ns.blast.unique.names: Check sequence names for uniqueness

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) Examples

Description

Helper function to see if sequence names can be used in blast alignment.

Usage

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Arguments

names

vector of sequence names

Details

Blast returns the first word of the fasta comment as an id. If multiple sequences have the same first word it would be impossible to reliable interpret the result. This function can be used to check uniqueness.

Value

TRUE is the names are unique, FALSE otherwise.

Author(s)

Wim de Leeuw

Examples

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  ns.blast.unique.names(c("sequence1","sequence2","sequence3"))
  ns.blast.unique.names(c("myset sequence1","myset sequence2","myset sequence3"))
	

UvA-MAD/SeqLibR documentation built on May 9, 2019, 9:40 p.m.