bits cutoff from an evalue using the
           scores here. Somewhat interesting logic:
            Find the two bit score which straddle the evalue
            if( 25 is between these two points) return 25
            else return the midpoint.

           This logic tries to ensure that with large signal to 
           noise separation one still has sensible 25 bit cutoff
 Returns : 
 Args    :
write_FT_outputcodeprevnextTop
 Title   : write_FT_output
 Usage   : $res->write_FT_output(\*STDOUT,'DOMAIN')
 Function: writes feature table output ala swissprot
 Returns : 
 Args    :
filter_on_cutoffcodeprevnextTop
 Title   : filter_on_cutoff
 Usage   : $newresults = $results->filter_on_cutoff(25,15);
 Function: Produces a new HMMER::Results module which has
           been trimmed at the cutoff. 
 Returns : a Bio::Tools::HMMER::Results module
 Args    : sequence cutoff and domain cutoff. in bits score
           if you want one cutoff, simply use same number both places
write_ascii_outcodeprevnextTop
 Title   : write_ascii_out
 Usage   : $res->write_ascii_out(\*STDOUT)
 Function: writes as 
           seq seq_start seq_end model-acc model_start model_end model_name
 Returns : 
 Args    :

  FIXME: Now that we have no modelacc, this is probably a bad thing.
write_GDF_bitscodeprevnextTop
 Title   : write_GDF_bits
 Usage   : $res->write_GDF_bits(25,15,\*STDOUT)
 Function: writes GDF format with a sequence,domain threshold
 Returns : 
 Args    :
add_SetcodeprevnextTop
 Title   : add_Set
 Usage   : Mainly internal function
 Function:
 Returns : 
 Args    :
each_SetcodeprevnextTop
 Title   : each_Set
 Usage   : 
 Function:
 Returns : 
 Args    :
get_SetcodeprevnextTop
 Title   : get_Set
 Usage   : $set = $res->get_Set('sequence-name');
 Function: returns the Set for a particular sequence
 Returns : a HMMER::Set object
 Args    : name of the sequence
_parse_hmmpfamcodeprevnextTop
 Title   : _parse_hmmpfam
 Usage   : $res->_parse_hmmpfam($filehandle)
 Function:
 Returns : 
 Args    :
_parse_hmmsearchcodeprevnextTop
 Title   : _parse_hmmsearch
 Usage   : $res->_parse_hmmsearch($filehandle)
 Function:
 Returns : 
 Args    :
Methods code
newdescriptionprevnextTop
sub new {
  my($class,@args) = @_;

  my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args);

  $self->{'domain'} = []; # array of HMMUnits
$self->{'seq'} = {}; my ($parsetype) = $self->_rearrange([qw(TYPE)],@args); my $io = Bio::Root::IO->new(@args); if( !defined $parsetype ) { $self->throw("No parse type provided. should be hmmsearch or hmmpfam"); } if( $parsetype eq 'hmmsearch' ) { $self->_parse_hmmsearch($io->_fh()); } elsif ( $parsetype eq 'hmmpfam' ) { $self->_parse_hmmpfam($io->_fh()); } else { $self->throw("Did not recoginise type $parsetype"); } return $self; # success - we hope!
}
next_featuredescriptionprevnextTop
sub next_feature {
   my ($self) = @_;

   if( $self->{'_started_next_feature'} == 1 ) {
       return shift @{$self->{'_next_feature_array'}};
   } else {
       $self->{'_started_next_feature'} = 1;
       my @array;
       foreach my $seq ( $self->each_Set() ) {
	   foreach my $unit ( $seq->each_Domain() ) {
	       push(@array,$unit);
	   }
       }
       my $res = shift @array;
       $self->{'_next_feature_array'} =\@ array;
       return $res;
   }
   
   $self->throw("Should not reach here! Error!");
}
numberdescriptionprevnextTop
sub number {
    my $self = shift;
    my @val;
    my $ref;
    $ref = $self->{'domain'};

   
    @val = @{$self->{'domain'}};
    return scalar @val;
}
seqfiledescriptionprevnextTop
sub seqfile {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'seqfile'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'seqfile'};
}
hmmfiledescriptionprevnextTop
sub hmmfile {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'hmmfile'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'hmmfile'};
}
add_DomaindescriptionprevnextTop
sub add_Domain {
    my $self = shift;
    my $unit = shift;
    my $name;

