Length of sequences in FASTQ file

Question

[win]

Hi there,

I wanted to know the minimum, maximum and the median length of all sequences in my query fasta file. Is there any way to find out this information.

Thanks in advance.

[Prakki Rama]

Your post name and question are different!

Answer 1

[A. Domingues]

A simple google search for "length of sequences in fasta file" retrieves several solutions for your question. Including a Code Golf: Mean Length Of Fasta Sequences in this very site.

Choose your coding weapon and have fun.

[Devon Ryan]

I'll add that for the min/max numbers, even awk would suffice (don't try that for the median though, it wouldn't be pretty).

[A. Domingues]

As much I like awk, it is never pretty :)