Package ubic.basecode.util
Class StringUtil
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public class StringUtil extends Object
- Author:
- pavlidis
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor Description StringUtil()
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description static String
append(String appendee, String appendant, String separator)
static String
commonPrefix(Collection<String> strings)
Given a set of strings, identify any prefix they have in common.static String
commonSuffix(Collection<String> strings)
Given a set of strings, identify any suffix they have in common.static boolean
containsValidCharacter(String s)
Checks a string to find "strange" character, used by phenocarta to check evidence descriptionstatic String[]
csvSplit(String line)
static String
cvs2tsv(String line)
Made by Nicolasstatic boolean
isLatinLetter(char c)
static String
makeValidForR(String s)
Mimics the make.names method in R (character.c) to make valid variables names; we use this for column headers in some output files.static Long
twoStringHashKey(String stringi, String stringj)
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Method Detail
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append
public static String append(String appendee, String appendant, String separator)
- Parameters:
appendee
- The string to be added toappendant
- The string to add to the end of the appendeeseparator
- The string to put between the joined strings, if necessary.- Returns:
- appendee + separator + separator unless appendee is empty, in which case the appendant is returned.
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commonPrefix
public static String commonPrefix(Collection<String> strings)
Given a set of strings, identify any prefix they have in common.- Parameters:
strings
-- Returns:
- the common prefix, null if there isn't one.
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commonSuffix
public static String commonSuffix(Collection<String> strings)
Given a set of strings, identify any suffix they have in common.- Parameters:
strings
-- Returns:
- the commons suffix, null if there isn't one.
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containsValidCharacter
public static boolean containsValidCharacter(String s)
Checks a string to find "strange" character, used by phenocarta to check evidence description- Parameters:
the
- string to check- Returns:
- return false if something strange was found
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cvs2tsv
public static String cvs2tsv(String line)
Made by Nicolas- Parameters:
a
- line in a file cvs format- Returns:
- the same line but in tsv format
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isLatinLetter
public static boolean isLatinLetter(char c)
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makeValidForR
public static String makeValidForR(String s)
Mimics the make.names method in R (character.c) to make valid variables names; we use this for column headers in some output files. This doesn't give the exact sames results as R; we avoid repeated '.'.- Parameters:
s
-- Returns:
- modified string
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