read_fasta: Read fasta file

Description Usage Arguments Value See Also Examples

View source: R/fasta.r

Description

Read a fasta file and return a named vector of sequences.

Usage

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Arguments

file

a fasta file

Value

a named vector of sequences

See Also

write_fasta to write sequences into a fasta file

Examples

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# Construct sequences as a named vector
seq1 = as.character(1:5)
names(seq1) = letters[1:5]

# Write sequences in a fasta format
fasta = tempfile()
writeLines(paste0(">", names(seq1), "\n", seq1), fasta)
# or alternatively, write_fasta(seq1)

# Read sequences with read_fasta
seq2 = read_fasta(fasta)
identical(seq1, seq2)

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