Pedro A Reche
# something like this can also do it.
#!/usr/bin/perl
while(){
if (/>/){
$i++;
}else{
chomp;
$seq .= $_;
}
}
$lg = length $seq;
$av = $lg/$i;
print "$av\n";
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Elisabeth Margaretha Bik
Here are two alternatives for non Perl/Python gurus. They only work if you have a small number of sequences, though.
1, a word/letter count in MS Word, or
2. BLASTing the sequence will also tell you how long it is.
But Pedro gave you a much more elegant solution!
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