vcflib a simple C++ library for parsing and manipulating VCF files. author: Erik Garrison <erik.garrison@bc.edu> The Variant Call Format (VCF) is a flat-file, tab-delimited textual format intended to concisely describe reference-indexed variations between individuals. The current specification can be found on the 1000 Genomes wiki (http://www.1000genomes.org/wiki/doku.php?id=1000_genomes:analysis:vcf4.0). This library provides a simple API to map each VCF record into a C++ class. See included applications for example usage. note: vcflib includes submodules, so to obtain vcflib you have to use: % git clone --recursive <repo> ============================================================================== To build the pyvcflib Cython / Python wrapper for vcflib, use: % python setup.py install % python test.py