in reply to Re^2: merging dna sequences
in thread merging dna sequences

Is f'(f'(A,B),C)) the same as F(A,B,C)? If so, then just run a loop on your array of strings, replacing the first two with the results if f'(A,B). By the time you are down to a single string left, you will have the same results as F(A,B,C,....).

List::Util's reduce function can be helpful in implementing this.

--MidLifeXis

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Re^4: merging dna sequences
by Eliya (Vicar) on Nov 10, 2011 at 14:14 UTC
    would this still work for more than 2 strings

    As long as the ambiguous bases are in distinct positions, yes.

    In the general case, you can then write:

    my @s = ( "AYGTACTAGACTACAGACTACAGACATCTACAGACTCATCAGCAGCATATTTA", "ACGTACTAGACTACAGACTACAGACATCTACAGACTCATCAGCAGCATATTKA", "ACGTACTAGWCTACAGACTACAGACATCTACAGACTCATCAGCAGCATATTTA", "ACGTACTAGACTACAGACTACAGMCATCTACAGACTCATCAGCAGCATATTTA", "ACGTACTAGACTACAGACTACAGACATCTACAGACTCATRAGCAGCATATTTA", # ... ); my $m = shift @s; for my $s (@s) { my $m_ = $m; $m_ =~ tr/ACGT/\0/c; my $s_ = $s; $s_ =~ tr/ACGT/\0/c; $m = $m ^ $m_ ^ $s ^ $s_ | $m_ & $s_; } say $m; # AYGTACTAGWCTACAGACTACAGMCATCTACAGACTCATRAGCAGCATATTKA ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

    (P.S., sorry — meant to reply to garyboyd... )

      Thanks Eliya that is now working perfectly!