#!/usr/bin/env python import io fhandle = io.open("seq.txt", "rU") seq = fhandle.readline() seq = seq.strip() stop_counter = 0 for index in range(0, len(seq) - 3 + 1): codon = seq[index:index + 3] #print(codon) if codon == "TAG" or codon == "TAA" or codon == "TGA": stop_counter = stop_counter + 1 print(stop_counter)