Mastering Python for Bioinformatics

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Symbols

• . (any character), Running the Test Suite on All the Solutions
• & (bitwise and), Combining Regular Expression Search Flags
• | (bitwise or), Combining Regular Expression Search Flags
• # (comment), Using csvkit and csvchk, Using make to Compile a C Program
• == (compare for equality), Counting the Nucleotides, Solution 4: Using a Dictionary to Count All the Characters
  • eq() functional version, Solution 2: Using the operator.eq() Function
• {} (curly brackets for string formatting), Solution 2: Creating a count() Function and Adding a Unit Test, Iterating the Sequences Using a for Loop
• - (dash)
  • flag names, Defining an Optional Parameter
  • parameters, Defining One or More Required Positional Parameters
• .<filename> (dotfiles), Managing Runtime Messages with STDOUT, STDERR, and Logging, Managing Runtime Messages with STDOUT, STDERR, and Logging, Understanding $PATH and Installing Command-Line Programs
• $? (exit status variable), Getting Started
• += (increment), Counting the Nucleotides
• && (logical and), Running with No Target
• ?=(<pattern>) (look-ahead assertion), Solution 5: Finding Overlapping Patterns Using Regular Expressions
• % (modulo), Avoiding Overflow with Modular Multiplication
• __name__, Solution 2: Adding Unit Tests
• $# (number of arguments), Downloading Sequences Files on the Command Line
• != (operator.ne), Solution 8: Using the starmap() and operator.ne() Functions
• | (pipe), Getting Started
• < (redirect input), Getting Started
• > (redirect output), Managing Runtime Messages with STDOUT, STDERR, and ...