get_sequence#

biotite.sequence.io.fastq.get_sequence(fastq_file, header=None)[source]#

Get a sequence and quality scores from a FastqFile instance.

Parameters:
fastq_fileFastqFile

The FastqFile to be accessed.

headerstr, optional

The identifier to get the sequence and scores from. By default, the first sequence of the file is returned.

Returns:
sequenceNucleotideSequence

The requested sequence.

scoresndarray, dtype=int

The requested scores.