Class: Bio::Nexus::DataBlock

Inherits:
CharactersBlock show all
Defined in:
lib/bio/db/nexus.rb

Overview

DESCRIPTION

Bio::Nexus::DataBlock represents a data nexus block. A data block is a Bio::Nexus::CharactersBlock with the added capability to store taxa names.

Example of Data block:

Begin Data;

Dimensions ntax=5 nchar=14;
Format Datatype=RNA gap=# MISSING=x MatchChar=^;
TaxLabels ciona cow [comment] ape 'purple urchin' "green lizard";
Matrix
 taxon_1 A- CCGTCGA-GTTA
 taxon_2 T- CCG-CGA-GATA
 taxon_3 A- C-GTCGA-GATA
 taxon_4 A- CCTCGA--GTTA
 taxon_5 T- CGGTCGT-CTTA;

End;

USAGE

require 'bio/db/nexus'

# Create a new parser:
nexus = Bio::Nexus.new( nexus_data_as_string )

# Get first data block:   
data_block = nexus.get_data_blocks[ 0 ]
# Get first characters name:
seq_name = data_block.get_row_name( 0 )
# Get first characters row named "taxon_2" as Bio::Sequence sequence:
seq_tax_2 = data_block.get_sequences_by_name( "taxon_2" )[ 0 ]
# Get third characters row as Bio::Sequence sequence:
seq_2 = data_block.get_sequence( 2 )
# Get first characters row named "taxon_3" as String:   
string_tax_3 = data_block.get_characters_strings_by_name( "taxon_3" )
# Get name of first taxon:
taxon_0 = data_block.get_taxa[ 0 ]
# Get characters matrix as Bio::Nexus::NexusMatrix (names are in column 0)
characters_matrix = data_block.get_matrix

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from CharactersBlock

CharactersBlock::GAP, CharactersBlock::MATCHCHAR, CharactersBlock::MISSING

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from CharactersBlock

#get_characters_string, #get_characters_strings_by_name, #get_datatype, #get_gap_character, #get_match_character, #get_matrix, #get_missing, #get_number_of_characters, #get_number_of_taxa, #get_row_name, #get_sequence, #get_sequences_by_name, #set_datatype, #set_gap_character, #set_match_character, #set_matrix, #set_missing, #set_number_of_characters, #set_number_of_taxa

Methods inherited from GenericBlock

#add_token, #get_name, #get_tokens, #to_s

Constructor Details

#initialize(name) ⇒ DataBlock

Creates a new DataBlock object named ‘name’.

Arguments:

  • (required) name: String



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# File 'lib/bio/db/nexus.rb', line 1232

def initialize( name )
  super( name )
  @taxa = Array.new
end

Instance Method Details

#add_taxon(taxon) ⇒ Object

Adds a taxon name to this block.

Arguments:

  • (required) taxon: String



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# File 'lib/bio/db/nexus.rb', line 1288

def add_taxon( taxon )
  @taxa.push( taxon )
end

#get_taxa ⇒ Object

Gets the taxa of this block.

Returns

Array



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# File 'lib/bio/db/nexus.rb', line 1280

def get_taxa
  @taxa
end

#to_nexus ⇒ Object

Returns a String describing this block as nexus formatted data.

Returns

String



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# File 'lib/bio/db/nexus.rb', line 1240

def to_nexus
  line_1 = String.new
  line_1 << DIMENSIONS  
  if ( Nexus::Util::larger_than_zero( get_number_of_taxa ) )
    line_1 << " " <<  NTAX << "=" << get_number_of_taxa
  end
  if ( Nexus::Util::larger_than_zero( get_number_of_characters ) )
    line_1 << " " <<  NCHAR << "=" << get_number_of_characters
  end
  line_1 << DELIMITER
  
  line_2 = String.new
  line_2 << FORMAT  
  if ( Nexus::Util::longer_than_zero( get_datatype ) )
    line_2 << " " <<  DATATYPE << "=" << get_datatype
  end
  if ( Nexus::Util::longer_than_zero( get_missing ) )
    line_2 << " " <<  MISSING << "=" << get_missing
  end
  if ( Nexus::Util::longer_than_zero( get_gap_character ) )
    line_2 << " " <<  GAP << "=" << get_gap_character
  end
  if ( Nexus::Util::longer_than_zero( get_match_character ) )
    line_2 << " " <<  MATCHCHAR << "=" << get_match_character
  end
  line_2 << DELIMITER
  
  line_3 = String.new
  line_3 << TAXLABELS << " " << Nexus::Util::array_to_string( get_taxa )
  line_3 << DELIMITER
  
  line_4 = String.new
  line_4 << MATRIX 
  Nexus::Util::to_nexus_helper( DATA_BLOCK, [ line_1, line_2, line_3, line_4 ] +
                                get_matrix.to_nexus_row_array  )
end