Package Bio :: Package Alphabet :: Class Alphabet

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Class Alphabet

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Instance Methods

__repr__(self)

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_case_less(self)
Return an case-less variant of the current alphabet (PRIVATE).

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_lower(self)
Return a lower case variant of the current alphabet (PRIVATE).

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_upper(self)
Return an upper case variant of the current alphabet (PRIVATE).

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contains(self, other)
Does this alphabet 'contain' the other (OBSOLETE?).

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Class Variables

letters = None
hash(x)

size = None
hash(x)

Method Details

contains(self, other)

Does this alphabet 'contain' the other (OBSOLETE?).

Returns a boolean. This relies on the Alphabet subclassing hierarchy only, and does not check the letters property. This isn't ideal, and doesn't seem to work as intended with the AlphabetEncoder classes.