Method: Bio::EMBOSS#exec

Defined in:
lib/bio/appl/emboss.rb

#exec ⇒ Object

A Bio::EMBOSS object has to be executed before it can return any result.

obj_A = Bio::EMBOSS.new('transeq -sbegin 110 -send 1171 embl:xlrhodop')
puts obj_A.result                   #=> nil
obj_A.exec
puts obj_A.result                   #=> a FASTA-formatted sequence

obj_B = Bio::EMBOSS.new('showfeat embl:xlrhodop')
obj_B.exec
puts obj_B.result



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# File 'lib/bio/appl/emboss.rb', line 146

def exec
  begin
    @io = IO.popen(@cmd_line, "w+")
    @result = @io.read
    return @result
  ensure
    @io.close
  end
end