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+% vsearch-expected_error(7) version 2.30.0 | vsearch file formats
+% Torbjørn Rognes, Tomás Flouri, and Frédéric Mahé
+#(../commands/fragments/date.md)
+
+# NAME
+
+expected error --- a summary of the quality of a fastq sequence
+
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+- how to compute?
+- interpretation
+- properties
+
+
+# EXAMPLES
+
+(is this section needed?)
+
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+(nothing for now)
+
+
+#(../commands/fragments/footer.md)