Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/bio/BIOExtensions.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#count_ambiguities ⇒ Object

Monkey patching to count how many ambiguity codes are present in the string, for Nucleic Acids



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# File 'lib/bio/BIOExtensions.rb', line 75

def count_ambiguities
  snps=0

  for i in (0..self.size-1)

    snps += 1 if !Bio::NucleicAcid.is_unambiguous(self[i])
  end
  snps
end

#upper_case_count ⇒ Object

Counts how many bases are uppercase



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# File 'lib/bio/BIOExtensions.rb', line 86

def upper_case_count
  match(/[^A-Z]*/).to_s.size
end