Bio::AlignIO::mega(3pm) 				User Contributed Perl Documentation				   Bio::AlignIO::mega(3pm)

NAME

       Bio::AlignIO::mega - Parse and Create MEGA format data files

SYNOPSIS

	   use Bio::AlignIO;
	   my $alignio = Bio::AlignIO->new(-format => 'mega',
					  -file   => 't/data/hemoglobinA.meg');

	   while( my $aln = $alignio->next_aln ) {
	   # process each alignment or convert to another format like NEXUS
	   }

DESCRIPTION

       This object handles reading and writing data streams in the MEGA format (Kumar and Nei).

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich
       Email jason-at-bioperl.org

APPENDIX

       The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.  Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

   next_aln
	Title	: next_aln
	Usage	: $aln = $stream->next_aln()
	Function: returns the next alignment in the stream.
		  Supports the following MEGA format features:
		  - The file has to start with '#mega'
		  - Reads in the name of the alignment from a comment
		    (anything after '!TITLE: ') .
		  - Reads in the format parameters datatype

	Returns : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object - returns 0 on end of file
		   or on error
	Args	: NONE

   write_aln
	Title	: write_aln
	Usage	: $stream->write_aln(@aln)
	Function: writes the $aln object into the stream in MEGA format
	Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error
	Args	: L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object

perl v5.14.2							    2012-03-02						   Bio::AlignIO::mega(3pm)