Re: [Pytables-users] using vlarray

2009-12-12 Thread Richard Llewellyn
I'll join in the guessing game. This looks, in part, a way to store a huge multiple sequence alignment with a reference sequence (the first character in ( ) being the DNA base in a reference DNA molecule, but due to the inequal lengths in each VLA, it would seem that gaps are not stored, or stored

Re: [Pytables-users] using vlarray

2009-12-12 Thread Faisal Moledina
I'm going to stab at understanding your problem. Correct me where I'm wrong. On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Ernesto wrote: > As I wrote I start with an input file. It contains a string of > variable length (10e7-10e8). This string consists of four different > characters (A,C,G,T), the bases of

Re: [Pytables-users] using vlarray

2009-12-12 Thread Brent Pedersen
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Ernesto wrote: > Dear Francesc, > > thank you for your reply. I'll try to better explain my problem using > real examples of data and code. > > As I wrote I start with an input file. It contains a string of > variable length (10e7-10e8). This string consists of fou

Re: [Pytables-users] using vlarray

2009-12-12 Thread Ernesto
Dear Francesc, thank you for your reply. I'll try to better explain my problem using real examples of data and code. As I wrote I start with an input file. It contains a string of variable length (10e7-10e8). This string consists of four different characters (A,C,G,T), the bases of a DNA mo