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  # NAME
  
  Fasta - Library of FASTA related functionality
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use Fasta;
  
  my %counts = Fasta.count-bases($file);
  say %counts{"Carsonella ruddii"};     # bag with frequencies
  
  my %sequences = Fasta.sequences($file);
  say %sequences{"Carsonella ruddii"};  # sequence as string
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  A library for Fasta processing related logic.
  
  ## count-bases
  
  ```
  my %labels = Fasta.count-bases($file);
  say %label{"Carsonella ruddii"};  # bag with frequencies
  
  ```
  
  Takes the name of a Fasta file, and creates a hash with labels encountered as keys, and a Bag with the nucleotide letters and their frequencies.
  
  ## sequences
  
  ```
  my %sequences = Fasta.sequences($file);
  say %sequences{"Carsonella ruddii"};  # sequence as string
  
  ```
  
  Takes the name of a Fasta file, and creates a hash with labels encountered as keys, and a string with the actual sequence.
  
  # INSPIRATION
  
  Inspired by the Suman Khanal's:
  
  ```
  https://sumankhanal.netlify.app/post/raku/count_dna/
  
  ```
  
  # AUTHOR
  
  Elizabeth Mattijsen [liz@raku.rocks](mailto:liz@raku.rocks)
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/lizmat/Fasta> . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
  
  If you like this module, or what I’m doing more generally, committing to a [small sponsorship](https://github.com/sponsors/lizmat/) would mean a great deal to me!
  
  # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
  
  Copyright 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025 Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  