Parse fasta file

parse_fasta.py

sequences = []
sequence = {}
text = ""
f = open("in.txt", "r")

for line in f:
  if line[0] == '>':
      if text != "":
          sequence["text"] = text
          sequences.append(sequence)
          sequence = {}
          text = ""
      sequence["meta"] = line[1:-1]
  elif line == "\n":
      if text != "":
          sequence["text"] = text
          sequences.append(sequence)
          sequence = {}
          text = ""
  else:
      text = text + line[:-1]

f.close()

# GBA, strain, name, na, date, host, country = sequence["meta"].split("|")