Bio::NEXUS::MatrixBlock 0.67

Bio::NEXUS::MatrixBlock is a Perl module that provides functions for handling blocks that have matrices. SYNOPSIS This module is the super class of Characters, Unaligned, and Distances block classes, and indirectly it is a super-class of Data and History blocks, which are both sub-classes of Characters blocks. These sub-classes inherint the methods within this module. There is no constructor, as a MatrixBlock should not exist that is not also one of the sub-class block types. Provides functions used for handling blocks that have matrices. METHODS get_ntax Title : get_ntax Usage : $block->get_ntax(); Function: Returns the number of taxa in the block Returns : # taxa Args : none get_nchar Title : get_nchar Usage : $block->get_nchar(); Function: Returns the number of characters in the block (Note: In Distances Blocks, this is the number of characters used to infer distances.) Returns : # taxa Args : none set_format Title : set_format Usage : $block->set_format(%format); Function: set the format of the characters Returns : none Args : hash of format values get_format Title : get_format Usage : $block->get_format($attribute); Function: Returns the format of the characters Returns : hash of format values, or if $attribute (a string) is supplied, the value of that attribute in the hash Args : none add_taxlabels Title : add_taxlabels Usage : $block->add_taxlabels($new_taxlabels); Function: Adds new taxa to taxlabels if they arent already there Returns : none Args : taxa to be added.

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Platforms:	Linux
Keyword:	Bionexusmatrixblock,  Blocks,  Characters,  Format,  Libraries,  Matrixblock,  Module,  Nexus,  Perl Module,  Programming,  Returns,  Taxa
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