I have downloaded this csv file, which creates a spreadsheet of gene information. What is important is that in the HLA-*
columns, there is gene information. If the gene is too low of a resolution e.g. DQB1*03
then the row should be deleted. If the data is too high resoltuion e.g. DQB1*03:02:01
, then the :01
tag at the end needs to be removed. So, ideally I want to proteins to be in the format DQB1*03:02
, so that it has two levels of resolution after DQB1*
. How can I tell python to look for these formats, and ignore the data stored in them.
e.g.
if (csvCell is of format DQB1*03:02:01):
delete the :01 # but do this in a general format
elif (csvCell is of format DQB1*03):
delete row
else:
goto next line
UPDATE: Edited code I referenced
import csv
import re
import sys
csvdictreader = csv.DictReader(open('mhc.csv','r+b'), delimiter=',')
csvdictwriter = csv.DictWriter(file('mhc_fixed.csv','r+b'), fieldnames=csvdictreader.fieldnames, delimiter=',')
csvdictwriter.writeheader()
targets = [name for name in csvdictreader.fieldnames if name.startswith('HLA-D')]
for rowfields in csvdictreader:
keep = True
for field in targets:
value = rowfields[field]
if re.match(r'^\w+\*\d\d$', value):
keep = False
break # quit processing target fields
elif re.match(r'^(\w+)\*(\d+):(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)$', value):
rowfields[field] = re.sub(r'^(\w+)\*(\d+):(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)$',r'\1*\2:\3', value)
else: # reduce gene resolution if too high
# by only keeping first two alles if three are present
rowfields[field] = re.sub(r'^(\w+)\*(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)$',r'\1*\2:\3', value)
if keep:
csvdictwriter.writerow(rowfields)