    $name = $unit->seqname();

    if( ! exists $self->{'seq'}->{$name} ) {
	$self->warn("Adding a domain of $name but with no HMMSequence. Will be kept in domain array but not added to a HMMSequence");
    } else {
	$self->{'seq'}->{$name}->add_Domain($unit);
    }
    push(@{$self->{'domain'}},$unit);
}
each_DomaindescriptionprevnextTop
sub each_Domain {
    my $self = shift;
    my (@arr,$u);

    foreach $u ( @{$self->{'domain'}} ) {
	push(@arr,$u);
    }

    return @arr;
}
domain_bits_cutoff_from_evaluedescriptionprevnextTop
sub domain_bits_cutoff_from_evalue {
    my $self = shift;
    my $eval = shift;
    my ($dom,$prev,@doms,$cutoff,$sep,$seen);

    @doms = $self->each_Domain;


    @doms = sort { $b->bits <=> $a->bits } @doms;
    $seen = 0;
    foreach $_ ( @doms ) {
	if( $_->evalue > $eval ) {
	    $seen = 1;
	    $dom = $_;
	    last;
	} 
	$prev = $_;
    }
    
    if( ! defined $prev || $seen == 0) {
	$self->throw("Evalue is either above or below the list...");
	return undef;
    }

    $sep = $prev->bits - $dom->bits ;
    
    if( $sep < 1 ) {
	return $prev->bits();
    }
    if( $dom->bits < 25 && $prev->bits > 25 ) {
	return 25;
    }

    return int( $dom->bits + $sep/2 ) ;
}
dictate_hmm_accdescriptionprevnextTop
sub dictate_hmm_acc {
    my $self = shift;
    my $acc = shift;
    my ($unit);

	
    foreach $unit ( $self->eachHMMUnit() ) {
	$unit->hmmacc($acc);
    }
}
write_FT_outputdescriptionprevnextTop
sub write_FT_output {
    my $self = shift;
    my $file = shift;
    my $idt  = shift;
    my ($seq,$unit);

    if( !defined $idt ) {
	$idt = "DOMAIN";
    }

    foreach $seq ( $self->each_Set() ) {
	print $file sprintf("ID   %s\n",$seq->name());
	foreach $unit ( $seq->each_Domain() ) {
	    print $file sprintf("FT   %s   %d %d %s\n",$idt,$unit->start,$unit->end,$unit->hmmname);
	}
	print $file "//\n";
    }
}
filter_on_cutoffdescriptionprevnextTop
sub filter_on_cutoff {
    my $self = shift;
    my $seqthr = shift;
    my $domthr = shift;
    my ($new,$seq,$unit,@array,@narray);

    if( !defined $domthr ) {
       $self->throw("hmmresults filter on cutoff needs two arguments");
    }

    $new = Bio::Tools::HMMER::Results->new();

    foreach $seq ( $self->each_Set()) {

	if( $seq->bits() < $seqthr ) {
	    next;
	}

	$new->add_Set($seq);

	foreach $unit ( $seq->each_Domain() ) {
	    if( $unit->bits() < $domthr ) {
		next;
	    }
	    $new->add_Domain($unit);
	}

    }
}
write_ascii_outdescriptionprevnextTop
sub write_ascii_out {
    my $self = shift;
    my $fh = shift;
    my ($unit,$seq);

    if( !defined $fh) {
	$fh =\* STDOUT;
    }


    foreach $seq ( $self->each_Set()) {
	foreach $unit ( $seq->each_Domain()) {
	    print $fh sprintf("%s %4d %4d %s %4d %4d %4.2f %4.2g %s\n",$unit->seqname(),$unit->start(),$unit->end(),$unit->hmmacc,$unit->hstart,$unit->hend,$unit->bits,$unit->evalue,$unit->hmmname);
	}
    }
}
write_GDF_bitsdescriptionprevnextTop
sub write_GDF_bits {
    my $self = shift;
    my $seqt = shift;
    my $domt = shift;
    my $file = shift;
    my $seq;
    my $unit;
    my (@array,@narray);

    if( !defined $file ) {
	$self->throw("Attempting to use write_GDF_bits without passing in correct arguments!");
	return;
    }

    foreach $seq ( $self->each_Set()) {

	if( $seq->bits() < $seqt ) {
	    next;
	}

	foreach $unit ( $seq->each_Domain() ) {
	    if( $unit->bits() < $domt ) {
		next;
	    }
	    push(@array,$unit);
	}

