#include "deconvolutecommand.h"
//**********************************************************************************************************************
-vector<string> ChimeraSlayerCommand::getValidParameters(){
+vector<string> ChimeraSlayerCommand::setParameters(){
try {
- string AlignArray[] = {"fasta", "processors","trim", "name","window", "include","template","numwanted", "ksize", "match","mismatch",
- "divergence", "minsim","mincov","minbs", "minsnp","parents", "iters","outputdir","inputdir", "search","realign" };
- vector<string> myArray (AlignArray, AlignArray+(sizeof(AlignArray)/sizeof(string)));
+ CommandParameter ptemplate("reference", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,true); parameters.push_back(ptemplate);
+ CommandParameter pfasta("fasta", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,true); parameters.push_back(pfasta);
+ CommandParameter pname("name", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,false); parameters.push_back(pname);
+ CommandParameter pwindow("window", "Number", "", "50", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pwindow);
+ CommandParameter pksize("ksize", "Number", "", "7", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pksize);
+ CommandParameter pmatch("match", "Number", "", "5.0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmatch);
+ CommandParameter pmismatch("mismatch", "Number", "", "-4.0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmismatch);
+ CommandParameter pminsim("minsim", "Number", "", "90", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminsim);
+ CommandParameter pmincov("mincov", "Number", "", "70", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmincov);
+ CommandParameter pminsnp("minsnp", "Number", "", "100", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminsnp);
+ CommandParameter pminbs("minbs", "Number", "", "90", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminbs);
+ CommandParameter psearch("search", "Multiple", "kmer-blast-distance", "distance", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psearch);
+ CommandParameter pinclude("include", "Multiple", "greater-greaterequal-all", "greater", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pinclude);
+ CommandParameter pprocessors("processors", "Number", "", "1", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pprocessors);
+ CommandParameter prealign("realign", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(prealign);
+ CommandParameter ptrim("trim", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(ptrim);
+ CommandParameter psplit("split", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psplit);
+ CommandParameter pnumwanted("numwanted", "Number", "", "15", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pnumwanted);
+ CommandParameter piters("iters", "Number", "", "100", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(piters);
+ CommandParameter pdivergence("divergence", "Number", "", "1.007", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pdivergence);
+ CommandParameter pparents("parents", "Number", "", "3", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pparents);
+ CommandParameter pincrement("increment", "Number", "", "5", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pincrement);
+ CommandParameter pinputdir("inputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pinputdir);
+ CommandParameter poutputdir("outputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(poutputdir);
+
+ vector<string> myArray;
+ for (int i = 0; i < parameters.size(); i++) { myArray.push_back(parameters[i].name); }
return myArray;
}
catch(exception& e) {
- m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "getValidParameters");
+ m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "setParameters");
exit(1);
}
}
//**********************************************************************************************************************
-ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(){
+string ChimeraSlayerCommand::getHelpString(){
try {
- vector<string> tempOutNames;
- outputTypes["chimera"] = tempOutNames;
- outputTypes["accnos"] = tempOutNames;
- outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
- }
- catch(exception& e) {
- m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "ChimeraSlayerCommand");
- exit(1);
- }
-}
-//**********************************************************************************************************************
-vector<string> ChimeraSlayerCommand::getRequiredParameters(){
- try {
- string AlignArray[] = {"template","fasta"};
- vector<string> myArray (AlignArray, AlignArray+(sizeof(AlignArray)/sizeof(string)));
- return myArray;
+ string helpString = "";
+ helpString += "The chimera.slayer command reads a fastafile and referencefile and outputs potentially chimeric sequences.\n";
+ helpString += "This command was modeled after the chimeraSlayer written by the Broad Institute.\n";
+ helpString += "The chimera.slayer command parameters are fasta, name, template, processors, trim, ksize, window, match, mismatch, divergence. minsim, mincov, minbs, minsnp, parents, search, iters, increment and numwanted.\n"; //realign,
+ helpString += "The fasta parameter allows you to enter the fasta file containing your potentially chimeric sequences, and is required, unless you have a valid current fasta file. \n";
+ helpString += "The name parameter allows you to provide a name file, if you are using template=self. \n";
+ helpString += "You may enter multiple fasta files by separating their names with dashes. ie. fasta=abrecovery.fasta-amazon.fasta \n";
+ helpString += "The reference parameter allows you to enter a reference file containing known non-chimeric sequences, and is required. You may also set template=self, in this case the abundant sequences will be used as potential parents. \n";
+ helpString += "The include parameter is used when template=self and allows you to choose which sequences will make up the \"template\". Options are greater, greaterequal and all, default=greater, meaning sequences with greater abundance than the query sequence. \n";
