#!/usr/bin/env python import itertools import sys def generate_kmers(kmer): """ generate all possible kmers permutations seperated by newlines >>> kmers = generate_kmers(1) >>> generate_kmers(2) param kmer: the desired Mer size type kmer: int return: Returns a string of kmers seperated by newlines rtype: string """ return '\n'.join(''.join(x) for x in itertools.product('acgt', repeat=kmer)) if(len(sys.argv) < 2): print "usage: generate_kmers KMER_SIZE" exit(1) print generate_kmers(int(sys.argv[1]))