Hi guys

i have the following xyz file which contains 

GTM1_MOUSE GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE GT8.7 (EC 2.5.1.1  (217 aa) 
 WFAGDKVTYVDFLAYDILDQYRMFEPKCLDAFPNLRDFLARFEGLKKISAYMKS-SRYIA 
 TPIFSKMAHWSNK                                                

GTM1_RAT GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE YB1 (EC 2.5.1.18) (  (217 aa) 
 WFAGDKVTYVDFLAYDILDQYHIFEPKCLDAFPNLKDFLARFEGLKKISAYMKSSRYLST 
 PIFSKLAQWSNK                                                 

GTMU_CRILO GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE Y1 (EC 2.5.1.18)   (217 aa) 
 FAGDKVTLCGFLAYDVLDQYQMFEPKCLDPFPNLKDFLARFEGLKKISAYMKTSRFLRRP 
 IFSKMAQWSNK                                                  

GTMU_RABIT GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE MU 1 (EC 2.5.1.18  (217 aa) 
               PMTLGYWDVRGLALPIRMLLEY--TDTSYEEKKYTMGDAPNYDQSK 
 WLSEKFTLGL----DFPN-LPYLID-GTHKLTQSNAILRYLARKHGLCGETEEERIRVDI 
 LENQLMDNRFQLVNVCYSPDFEKLKPEYLKGLPEKLQLYSQFLGSLPWFAGDKITFADFL 

GTM1_HUMAN GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE MU 1 (EC 2.5.1.18  (217 aa) 
 LPEKLKLYSEFLGKRPWFAGNKITFVDFLVYDVLDLHRIFEPKCLDAFPNLKDFISRFEG 
 LEKISAYMKSSRFLPRPVFSKMAVWGNK                                 

GLNA_ANASP GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE (EC 6.3.1.2) (GLUTAMAT  (473 aa) 
 SLELALEALENDHAFLTDTGVFTEDFIQNWIDYKLANEVKQMQLRPH-PYEFSIYYDV   

GTM4_HUMAN GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE MU 4 (EC 2.5.1.18  (218 aa) 
 LPTMMQHFSQFLGKRPWFVGDKITFVDFLAYDVLDLHRIFEPNCLDAFPNLKDFISRFEG 
 LEKISAYMKSSRFLPKPLYTRVAVWGNK

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i have to extract one sequence at a time from xyz file which can be either 2 or 3 lines and store it in a abc file which can be used as a input to fasta34.exe application

how should proceed

should i store the xyz file in a array and then extract lines till it come across a blank line or is there any other method to do so

In reply to Arrays and Files by FarTech

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