def parse_mapping_file_to_dict(*args, **kwargs):
 (mapping_data, header, comments) = parse_mapping_file(*args, **kwargs)
 return (mapping_file_to_dict(mapping_data, header), comments)

def parse_mapping_file_to_dict ( * args , ** kwargs ) : ( mapping_data , header , comments ) = parse_mapping_file ( * args , ** kwargs ) return ( mapping_file_to_dict ( mapping_data , header ) , comments )
parser for map file that relates samples to metadata .