read.fasta {seqinr} | R Documentation

## Read file in fasta format

### Description

Read a file containing sequences in fasta format.

### Usage

    read.fasta(File = system.file("sequences/ct.fasta", package = "seqinr"),seqtype="DNA")

### Arguments

`File` | The name of the file which the sequences in fasta format are to be read from. If it does not contain an absolute path, the file name is relative to the current working directory, getwd()
`seqtype` | the nature of the sequence: `DNA` or `AA`

### Details

By default `read.fasta`

### Value

return a list of vector of chars. Each element is a sequence object of the class `SeqFastadna` or `SeqFastaAA`.

### Author(s)

D. Charif

### References

`citation("seqinr")`

### Examples

    s = read.fasta(File=system.file("sequences/malM.fasta",package = "seqinr"))
    ss = read.fasta(File=system.file("sequences/seqAA.fasta",package = "seqinr"),seqtype="AA")

[Package seqinr version 1.0-4 Index]