How To Write A Perl Script To Do Entrz Search Without Using Bioperl

Question

[cacaucenturion]

How to write a PERL script to do Entrz search without using BIOPERL? I was confused by this issue for several days. Thanks for help!

[Niallhaslam]

It would be really helpful if you could explain in more detail precisely what is confusing about this. Particularly with reference to the tutorials mentioned by others below.

[Neilfws]

Generally, the answer to "how to write a Perl script" is "learn Perl".

Answer 1

[SES]

If you want to use NCBI's services directly, a good place to start is by studying the sample Perl scripts and sample E-Utils applications provided with the documentation in the Entrez programming guide. That Entrez programming book will be a good reference point for finding access to the information you need.

I'm curious why you don't want to use BioPerl because there are some very thorough tutorials for using NCBI's E-Utils. I know you mentioned a pure-Perl approach, but I recommend you also look at the relevant BioPerl documentation/tutorials so you can minimize your efforts.