[Biopython-dev] [Biopython - Feature #3326] (New) MultipleSeqAlignment should support iterators, not only slice objects
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Issue #3326 has been reported by Fabio Zanini.
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Feature #3326: MultipleSeqAlignment should support iterators, not only slice objects
https://redmine.open-bio.org/issues/3326
Author: Fabio Zanini
Status: New
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Biopython Dev Mailing List
Category: Main Distribution
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Currently, the MultipleSeqAlignment object supports slicing via various syntaxes, e.g.:
- alignment[4,6]
- alignment[2:4,3:6]
- alignment[3:4:5]
In the latter case, the indices build a so-called slice, a pure Python object, and MultipleSeqAlignment has an explicit if clause for dealing with this case.
However, the user might want to iterate over the MSA using the more general *iterators*, e.g. from itertools, rather than simple slice objects. An extension that includes iterators looks easy:
# Check whether the index is an iterator
if (hasattr(index, 'next')) and (hasattr(index:, '__iter__')):
return MultipleSeqAlignment([self._records[i] for i in index], self._alphabet)
Would you think this is useful?
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