pyABIF

A Python ABIF (Applied Biosystems Genetic Analysis Data File Format) reader.

• no external dependencies
• minimal pythonification

ABIF is a directory of items, where every item is identified by unique name and number.

pyABIF is a class with attributes corresponding to name/number items:

>>> from pyabif import pyABIF

>>> abif = pyABIF('abif.fsa')
>>> abif.User1
joe

>>> abif.DATA1

pyabif can be used as a console script:

$ pyabif abif.fsa
Converted to txt

$ ls abif
abif.fsa
abif.fsa.csv.zip