Class Bio::Nexus::Util
In: lib/bio/db/nexus.rb
Parent: Object

DESCRIPTION

Bio::Nexus::Util is a class containing static helper methods

Methods

array_to_string   larger_than_zero   longer_than_zero   to_nexus_helper  

Public Class methods

array_to_string( ary )

Returns string as array separated by " ".

Arguments:

  • (required) ary: Array
Returns:String

[Source]

      # File lib/bio/db/nexus.rb, line 1821
1821:       def Util::array_to_string( ary )
1822:         str = String.new
1823:         ary.each do | e |
1824:           str << e << " "
1825:         end
1826:         str.chomp!( " " )
1827:         str  
1828:       end
larger_than_zero( i )

Returns true if Integer i is not nil and larger than 0.

Arguments:

  • (required) i: Integer
Returns:true or false

[Source]

      # File lib/bio/db/nexus.rb, line 1835
1835:       def Util::larger_than_zero( i )
1836:         return ( i != nil && i.to_i > 0 )
1837:       end
longer_than_zero( str )

Returns true if String str is not nil and longer than 0.

Arguments:

Returns:true or false

[Source]

      # File lib/bio/db/nexus.rb, line 1844
1844:       def Util::longer_than_zero( str )
1845:         return ( str != nil && str.length > 0 )
1846:       end
to_nexus_helper( block, lines )

Helper method to produce nexus formatted data.

Arguments:

Returns:String

[Source]

      # File lib/bio/db/nexus.rb, line 1804
1804:       def Util::to_nexus_helper( block, lines )
1805:         str = String.new
1806:         str << BEGIN_BLOCK << " " << block << END_OF_LINE
1807:         lines.each do | line |
1808:           if ( line != nil )
1809:             str << INDENTENTION << line << END_OF_LINE
1810:           end
1811:         end # do
1812:         str << END_BLOCK << END_OF_LINE
1813:         str
1814:       end

[Validate]