    }

    @narray = sort { my ($aa,$bb,$st_a,$st_b); 
		     $aa = $a->seqname(); 
		     $bb = $b->seqname(); 
		     if ( $aa eq $bb) {
			 $st_a = $a->start();
			 $st_b = $b->start();
			 return $st_a <=> $st_b;
			 } 
		     else {
			 return $aa cmp $bb; 
		     } } @array;

    foreach $unit ( @narray ) {
	print $file sprintf("%-24s\t%6d\t%6d\t%15s\t%.1f\t%g\n",$unit->get_nse(),$unit->start(),$unit->end(),$unit->seqname(),$unit->bits(),$unit->evalue);
    }
}
write_scores_bitsdescriptionprevnextTop
sub write_scores_bits {
    my $self = shift;
    my $seqt = shift;
    my $domt = shift;
    my $file = shift;
    my $seq;
    my $unit;
    my (@array,@narray);

    if( !defined $file ) {
	carp("Attempting to use write_scores_bits without passing in correct arguments!");
	return;
    }

    foreach $seq ( $self->eachHMMSequence()) {

	if( $seq->bits() < $seqt ) {
	    next;
	}

	foreach $unit ( $seq->eachHMMUnit() ) {
	    if( $unit->bits() < $domt ) {
		next;
	    }
	    push(@array,$unit);
	}

    }

    @narray = sort { my ($aa,$bb,$st_a,$st_b); 
		     $aa = $a->bits(); 
		     $bb = $b->bits(); 
		     return $aa <=> $bb; 
		     } @array;

    foreach $unit ( @narray ) {
	print $file sprintf("%4.2f %s\n",$unit->bits(),$unit->get_nse());
    }
}
write_GDFdescriptionprevnextTop
sub write_GDF {
    my $self = shift;
    my $file = shift;
    my $unit;

    if( !defined $file ) {
	$file =\* STDOUT;
    }


    foreach $unit ( $self->eachHMMUnit() ) {
	print $file sprintf("%-24s\t%6d\t%6d\t%15s\t%.1f\t%g\n",$unit->get_nse(),$unit->start(),$unit->end(),$unit->seqname(),$unit->bits(),$unit->evalue);
    }
}
highest_noisedescriptionprevnextTop
sub highest_noise {
    my $self = shift;
    my $seqt = shift;
    my $domt = shift;
    my ($seq,$unit,$hseq,$hdom,$noiseseq,$noisedom);

    $hseq = $hdom = -100000;
    
    foreach $seq ( $self->eachHMMSequence()) {
	if( $seq->bits() < $seqt && $seq->bits() > $hseq  ) {
	    $hseq = $seq->bits();
	    $noiseseq = $seq;
	}
	foreach $unit ( $seq->eachHMMUnit() ) {
	    if( (($seq->bits() < $seqt) || ($seq->bits() > $seqt && $unit->bits < $domt)) && $unit->bits() > $hdom ) {
		$hdom  = $unit->bits();
		$noisedom = $unit;
	    }
	}
    }


    return ($noiseseq,$noisedom);
}
lowest_truedescriptionprevnextTop
sub lowest_true {
    my $self = shift;
    my $seqt = shift;
    my $domt = shift;
    my ($seq,$unit,$lowseq,$lowdom,$trueseq,$truedom);

    if( ! defined $domt ) {
	carp "lowest true needs at least a domain threshold cut-off";
	return (0,0);
    }

