[Biopython] parse header fastqc

Peter Cock p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com
Fri Aug 28 08:44:43 UTC 2015


Could you share a sample of your data Sergio? Just three or four
reads ought to be enough to illustrate what is going on.

Peter

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Jocelyne <jocelyne at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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