It looks to me like the line: The filename of the file containing the protein sequence data
should instead be # The filename of the file containing the protein sequence data Nathan On Mon, 2013-11-11 at 15:45 +0000, Alaba, Oluwafemi (IITA) wrote: > Dear ALL, > > > I created a file named NM021964fragment.pep (using text editor) but I > could not read that particular file. > > > Here is the script I used: > > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > #Reading protein sequence from a file > > > The filename of the file containing the protein sequence data > $proteinfilename = "NM021964fragment.pep"; > > > #First we have to 'open' the file and associate it a 'filehandle' with > it. We choose the filehandle > #PROTEINFILE for readability. > > > open(PROTEINFILE, $proteinfilename); > > > #now we do the actual reading of the protein sequence data from the > file by using angle bracket < and > > $protein = <PROTEINFILE>; > > > close PROTEINFILE; > > > print $protein; > exit; > > > > > Here is the output after running the program: > > > Can't locate object method "sequence" via package "data" (perhaps you > forgot to load "data"?) at readprotein.pl line 4. > > > would be glad if somebody can give me prompt recommendations. > > > regards, > Femi > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/