    $lowseq = $lowdom = 100000;

    foreach $seq ( $self->eachHMMSequence()) {
	
	if( $seq->bits() >= $seqt && $seq->bits() < $lowseq  ) {
	    $lowseq = $seq->bits();
	    $trueseq = $seq;
	}
	if( $seq->bits() < $seqt ) {
	    next;
	}

	foreach $unit ( $seq->eachHMMUnit() ) {
	    if( $unit->bits() >= $domt && $unit->bits() < $lowdom ) {
		$lowdom  = $unit->bits();
		$truedom = $unit;
	    }
	}
    }


    return ($trueseq,$truedom);
}
add_SetdescriptionprevnextTop
sub add_Set {
    my $self = shift;
    my $seq  = shift;
    my $name;

    $name = $seq->name();

    if( exists $self->{'seq'}->{$name} ) {
	$self->throw("You alredy have $name in HMMResults!");
    }
    $self->{'seq'}->{$name} = $seq;
}
each_SetdescriptionprevnextTop
sub each_Set {
    my $self = shift;
    my (@array,$name);


    foreach $name ( keys %{$self->{'seq'}} ) {
	push(@array,$self->{'seq'}->{$name});
    }
    return @array;
}
get_SetdescriptionprevnextTop
sub get_Set {
    my $self = shift;
    my $name = shift;

    return $self->{'seq'}->{$name};
}
_parse_hmmpfamdescriptionprevnextTop
sub _parse_hmmpfam {
    my $self = shift;
    my $file = shift;
    
    my ($id,$sqfrom,$sqto,$hmmf,$hmmt,$sc,$ev,
	$unit,$nd,$seq,$name,$seqname,$from,
	$to,%hash,%acc,$acc);
    my $count = 0;

    while(<$file>) {
        if( /^HMM file:\s+(\S+)/ ) { $self->hmmfile($1); next; }
	elsif( /^Sequence file:\s+(\S+)/ ) { $self->seqfile($1); next }   
	elsif( /^Query(\s+sequence)?:\s+(\S+)/ ) {
	    
	    $seqname = $2;
	    
	    $seq     = Bio::Tools::HMMER::Set->new();

	    $seq ->name($seqname);
	    $self->add_Set($seq);
	    %hash = ();
	    
	    while(<$file>){
		if( /Accession:\s+(\S+)/ ) { $seq->accession($1); next }
		elsif( s/^Description:\s+// ) { chomp; $seq->desc($_); next } 
		/^Parsed for domains/ && last;
		
		# This is to parse out the accession numbers in old Pfam format.
# now not support due to changes in HMMER.
if( (($id,$acc, $sc, $ev, $nd) = /^\s*(\S+)\s+([A-Za-z]+\d+).+?\s(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s*$/)) { $hash{$id} = $sc; # we need this for the sequence
# core of the domains below!
$acc {$id} = $acc; # this is the more common parsing routine
} elsif ( (($id,$sc, $ev, $nd) = /^\s*(\S+).+?\s(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s*$/) ) { $hash{$id} = $sc; # we need this for the
# sequence score of hte domains below!
} } while(<$file>) { /^Align/ && last; /^\/\// && last; # this is meant to match
#Sequence Domain seq-f seq-t hmm-f hmm-t score E-value
#-------- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -------
#PF00621 1/1 198 372 .. 1 207 [] 281.6 1e-80
if( (($id, $sqfrom, $sqto, $hmmf,$hmmt,$sc, $ev) = /(\S+)\s+\S+\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+).+?(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+\S+\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s*$/)) { $unit = Bio::Tools::HMMER::Domain->new(); $unit->seqname ($seqname); $unit->hmmname ($id); $unit->start ($sqfrom); $unit->end ($sqto); $unit->hstart($hmmf); $unit->hend ($hmmt); $unit->bits ($sc); $unit->evalue ($ev); if( !exists($hash{$id}) ) { $self->throw("HMMResults parsing error in hmmpfam for $id - can't find sequecne score"); } $unit->seqbits($hash{$id}); if( exists $acc{$id} ) { $unit->hmmacc($acc{$id}); } # this should find it's own sequence!
$self->add_Domain($unit); } } if( /^\/\// ) { next; } $_ = <$file>; # parses alignment lines. Icky as we have to break on the same line
# that we need to read to place the alignment lines with the unit.
while(1) { (!defined $_ || /^\/\//) && last; # matches:
# PF00621: domain 1 of 1, from 198 to 372
if( /^\s*(\S+):.*from\s+(\d+)\s+to\s+(\d+)/ ) { $name = $1; $from = $2; $to = $3; # find the HMMUnit which this alignment is from
$unit = $self->get_unit_nse($seqname,$name,$from,$to); if( !defined $unit ) { $self->warn("Could not find $name $from $to unit even though I am reading it in. ugh!"); $_ = <$file>; next; } while(<$file>) { /^\/\// && last; /^\s*\S+:.*from\s+\d+\s+to\s+\d+/ && last; $unit->add_alignment_line($_); } } else { $_ = <$file>; } } # back to main 'Query:' loop
} }
}
get_unit_nsedescriptionprevnextTop
sub get_unit_nse {
    my $self    = shift;
    my $seqname = shift;
    my $domname = shift;
    my $start   = shift;
    my $end     = shift;

