Canonical way to convert between formats?

[lskatz]

Hi, what is the right way to convert from, e.g., fastq to fasta format? I think it's to use the bio::io::fasta::Record and bio::io::fastq::Record classes but it's not entirely clear to me.

[natir]

It's a very good question.

I can propose a solution like this:

use bio::io::fasta;
use std::io;

let mut reader = fastq::Reader::new(io::stdin());

for result in reader.records() {
    let record = result.expect("Error during fasta record parsing");

    println!(">{}\n{}\n", record.id(), record.seq());
}

My solution isn't a full rust-bio solution other people could have a different solution.

[lskatz]

Thanks! Yes I am hoping for something similar but with some kind of conversion step on the record like

let fasta_record = fastq_record.as_fasta();

[natir]

I can review your pull request :)

[lskatz]

I took you up on that @natir ! I am not a great programmer but this is a fun way to learn more rust :)