=== Reading in a Multiple Sequence Alignment from a File ===
+This automatically determines the format
+{{{
+ff = Bio::FlatFile.auto('bcl2.fasta')
+ff.each_entry do |entry|
+ puts entry.entry_id # identifier of the entry
+ puts entry.definition # definition of the entry
+ puts entry.seq # sequence data of the entry
+end
+}}}
+
==== ClustalW Format ====
The following example shows how to read in a *ClustalW*-formatted multiple sequence alignment.