NAME Bio::Cigar - Parse CIGAR strings and translate coordinates to/from reference/query SYNOPSIS use 5.014; use Bio::Cigar; my $cigar = Bio::Cigar->new("2M1D1M1I4M"); say "Query length is ", $cigar->query_length; say "Reference length is ", $cigar->reference_length; my ($qpos, $op) = $cigar->rpos_to_qpos(3); say "Alignment operation at reference position 3 is $op"; DESCRIPTION Bio::Cigar is a small library to parse CIGAR strings ("Compact Idiosyncratic Gapped Alignment Report"), such as those used in the SAM file format. CIGAR strings are a run-length encoding which minimally describes the alignment of a query sequence to an (often longer) reference sequence. Parsing follows the SAM v1 spec for the "CIGAR" column. Parsed strings are represented by an object that provides a few utility methods. ATTRIBUTES All attributes are read-only. string The CIGAR string for this object. reference_length The length of the reference sequence segment aligned with the query sequence described by the CIGAR string. query_length The length of the query sequence described by the CIGAR string. ops An arrayref of "[length, operation]" tuples describing the CIGAR string. Lengths are integers, possible operations are below. CIGAR operations The CIGAR operations are given in the following table, taken from the SAM v1 spec: Op Description ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ M alignment match (can be a sequence match or mismatch) I insertion to the reference D deletion from the reference N skipped region from the reference S soft clipping (clipped sequences present in SEQ) H hard clipping (clipped sequences NOT present in SEQ) P padding (silent deletion from padded reference) = sequence match X sequence mismatch • H can only be present as the first and/or last operation. • S may only have H operations between them and the ends of the string. • For mRNA-to-genome alignment, an N operation represents an intron. For other types of alignments, the interpretation of N is not defined. • Sum of the lengths of the M/I/S/=/X operations shall equal the length of SEQ. CONSTRUCTOR new Takes a CIGAR string as the sole argument and returns a new Bio::Cigar object. METHODS rpos_to_qpos Takes a reference position (origin 1, base-numbered) and returns the corresponding position (origin 1, base-numbered) on the query sequence. Indels affect how the numbering maps from reference to query. In list context returns a tuple of "[query position, operation at position]". Operation is a single-character string. See the table of CIGAR operations. If the reference position does not map to the query sequence (as with a deletion, for example), returns "undef" or "[undef, operation]". qpos_to_rpos Takes a query position (origin 1, base-numbered) and returns the corresponding position (origin 1, base-numbered) on the reference sequence. Indels affect how the numbering maps from query to reference. In list context returns a tuple of "[references position, operation at position]". Operation is a single-character string. See the table of CIGAR operations. If the query position does not map to the reference sequence (as with an insertion, for example), returns "undef" or "[undef, operation]". op_at_rpos Takes a reference position and returns the operation at that position. Simply a shortcut for calling "rpos_to_qpos" in list context and discarding the first return value. op_at_qpos Takes a query position and returns the operation at that position. Simply a shortcut for calling "qpos_to_rpos" in list context and discarding the first return value. AUTHOR Thomas Sibley COPYRIGHT Copyright 2014- Mullins Lab, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington. LICENSE This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the GNU General Public License, version 2. SEE ALSO SAMv1 spec