lorem_ipsum_bio
Lorem Ipsum Bio is a Ruby gem for generating varied random biological sequences.
Few examples in interactive ruby shell:
>> require 'lorem_ipsum_bio'
=> true
>> LoremIpsumBio.random_string(3, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
=> "bac"
>> LoremIpsumBio.random_string(2, ['who', 'am', 'I'])
=> "Iam"
>> LoremIpsumBio.random_DNA(3)
=> "TGA"
>> LoremIpsumBio.random_RNA(3)
=> "UGA"
>> LoremIpsumBio.random_protein(3)
=> "WTF"
Example of gem executable use:
$ echo "> My own random fasta seq" > dna.fasta
$ lorem_ipsum_bio 50 dna >> dna.fasta
$ cat dna.fasta
> My own random fasta seq
GTCTGGTAAGAGTGATATCGCCTTGAGTGTCGAAATGGGTGTCCCCCCTC