#!/usr/bin/env python """ convert fastqsolexa file to separated sequence and quality files. assume each sequence and quality score are contained in one line the order should be: 1st line: @title_of_seq 2nd line: nucleotides 3rd line: +title_of_qualityscore (might be skipped) 4th line: quality scores (in three forms: a. digits, b. ASCII codes, the first char as the coding base, c. ASCII codes without the first char.) Usage: %python fastqsolexa_to_fasta_converter.py """ import sys, os from math import * assert sys.version_info[:2] >= ( 2, 4 ) def stop_err( msg ): sys.stderr.write( "%s" % msg ) sys.exit() def __main__(): infile_name = sys.argv[1] outfile = open( sys.argv[2], 'w' ) fastq_block_lines = 0 seq_title_startswith = '' for i, line in enumerate( file( infile_name ) ): line = line.rstrip() # eliminate trailing space and new line characters if not line or line.startswith( '#' ): continue fastq_block_lines = ( fastq_block_lines + 1 ) % 4 line_startswith = line[0:1] if fastq_block_lines == 1: # line 1 is sequence title if not seq_title_startswith: seq_title_startswith = line_startswith if seq_title_startswith != line_startswith: stop_err( 'Invalid fastqsolexa format at line %d: %s.' %( i + 1, line ) ) read_title = line[ 1: ] outfile.write( '>%s\n' % line[1:] ) elif fastq_block_lines == 2: # line 2 is nucleotides read_length = len( line ) outfile.write( '%s\n' % line ) else: pass outfile.close() if __name__ == "__main__": __main__()