The source code for these examples are in the 'examples' directory. For details on how to compile and run these examples see:

The quick guide Quickstart: how to open a results file shows how to get very basic information from the search result files with just a few lines of code. The following examples are more comprehensive.

Description	Perl	C++	Java	Python	C#
Error handling	resfile_error.pl	resfile_error.cpp	resfile_error.java	resfile_error.py	resfile_error.cs
Retrieving information about the search	resfile_info.pl	resfile_info.cpp	resfile_info.java	resfile_info.py	resfile_info.cs
Retrieving the input spectrum for the search results	resfile_input.pl	resfile_input.cpp	resfile_input.java	resfile_input.py	resfile_input.cs
Retrieving the search parameters from the search results	resfile_params.pl	resfile_params.cpp	resfile_params.java	resfile_params.py	resfile_params.cs
Retrieving peptide or protein summary information from the search results	resfile_summary.pl	resfile_summary.cpp	resfile_summary.java	resfile_summary.py	resfile_summary.cs
To repeat a search	repeat_search.pl	repeat_search.cpp	repeat_search.java	repeat_search.py	repeat_search.cs
To create a Mascot Generic File (mgf) from search results	create_mgf.pl	-	-	create_mgf.py	create_mgf.cs
To display peptide level information (cgi)	-	peptide_list.cpp	-	-	-