Bio::Symbol::Alphabet(User Contributed Perl DocumentatBio::Symbol::Alphabet(3)NAMEBio::Symbol::Alphabet - BSANE/BioCORBA compliant symbol list alphabet
SYNOPSIS
{
my $alphabet = Bio::Symbols::Alphabet->new(-symbols => [ @s ],
-subalphabets => [ @alphas ] );
my @symbols = $alphabet->symbols;
my @subalphas = $alphabet->alphabets;
if( $alphabet->contains($symbol) ) {
# do something
}
}
DESCRIPTION
Alphabet contains set of symbols, which can be concatenated to form
symbol lists. Sequence string, for example, is stringified
representation of the symbol list (tokens of symbols).
This module was implemented for the purposes of meeting the
BSANE/BioCORBA spec 0.3 only.
FEEDBACK
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Reporting Bugs
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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich
Email jason@bioperl.org
APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
new
Title : new
Usage : my $obj = Bio::Symbol::Alphabet->new();
Function: Builds a new Bio::Symbol::Alphabet object
Returns : Bio::Symbol::Alphabet
Args : -symbols => Array ref of Bio::Symbol::SymbolI objects
-subalphas=> Array ref of Bio::Symbol::AlphabetI objects
representing sub alphabets
AlphabetI Interface methods
symbols
Title : symbols
Usage : my @symbols = $alphabet->symbols();
Function: Get/Set Symbol list for an alphabet
List of symbols, which make up this alphabet.
Returns : Array of Bio::Symbol::SymbolI objects
Args : (optionalalphabets) Array of Bio::Symbol::SymbolI objects
alphabets
Title : alphabets
Usage : my @alphabets = $alphabet->alphabets();
Function: Get/Set Sub Alphabet list for an alphabet
Sub-alphabets. E.g. codons made from DNAxDNAxDNA alphabets
Returns : Array of Bio::Symbol::AlphabetI objects
Args : (optional) Array of Bio::Symbol::AlphabetI objects
contains
Title : contains
Usage : if($alphabet->contains($symbol)) { }
Function: Tests of Symbol is contained in this alphabet
Returns : Boolean
Args : Bio::Symbol::SymbolI
perl v5.14.1 2011-07-22 Bio::Symbol::Alphabet(3)
