## alignment.to_profile() — convert alignment to profile format

`to_profile()`

> This command will convert the alignment, currently in memory, into the profile format. For more details on the profile format, see profile.read().

Example: examples/commands/aln_to_prof.py

      from modeller import *
      env = environ()

      # Read in the alignment file
      aln = alignment(env)
      aln.append(file='toxin.ali', alignment_format='PIR', align_codes='ALL')

      # Convert the alignment to profile format
      prf = aln.to_profile()

      # Write out the profile

      # in text file
      prf.write(file='alntoprof.prf', profile_format='TEXT')

      # in binary format
      prf.write(file='alntoprof.bin', profile_format='BINARY')