Convert Quality

ConvertQuality #

[[step]]
    action = "ConvertQuality"
    from = "Illumina1.8"# Illumin1.8|Illumina1.3|Sanger|Solexa"
    to = "Solexa" # same range as from. Illumina1.8 is an alias for Sanger

Convert quality scores between various encodings / meanings.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phred_quality_score

Will error if from == to.

Corresponding options in other software #

  • trimmomatic TOPHRED33