skbio.sequence.Sequence.write#
- Sequence.write(file, format='fasta', **kwargs)[source]#
Write an instance of
Sequenceto a file.This is a convenience method for
skbio.io.registry.write(). For more information about the I/O system in scikit-bio, please seeskbio.io.Supported file formats include:
'embl'(skbio.io.format.embl)'fasta'(skbio.io.format.fasta)'fastq'(skbio.io.format.fastq)'genbank'(skbio.io.format.genbank)'gff3'(skbio.io.format.gff3)
- Parameters:
- fileopenable (filepath, URL, filehandle, etc.)
The location to write the given format into. Something that is understood by
skbio.io.util.open(). Filehandles are not automatically closed, it is the responsibility of the caller.- formatstr
The format must be a registered format name with a writer for
Sequence. Default is ‘fasta’.- kwargsdict, optional
Keyword arguments passed to
skbio.io.registry.write()and the file format writer.