encodeShortGenomeSeq

swordfish.function.encodeShortGenomeSeq()

Encode DNA sequences made up of A, T, C, G letters. The encoding can reduce the storage space needed for DNA sequences and improve performance.

Note

When X is an empty string (“”), the function returns 0.

When X contains any character other than A, T, C, G (case-sensitive), the function returns NULL.

When the length of X exceeds 28 characters, the function returns NULL.

Parameters:

X (Constant) – A scalar/vector of STRING/CHAR type.

Returns:

A LONG or FAST LONG vector

Return type:

Constant