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bioperl-1.2.2
/ Bio::Location::Simple

NAME

Bio::Location::Simple - Implementation of a Simple Location on a Sequence

SYNOPSIS

    use Bio::Location::Simple;

    my $location = new Bio::Location::Simple(-start => 1, -end => 100,
					     -strand => 1 );

    if( $location->strand == -1 ) {
	printf "complement(%d..%d)\n", $location->start, $location->end;
    } else {
	printf "%d..%d\n", $location->start, $location->end;
    }

DESCRIPTION

This is an implementation of Bio::LocationI to manage exact location information on a Sequence: '22' or '12..15' or '16^17'.

You can test the type of the location using lenght() function () or directly location_type() which can one of two values: 'EXACT' or 'IN-BETWEEN'.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Heikki Lehvaslaiho

Email heikki@ebi.ac.uk

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

start

Title   : start
Usage   : $start = $loc->start();
Function: get/set the start of this range
Returns : the start of this range
Args    : optionaly allows the start to be set
        : using $loc->start($start)

end

Title   : end
Usage   : $end = $loc->end();
Function: get/set the end of this range
Returns : the end of this range
Args    : optionaly allows the end to be set
        : using $loc->end($start)

strand

Title   : strand
Usage   : $strand = $loc->strand();
Function: get/set the strand of this range
Returns : the strandidness (-1, 0, +1)
Args    : optionaly allows the strand to be set
        : using $loc->strand($strand)

length

Title   : length
Usage   : $len = $loc->length();
Function: get the length in the coordinate space this location spans
Example :
Returns : an integer
Args    : none

min_start

Title   : min_start
Usage   : my $minstart = $location->min_start();
Function: Get minimum starting location of feature startpoint
Returns : integer or undef if no minimum starting point.
Args    : none

max_start

Title   : max_start
Usage   : my $maxstart = $location->max_start();
Function: Get maximum starting location of feature startpoint.

          In this implementation this is exactly the same as min_start().

Returns : integer or undef if no maximum starting point.
Args    : none

start_pos_type

Title   : start_pos_type
Usage   : my $start_pos_type = $location->start_pos_type();
Function: Get start position type (ie <,>, ^).

Returns : type of position coded as text 
          ('BEFORE', 'AFTER', 'EXACT','WITHIN', 'BETWEEN', 'IN-BETWEEN')
Args    : none

min_end

Title   : min_end
Usage   : my $minend = $location->min_end();
Function: Get minimum ending location of feature endpoint 
Returns : integer or undef if no minimum ending point.
Args    : none

max_end

Title   : max_end
Usage   : my $maxend = $location->max_end();
Function: Get maximum ending location of feature endpoint 

          In this implementation this is exactly the same as min_end().

Returns : integer or undef if no maximum ending point.
Args    : none

end_pos_type

Title   : end_pos_type
Usage   : my $end_pos_type = $location->end_pos_type();
Function: Get end position type (ie <,>, ^) 

Returns : type of position coded as text 
          ('BEFORE', 'AFTER', 'EXACT','WITHIN', 'BETWEEN', 'IN-BETWEEN')
Args    : none

location_type

Title   : location_type
Usage   : my $location_type = $location->location_type();
Function: Get location type encoded as text
Returns : string ('EXACT' or 'IN-BETWEEN')
Args    : 'EXACT' or '..' or 'IN-BETWEEN' or '^'

is_remote

Title   : is_remote
Usage   : $self->is_remote($newval)
Function: Getset for is_remote value
Returns : value of is_remote
Args    : newvalue (optional)

to_FTstring

Title   : to_FTstring
Usage   : my $locstr = $location->to_FTstring()
Function: returns the FeatureTable string of this location
Returns : string
Args    : none