from_str

classmethod Variant.from_str(string, variant_format=VariantFormat.DEFAULT)

Creates a Variant from a string representation.

Parameters:

• string (str) – The string representation.

• variant_format (VariantFormat (default: <VariantFormat.DEFAULT: 'default'>)) – The format of the variant string. By default, this uses “chromosome:position:ref>alt” (for example, “chr1:1024:A>C”). See VariantFormat for alternate formatting options.

Return type:

Self

Returns:

A Variant object.