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