Code implements the dynamic programming solution for global pairwise alignment of two sequences. Trying to perform a semi-global alignment between the SARS-CoV-2 reference genome and the first read in the Nanopore sample. The length of the reference genome is 29903 base pairs and the length of the first Nanopore read is 1246 base pairs. When I run the following code, I get this message in my terminal:

import sys
import numpy as np
GAP = -2
MATCH = 5
MISMATCH = -3
MAXLENGTH_A = 29904
MAXLENGTH_B = 1247
# insert sequence files
A = open("SARS-CoV-2 reference genome.txt", "r")
B = open("Nanopore.txt", "r")
def max(A, B, C):
if (A >= B and A >= C):
return A
elif (B >= A and B >= C):
return B
else:
return C
def Tmax(A, B, C):
if (A > B and A > C):
return 'D'
elif (B > A and B > C):
return 'L'
else:
return 'U'
def m(p, q):
if (p == q):
return MATCH
else:
return MISMATCH
def append(st, c):
return c + "".join(i for i in st)
if __name__ == "__main__":
if (len(sys.argv) != 2):
print("Usage: align <input file>")
sys.exit()
if (not os.path.isfile(sys.argv[1])):
print("input file not found.")
sys.exit()
S = np.empty([MAXLENGTH_A, MAXLENGTH_B], dtype = int)
T = np.empty([MAXLENGTH_A, MAXLENGTH_B], dtype = str)
with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as file:
A = str(A.readline())[:-1]
B = str(B.readline())[:-1]
print("Sequence A:",A)
print("Sequence B:",B)
N = len(A)
M = len(B)
S[0][0] = 0
T[0][0] = 'D'
for i in range(0, N + 1):
S[i][0] = GAP * i
T[i][0] = 'U'
for i in range(0, M + 1):
S[0][i] = GAP * i
T[0][i] = 'L'
for i in range(1, N + 1):
for j in range(1, M + 1):
S[i][j] = max(S[i-1][j-1]+m(A[i-1],B[j-1]),S[i][j-1]+GAP,S[i-1][j]+GAP)
T[i][j] = Tmax(S[i-1][j-1]+m(A[i-1],B[j-1]),S[i][j-1]+GAP,S[i-1][j]+GAP)
print("The score of the alignment is :",S[N][M])
i, j = N, M
RA = RB = RM = ""
while (i != 0 or j != 0):
if (T[i][j]=='D'):
RA = append(RA,A[i-1])
RB = append(RB,B[j-1])
if (A[i-1] == B[j-1]):
RM = append(RM,'|')
else:
RM = append(RM,'*')
i -= 1
j -= 1
elif (T[i][j]=='L'):
RA = append(RA,'-')
RB = append(RB,B[j-1])
RM = append(RM,' ')
j -= 1
elif (T[i][j]=='U'):
RA = append(RA,A[i-1])
RB = append(RB,'-')
RM = append(RM,' ')
i -= 1
print(RA)
print(RM)
print(RB)