class Bio::RestrictionEnzyme::Fragments

Bio::RestrictionEnzyme::Fragments inherits from Array.

Bio::RestrictionEnzyme::Fragments is a container for Fragment objects. It adds the methods primary and complement which returns an Array of all respective strands from it’s Fragment members in alphabetically sorted order. Note that it will not return duplicate items and does not return the spacing/padding that you would find by accessing the members directly.

Example:

primary = ['attaca', 'g']
complement = ['atga', 'cta']

Public Instance Methods

complement() click to toggle source

    # File lib/bio/util/restriction_enzyme.rb
220 def complement; strip_and_sort(:complement); end

primary() click to toggle source

    # File lib/bio/util/restriction_enzyme.rb
219 def primary; strip_and_sort(:primary); end

Protected Instance Methods

strip_and_sort( sym_strand ) click to toggle source

    # File lib/bio/util/restriction_enzyme.rb
224 def strip_and_sort( sym_strand )
225   self.map {|uf| uf.send( sym_strand ).tr(' ', '') }.sort
226 end