IGEM:Harvard/2006/Container Design 4/Python Code/Split Scaffold

Split Scaffold Sequence into Chunks

--Vlau 16:12, 10 July 2006 (EDT)

#!/usr/bin/python

import string
import sys
import fileinput

def nowhite(s):
  return ''.join([c for c in s if c in string.letters])

seq = ''

# read in sequence
for line in fileinput.input("-"):
  seq = seq + nowhite(line)

lid_1 = 96 * 14
linker_1 = 200
box = 29 * 96
linker_2 = 200
lid_2 = 96 * 14
linker_3 = 200
box_2 = 96

#store first segment up to end of lid 1
lid_1_seq = seq[:lid_1]
#reset sequence to start at end of lid 1
seq = seq[lid_1:]
linker_1_seq = seq[:linker_1]
seq = seq[linker_1:]
box_1_seq = seq[:box]
seq = seq[box:]
linker_2_seq = seq[:linker_2]
seq = seq[linker_2:]
lid_2_seq = seq[:lid_2]
seq = seq[lid_2:]
linker_3_seq = seq[:linker_3]
seq = seq[linker_3:]
box_2_seq = seq[:box_2]
seq = seq[box_2:]
extra_scaffold = seq
barrel = box_1_seq + box_2_seq

#print out the length of each segment and its sequence

barrel_file = file('barrel_scaffold.txt', 'w')
lid_1_file = file('lid_1_scaffold.txt', 'w')
lid_2_file = file('lid_2_scaffold.txt', 'w')

print len(lid_1_seq)
print lid_1_seq
lid_1_file.write(lid_1_seq)
print len(linker_1_seq)
print linker_1_seq
print len(barrel)
print barrel
barrel_file.write(barrel)
print len(linker_2_seq)
print linker_2_seq  
print len(lid_2_seq)
print lid_2_seq
lid_2_file.write(lid_2_seq)
print len(linker_3_seq)
print linker_3_seq