skbio.alignment.TabularMSA.from_dict¶

classmethod TabularMSA.from_dict(dictionary)[source]¶

Create a TabularMSA from a dict.

State: Experimental as of 0.4.1.

Parameters

dictionary (dict) – Dictionary mapping keys to GrammaredSequence sequence objects. The TabularMSA object will have its index labels set to the keys in the dictionary.

Returns

TabularMSA object constructed from the keys and sequences in dictionary.

Return type

TabularMSA

See also

to_dict(), sort()

Notes

The order of sequences and index labels in the resulting TabularMSA object is arbitrary. Use TabularMSA.sort to set a different order.

Examples

>>> from skbio import DNA, TabularMSA
>>> seqs = {'a': DNA('ACGT'), 'b': DNA('A--T')}
>>> msa = TabularMSA.from_dict(seqs)
>>> msa.shape
Shape(sequence=2, position=4)
>>> 'a' in msa
True
>>> 'b' in msa
True