[Biopython] problem parsing embl file

[Peter]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Sameet Mehta <msameet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> The Sequence length is 5580032, its first chromosome of yeast.
> following are the first 10 lines of the file.
>
> ID c212 standard; DNA; FUN; 666 BP.
> ...
>
> Also I believe that I am using the latest BioPython on my laptop.
>

Could you check? Run Python then,

import Bio
print Bio.__version__

> I think I found the problem!! Indeed the first line is the problem. So
> how can i circumvent this.

Try editing the file to start:

ID c212 standard; DNA; FUN; 5580032 BP.

Peter