Method: Bio::Nexus::TaxaBlock#to_nexus

Defined in:
lib/bio/db/nexus.rb

#to_nexus ⇒ Object

Returns a String describing this block as nexus formatted data.

Returns

String



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# File 'lib/bio/db/nexus.rb', line 862

def to_nexus
  line_1 = String.new
  line_1 << DIMENSIONS 
  if ( Nexus::Util::larger_than_zero( get_number_of_taxa  ) )
    line_1 << " " <<  NTAX << "=" << get_number_of_taxa
  end
  line_1 << DELIMITER
  line_2 = String.new
  line_2 << TAXLABELS << " " << Nexus::Util::array_to_string( get_taxa ) << DELIMITER
  Nexus::Util::to_nexus_helper( TAXA_BLOCK, [ line_1, line_2 ] )
end