[BioPython] Problem with Entrez?

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Wed Aug 27 09:19:02 UTC 2008


On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Sebastian Bassi <sbassi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Looks like ASN1 format, but according to the tutorial efetch should
>> return its output in XML format:
>> "By default you get the output in XML format, which you can parse
>> using the Bio.Entrez.read() function "
>
> Its a documentation bug (my mistaken assumption), as the NCBI do not
> default to XML. The efetch doc string was fixed in CVS but I'll do the
> tutorial now...  thanks for the report.

Already fixed in CVS, as of /biopython/Doc/Tutorial.tex revision 1.135
- but worth double checking.

Peter



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