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btd_getgenbank

Gets sequence information from the online GenBank database

Calling Function

filename = btd_getgenbank(x)
filename = btd_getgenbank(x, filepath)

Arguments

x

Unique identifier for a sequence record

filepath

local Path + filename where the file returned by the online query must be stored. The directory must be writable. If only a path to directory in provided, the default filename used is built as filepath+"/genbank_"+x+".txt".

filename

Name of the file returned by the query. By default (if no filepath is provided), it is named "efetch.fcgi" and is stored in the current directory (that must be writeable).

Examples

fn = btd_getgenbank('M10051', TMPDIR)
// Open the local file in your text editor:
if getos()=="Windows", winopen(fn); else, edit(fn); end
fileparts(fn, "fname")
--> fn = btd_getgenbank('M10051', TMPDIR)
 fn  =
 C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\SCI_TMP_7176_10748\genbank_M10051.txt

--> if getos()=="Windows", winopen(fn); else, edit(fn); end

--> fileparts(fn, "fname")
 ans  =
 genbank_M10051

See Also

History

VersionDescription
1.1 Input option filepath added.

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