.. We create this roles for putting the "Introduction: etc. headings on this page without them displaying in the ToC. This would break rendering the ToC correctly on readthedocs style. The rubric headings are formatted using CSS. .. role:: rubric-heading1 :class: rubric-heading1 .. role:: rubric-heading2 :class: rubric-heading2 .. _tutorial-io: Input/Output ============ .. toctree:: :hidden: :titlesonly: FileIOOverview SequenceIO IndexedFastaIO BlastIO SamAndBamIO VcfIO BedIO GffAndGtfIO SeqAn supports many standard file formats used in bioinformatics applications. The :ref:`first tutorial ` shows you the basic concepts and data structures for handling file I/O. So this would be a good starting point to learn more about it. Otherwise, feel free to look into the tutorials for your desired file format and start reading and writing your files.