AlphabetTools.cpp

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//
// File: AlphabetTools.cpp
// Created by: Julien Dutheil
// Created on: Fri Oct 10 17:27:39 2003
//

/*
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   for sequences analysis.

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 */

#include "AlphabetTools.h"
#include <Bpp/Text/TextTools.h>

using namespace bpp;

// From the STL:
#include <ctype.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

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const DNA AlphabetTools::DNA_ALPHABET;
const RNA AlphabetTools::RNA_ALPHABET;
const ProteicAlphabet AlphabetTools::PROTEIN_ALPHABET;
const DefaultAlphabet AlphabetTools::DEFAULT_ALPHABET;

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int AlphabetTools::getType(char state)
{
  if (state == '-')
    return -1;
  state = static_cast<char>(toupper(static_cast<int>(state))); // toupper works on int
  bool d = DNA_ALPHABET.isCharInAlphabet(TextTools::toString(state));
  bool r = RNA_ALPHABET.isCharInAlphabet(TextTools::toString(state));
  bool p = PROTEIN_ALPHABET.isCharInAlphabet(TextTools::toString(state));

  if (!d && !r && !p)
    return 0;  // Unknown character
  else if (d && !r && !p)
    return 1;  // DNA specific
  else if (!d && r && !p)
    return 2;  // RNA specific
  else if (!d && !r && p)
    return 3;  // Protein specific
  else if (d && r && !p)
    return 4;  // Nucleotide specific
  else if (d && !r && p)
    return 5;  // DNA or Protein specific
  else if (!d && r && p)
    return 6;  // RNA or Protein specific
  else
    return 7;  // Non-specific character
}

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bool AlphabetTools::checkAlphabetCodingSize(const Alphabet& alphabet) throw (AlphabetException)
{
  if (alphabet.getNumberOfChars() == 0)
    return true;  // Will this really happen?
  size_t size = alphabet.intToChar(0).size();
  for (int i = 1; i < static_cast<int>(alphabet.getNumberOfTypes()); ++i)
  {
    if (alphabet.intToChar(i).size() != size)
      return false;
  }
  return true;
}

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bool AlphabetTools::checkAlphabetCodingSize(const Alphabet* alphabet) throw (AlphabetException)
{
  return checkAlphabetCodingSize(*alphabet);
}

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unsigned int AlphabetTools::getAlphabetCodingSize(const Alphabet& alphabet) throw (AlphabetException)
{
  if (!checkAlphabetCodingSize(alphabet))
    throw AlphabetException("Bad alphabet in function Alphabet::getAlphabetCodingSize().");
  return static_cast<unsigned int>(alphabet.intToChar(0).size());
}

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unsigned int AlphabetTools::getAlphabetCodingSize(const Alphabet* alphabet) throw (AlphabetException)
{
  return getAlphabetCodingSize(*alphabet);
}

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