# screed examples

## Basic Usage

Load screed, index the database, and return a dictionary-like object:

    >>> import screed
    >>> db = screed.read_fasta_sequences('../screed/tests/test.fa')

Get the list of sequence names, sort alphabetically, and look at the first one:

    >>> names = db.keys()
    >>> names.sort()
    >>> names[0]
    u'ENSMICT00000000730'

Retrieve that record:

    >>> r = db[names[0]]
    >>> print r.keys()
    [u'description', u'id', u'name', u'sequence']

Print out the internal ID number and the name:

    >>> print r.id
    13
    >>> print r.name
    ENSMICT00000000730