[BioPython] [Correction!] Emboss eprimer3-Product Size Range

[Stefanie Lück]

Thanks Peter, that's was it!
Like always you solved my problem ;-)
I wish everybody a nice Christmas Time!
Stefanie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter" <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Stefanie Lück" <lueck at ipk-gatersleben.de>
Cc: <biopython at biopython.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [BioPython] [Correction!] Emboss eprimer3-Product Size Range


>> primer_cl.set_parameter("-productsizerange", "100-200 250-300")
>> Causes no output and not
>> primer_cl.set_parameter("-productsizerange", "100-200")
>> as I wrote!
>
> OK - that helps :)
>
> This will fail at the command line:
>
> eprimer3 -sequence in.txt -outfile out.pr3 -target 50,100
> -productsizerange 100-200 250-300
>
> Based on my experience of unix command lines and how arguments are
> parsed, this should work:
>
> eprimer3 -sequence in.txt -outfile out.pr3 -target 50,100
> -productsizerange "100-200 250-300"
>
> If so, then in python you need to include the quotes yourself, e.g.
>
> primer_cl.set_parameter('-productsizerange', '"100-200 250-300"')
>
> That is single quotes to delimit the string in python, with double
> quotes as part of the string itself.  You could also use double quotes
> by escaping them with a slash:
>
> primer_cl.set_parameter("-productsizerange", "\"100-200 250-300\"")
>
> To try and explain the python syntax here, try the following examples
> at the python prompt:
>
>>>> print "100-200 250-300"
> 100-200 250-300
>>>> print '100-200 250-300'
> 100-200 250-300
>>>> print '"100-200 250-300"'
> "100-200 250-300"
>>>> print "\"100-200 250-300\""
> "100-200 250-300"
>
> Peter
>