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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#import farm_commands
+import subprocess
+import os
+import sys
+import re
+import time
+import math
+
+dbsnp = "."  # can be global. Let something else annotate dbsnp info
+filter = "0" # don't declare any filtering in the VCF file
+
+print(sys.argv)
+
+raw_calls_file = open(sys.argv[1])
+output_vcf_file = open(sys.argv[2],'w')
+pool_name = []
+
+try:
+    pool_name = sys.argv[3]
+except IndexError:
+    # parse the file name
+    filepath = sys.argv[0].strip().split("/")
+    pool_name = filepath[len(filepath)]
+
+
+header = raw_calls_file.readline().strip()
+
+fields = header.split()
+
+print(fields)
+
+# parse it for important offsets
+
+chrompos = fields.index("chr:offset")
+ref_offset = fields.index("ref_base")
+for_a_index = fields.index("A")
+for_c_index = fields.index("C")
+for_g_index = fields.index("G")
+for_t_index = fields.index("T")
+for_d_index = fields.index("D")
+for_i_index = fields.index("I")
+for_depth_index = fields.index("sum")
+rev_a_index = fields.index("AR")
+rev_c_index = fields.index("CR")
+rev_g_index = fields.index("GR")
+rev_t_index = fields.index("TR")
+rev_d_index = fields.index("DR")
+rev_i_index = fields.index("IR")
+rev_depth_index = fields.index("sumr")
+total_depth_index = fields.index("combined_sum")
+lod_score_index = fields.index("combined_lod")
+call_index = fields.index("allele2")
+fish_flag = fields.index("flag")
+fish_pval_index = fields.index("fisher-pval")
+
+# now print the VCF header
+head1 = "##source=Syzygy"
+head2 = "##format=VCRv3.2"
+fields = ["CHROM","POS","ID","REF","ALT","QUAL","FILTER","INFO","FORMAT",pool_name]
+head3 = "#" + "\t".join(fields)
+
+output_vcf_file.write(head1+"\n")
+output_vcf_file.write(head2+"\n")
+output_vcf_file.write(head3+"\n")
+
+def getProportionNonref(list):
+    total_bases = int(list[total_depth_index]) - int(list[rev_i_index].split(":")[1]) - int(list[rev_d_index].split(":")[1]) - int(list[for_i_index].split(":")[1]) - int(list[for_d_index].split(":")[1])
+    ref_base = list[ref_offset]
+    if ( ref_base == "A" ):
+        ref_bases = int(list[for_a_index].split(":")[1]) + int(list[rev_a_index].split(":")[1])
+    elif ( ref_base == "C"):
+        ref_bases = int(list[for_c_index].split(":")[1]) + int(list[rev_c_index].split(":")[1])
+    elif ( ref_base == "G"):
+        ref_bases = int(list[for_g_index].split(":")[1]) + int(list[rev_g_index].split(":")[1])
+    else:
+        ref_bases = int(list[for_t_index].split(":")[1]) + int(list[rev_t_index].split(":")[1])
+
+    return 1.0 - ( float(ref_bases) / float(total_bases) )
+
+def generateVCFLine(chrom, pos, db, ref, alt, filt, qual, INFO):
+    # make the info into a single string
+    infoString = ""
+    for keval in INFO:
+        info = "=".join(keval)
+        infoString = infoString+info
+    format = "GT:GQ"
+    genotype = "0/1:"+qual
+    all_fields = [chrom, pos, db, ref, alt, qual, filt, infoString, format, genotype]
+    return "\t".join(all_fields)
+
+# instantiate a line buffer
+
+two_lines_ago = [];
+previous_line = [];
+this_line = [];
+next_line = [];
+line_after_next = [];
+
+# read through the file
+
+for line in raw_calls_file.readlines():
+    spline = line.strip().split() 
+
+    # iterate through the lines
+
+    two_lines_ago = previous_line
+    previous_line = this_line
+    this_line = next_line
+    next_line = line_after_next
+    line_after_next = spline
+
+    # window has been updated
+
+    if ( not this_line ):
+        continue # window not filled yet
+    else:
+        if ( float(this_line[lod_score_index]) > 0 and this_line[call_index] != "D" and this_line[call_index] != "I"):
+            # potential call
+            chrom = this_line[chrompos].split(":")[0]
+            pos = this_line[chrompos].split(":")[1]
+            ref = this_line[ref_offset]
+            alt = this_line[call_index]
+            lod = this_line[lod_score_index]
+            
+            # standard vcf info made -- now add INFO
+            # syzy depth
+            syz_depth = this_line[total_depth_index]
+            # syzy strand bias
+            syz_sb = ""
+            if ( this_line[fish_flag] == "NA" ):
+                syz_sb = "-1"
+            else:
+                syz_sb = this_line[fish_pval_index]
+                # syzy neighborhood mismatch rate
+                next_mmr = getProportionNonref(next_line)
+                after_next_mmr = getProportionNonref(line_after_next)
+                prev_mmr = getProportionNonref(previous_line)
+                before_last_mmr = getProportionNonref(two_lines_ago)
+                syzy_nmmr = str(next_mmr+after_next_mmr+prev_mmr+before_last_mmr)
+                # turn these into key value pairs
+                INFO = [["syzy_DP",syz_depth],[";syzy_SB",syz_sb],[";syzy_NMMR",syzy_nmmr]] # semicolons are a complete hack
+                # get the vcf line
+                vcfLine = generateVCFLine(chrom, pos, dbsnp, ref, alt, filter, lod, INFO)
+                # print the sucker
+                output_vcf_file.write(vcfLine+"\n")