Method: Genome#initialize

Defined in:
lib/kittyverse/genome.rb

#initialize(arg) ⇒ Genome

Returns a new instance of Genome.



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# File 'lib/kittyverse/genome.rb', line 5

def initialize( arg )
  if arg.is_a? Integer   ## use Integer (Fixnum+Bignum??) - why? why not?
    num = arg
    kai = Kai.encode( num )
  else
    if arg.downcase.start_with?( '0x' )  ## assume hexstring( base16 )
      kai = Kai.encode( arg.to_i(16) )
    else # else assume string in kai/base32 format
      kai = arg
      kai = kai.gsub( ' ', '' )   ## allow spaces (strip/remove)
    end
  end
  ## puts "Genome.initialize #{kai}"

  @kai   = kai    ## note: store/save kai without any spaces ("compact" format)
  @genes = build_genes( kai )  ## array of (sliced) genes (block of four genes)
end