+ abort = false;
+ allLines = 1;
+ labels.clear();
+ Groups.clear();
+ Estimators.clear();
+
+ //allow user to run help
+ if(option == "help") { validCalculator = new ValidCalculators(); help(); abort = true; }
+
+ else {
+ //valid paramters for this command
+ string Array[] = {"label","calc","groups","outputdir","inputdir", "output"};
+ vector<string> myArray (Array, Array+(sizeof(Array)/sizeof(string)));
+
+ OptionParser parser(option);
+ map<string,string> parameters = parser.getParameters();
+
+ ValidParameters validParameter;
+
+ //check to make sure all parameters are valid for command
+ for (map<string,string>::iterator it = parameters.begin(); it != parameters.end(); it++) {
+ if (validParameter.isValidParameter(it->first, myArray, it->second) != true) { abort = true; }
+ }
+
+ //if the user changes the output directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter
+ outputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "outputdir", false); if (outputDir == "not found"){
+ outputDir = "";
+ outputDir += hasPath(globaldata->inputFileName); //if user entered a file with a path then preserve it
+ }
+
+ //make sure the user has already run the read.otu command
+ if (globaldata->getSharedFile() == "") {
+ if (globaldata->getListFile() == "") { m->mothurOut("You must read a list and a group, or a shared before you can use the dist.shared command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
+ else if (globaldata->getGroupFile() == "") { m->mothurOut("You must read a list and a group, or a shared before you can use the dist.shared command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
+ }
+
+ //check for optional parameter and set defaults
+ // ...at some point should added some additional type checking...
+ label = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "label", false);
+ if (label == "not found") { label = ""; }
+ else {
+ if(label != "all") { splitAtDash(label, labels); allLines = 0; }
+ else { allLines = 1; }
+ }
+
+ output = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "output", false); if(output == "not found"){ output = "lt"; }
+ if ((output != "lt") && (output != "square")) { m->mothurOut(output + " is not a valid output form. Options are lt and square. I will use lt."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); output = "lt"; }
+
+ //if the user has not specified any labels use the ones from read.otu
+ if (label == "") {
+ allLines = globaldata->allLines;
+ labels = globaldata->labels;
+ }
+
+ groups = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "groups", false);
+ if (groups == "not found") { groups = ""; }
+ else {
+ splitAtDash(groups, Groups);
+ globaldata->Groups = Groups;
+ }
+
+ calc = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "calc", false);
+ if (calc == "not found") { calc = "jclass-thetayc"; }
+ else {
+ if (calc == "default") { calc = "jclass-thetayc"; }
+ }
+ splitAtDash(calc, Estimators);
+
+ if (abort == false) {