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Class FormatConverter
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<h1 class="epydoc">Class FormatConverter</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="Bio.Align.FormatConvert-pysrc.html#FormatConverter">source code</a></span></p>
<p>Convert between different alignment representation formats.</p>
<p>The basic idea behind the converter is that it takes a given format,
converts it into the base Alignment class, and then can return an object
in any other supported format with the info from the basal alignment.</p>
<p>Supported formats are: o Clustal format (*.aln) o Fasta format
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Initialize a converter with a given object.</td>
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Retrieve all of the basal (ie Generic.Alignment) info.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="to_fasta"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">to_fasta</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
Convert the current info into a FastaAlignment object.</td>
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Convert the current info into a ClustalAlignment object.</td>
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<p>Initialize a converter with a given object.</p>
<p>Arguments: o to_convert - The class which we are going to be
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<p>Retrieve all of the basal (ie Generic.Alignment) info.</p>
<p>The idea is that this info is present in all of the classes and this
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