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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# calculate mean and variance of the sequence lengths in a large fasta file | |
# method taken from: | |
# http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/20593/calculate-variance-from-a-stream-of-sample-values | |
# m_k = m_(k-1) + x_k + m_(k-1) | |
# v_k = v_(k-1) + (x_k -m_(k-1))(x_k - m_k) | |
# m - mean | |
# v - variance | |
from Bio import SeqIO | |
import argparse | |
def parse_args(): | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
parser.add_argument('--fasta-file') | |
return parser.parse_args() | |
def main(): | |
args = parse_args() | |
m = None | |
with open(args.fasta_file) as handle: | |
records = SeqIO.parse(handle, 'fasta') | |
# extremely un-pythonic literal translation of John D. Cook's C++ code | |
# http://www.johndcook.com/standard_deviation.html | |
for k, record in enumerate(records, start=1): | |
x = float(len(record.seq)) | |
if k == 1: | |
m_oldM = m_newM = x | |
m_oldS = 0 | |
else: | |
m_newM = m_oldM + (x - m_oldM)/k | |
m_newS = m_oldS + (x - m_oldM)*(x - m_newM) | |
m_oldM = m_newM | |
m_oldS = m_newS | |
print 'mean = %s, variance = %s' % (m_newM, m_newS/k) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main() |
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