    my($seq,$unit);
    
    $seq = $self->get_Set($seqname);

    if( !defined $seq ) {
	$self->throw("Could not get sequence name $seqname - so can't get its unit");
    }

    foreach $unit ( $seq->each_Domain() ) {
	if( $unit->hmmname() eq $domname && $unit->start() == $start &&  $unit->end() == $end ) {
	    return $unit;
	}
    }

    return undef;
}
_parse_hmmsearchdescriptionprevnextTop
sub _parse_hmmsearch {
    my $self = shift;
    my $file = shift;
    my ($id,$sqfrom,$sqto,$sc,$ev,$unit,$nd,$seq,$hmmf,$hmmt,$hmmfname,%seqh);
    my $count = 0;
    
    while(<$file>) {
        /^HMM file:\s+(\S+)/ and do { $self->hmmfile($1); $hmmfname = $1 };
	/^Sequence database:\s+(\S+)/ and do { $self->seqfile($1) };
        /^Scores for complete sequences/ && last;
    }
    
    $hmmfname = "given" if not $hmmfname;  
    
    while(<$file>) {
	/^Parsed for domains/ && last;
	if( (($id, $sc, $ev, $nd) = /(\S+).+?\s(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s*$/)) {
	    $seq = Bio::Tools::HMMER::Set->new();
	    $seq->name($id);
	    $seq->bits($sc);
	    $seqh{$id} = $sc;
	    $seq->evalue($ev);
	    $self->add_Set($seq);
	}
    }

    while(<$file>) {
	/^Alignments of top-scoring domains/ && last;
	if( (($id, $sqfrom, $sqto, $hmmf, $hmmt, $sc, $ev) = /(\S+)\s+\S+\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+).+?(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+\S+\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s*$/)) {
	    $unit = Bio::Tools::HMMER::Domain->new();

	    $unit->seqname($id);
	    $unit->hmmname($hmmfname);
	    $unit->start($sqfrom);
	    $unit->end($sqto);
	    $unit->bits($sc);
	    $unit->hstart($hmmf);
	    $unit->hend($hmmt);
	    $unit->evalue($ev);
	    $unit->seqbits($seqh{$id});
	    $self->add_Domain($unit);
	    $count++;
	}
    }

    $_ = <$file>;

    ## Recognize and store domain alignments
while(1) { if( !defined $_ ) { last; } /^Histogram of all scores/ && last; # matches:
# PF00621: domain 1 of 1, from 198 to 372
if( /^\s*(\S+):.*from\s+(\d+)\s+to\s+(\d+)/ ) { my $name = $1; my $from = $2; my $to = $3; # find the HMMUnit which this alignment is from
$unit = $self->get_unit_nse($name,$hmmfname,$from,$to); if( !defined $unit ) { $self->warn("Could not find $name $from $to unit even though I am reading it in. ugh!"); next; } while(<$file>) { /^Histogram of all scores/ && last; /^\s*\S+:.*from\s+\d+\s+to\s+\d+/ && last; $unit->add_alignment_line($_); } } else { $_ = <$file>; } } return $count;
}
General documentation
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AUTHOR - Ewan BirneyTop
Email birney@ebi.ac.uk
CONTRIBUTORSTop
Jason Stajich, jason@bioperl.org
APPENDIXTop
The rest of the documentation details each of the object
methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _