10 hints on parsing

A quick note for bioinformaticians in the audience: Neil Saunders has an excellent post on parsing (i.e. processing a file to retrieve specific sections of interest). Neil's hints are a useful introduction for beginners, but also provide some handy reminders for long-time programmers.

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