read.fasta {LocaTT}

Read FASTA Files

Description

Reads FASTA files. Supports the reading of FASTA files with sequences wrapping multiple lines.

Usage

read.fasta(file)

Arguments

file

A string specifying the path to a FASTA file to read.

Value

A data frame with fields for sequence names and sequences.

See Also

write.fasta for writing FASTA files.
read.fastq for reading FASTQ files.
write.fastq for writing FASTQ files.

Examples

# Get path to example FASTA file.
path_to_fasta_file<-system.file("extdata",
                                "example_query_sequences.fasta",
                                package="LocaTT",
                                mustWork=TRUE)

# Read the example FASTA file.
read.fasta(file=path_to_fasta_file)