SAM (Sequence Alignment/Map) format is a generic format for storing large nucleotide sequence alignments. Further information about it can be read in the SAM format specifications document.
The following example shows a valid mapped read-pair in SAM format:
ID:1:2:3 129 11 127926 1 75M = 128047 122 CTACCAGGGCCGCTGGGAGCTGGGCAGGAGCTGAGTCCAAAGACGTTGTTGGGACCTGGAGTCGGGCCAGAGTCCG |
Multiple alignments:
ID:1:2:3 385 1 135712 1 76M = 135833 122 CTACCAGGGCCGCTGGGAGCTGGGCAGGAGCTGAGTCCAAAGACGTTGTTGGGACCTGGAGTCGGGCCAGAGTCCG |