+ helpString += "The processors parameter allows you to specify how many processors you would like to use. The default is 1. \n";
+#ifdef USE_MPI
+ helpString += "When using MPI, the processors parameter is set to the number of MPI processes running. \n";
+#endif
+ helpString += "The trim parameter allows you to output a new fasta file containing your sequences with the chimeric ones trimmed to include only their longest piece, default=F. \n";
+ helpString += "The split parameter allows you to check both pieces of non-chimeric sequence for chimeras, thus looking for trimeras and quadmeras. default=F. \n";
+ helpString += "The window parameter allows you to specify the window size for searching for chimeras, default=50. \n";
+ helpString += "The increment parameter allows you to specify how far you move each window while finding chimeric sequences, default=5.\n";
+ helpString += "The numwanted parameter allows you to specify how many sequences you would each query sequence compared with, default=15.\n";
+ helpString += "The ksize parameter allows you to input kmersize, default is 7, used if search is kmer. \n";
+ helpString += "The match parameter allows you to reward matched bases in blast search, default is 5. \n";
+ helpString += "The parents parameter allows you to select the number of potential parents to investigate from the numwanted best matches after rating them, default is 3. \n";
+ helpString += "The mismatch parameter allows you to penalize mismatched bases in blast search, default is -4. \n";
+ helpString += "The divergence parameter allows you to set a cutoff for chimera determination, default is 1.007. \n";
+ helpString += "The iters parameter allows you to specify the number of bootstrap iters to do with the chimeraslayer method, default=100.\n";
+ helpString += "The minsim parameter allows you to specify a minimum similarity with the parent fragments, default=90. \n";
+ helpString += "The mincov parameter allows you to specify minimum coverage by closest matches found in template. Default is 70, meaning 70%. \n";
+ helpString += "The minbs parameter allows you to specify minimum bootstrap support for calling a sequence chimeric. Default is 90, meaning 90%. \n";
+ helpString += "The minsnp parameter allows you to specify percent of SNPs to sample on each side of breakpoint for computing bootstrap support (default: 100) \n";
+ helpString += "The search parameter allows you to specify search method for finding the closest parent. Choices are distance, blast, and kmer, default distance. \n";
+ helpString += "The realign parameter allows you to realign the query to the potential parents. Choices are true or false, default false. \n";
+ helpString += "The chimera.slayer command should be in the following format: \n";
+ helpString += "chimera.slayer(fasta=yourFastaFile, reference=yourTemplate, search=yourSearch) \n";
+ helpString += "Example: chimera.slayer(fasta=AD.align, reference=core_set_aligned.imputed.fasta, search=kmer) \n";
+ helpString += "Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. fasta), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFastaFile).\n";
+ return helpString;
}
catch(exception& e) {
- m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "getRequiredParameters");
+ m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "getHelpString");
exit(1);
}
}
//**********************************************************************************************************************
-vector<string> ChimeraSlayerCommand::getRequiredFiles(){
+ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(){
try {
- vector<string> myArray;
- return myArray;
+ abort = true; calledHelp = true;
+ setParameters();
+ vector<string> tempOutNames;
+ outputTypes["chimera"] = tempOutNames;
+ outputTypes["accnos"] = tempOutNames;
+ outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
}
catch(exception& e) {
- m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "getRequiredFiles");
+ m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "ChimeraSlayerCommand");
exit(1);
}
}
//***************************************************************************************************************
ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option) {
try {
- abort = false;
+ abort = false; calledHelp = false;
//allow user to run help
- if(option == "help") { help(); abort = true; }
+ if(option == "help") { help(); abort = true; calledHelp = true; }
else {
- //valid paramters for this command
- string Array[] = {"fasta", "processors","name", "include","trim", "window", "template","numwanted", "ksize", "match","mismatch",
- "divergence", "minsim","mincov","minbs", "minsnp","parents", "iters","outputdir","inputdir", "search","realign" };
- vector<string> myArray (Array, Array+(sizeof(Array)/sizeof(string)));
+ vector<string> myArray = setParameters();
OptionParser parser(option);
map<string,string> parameters = parser.getParameters();
//check for required parameters
fastafile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", false);
- if (fastafile == "not found") { fastafile = ""; m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: fasta is a required parameter for the chimera.slayer command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
- else {
+ if (fastafile == "not found") {
+ //if there is a current fasta file, use it
+ string filename = m->getFastaFile();
+ if (filename != "") { fastaFileNames.push_back(filename); m->mothurOut("Using " + filename + " as input file for the fasta parameter."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+ else { m->mothurOut("You have no current fastafile and the fasta parameter is required."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
+ }else {
m->splitAtDash(fastafile, fastaFileNames);
//go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them
string path;
- it = parameters.find("template");
+ it = parameters.find("reference");
//user has given a template file
if(it != parameters.end()){
if (it->second == "self") { templatefile = "self"; }
else {
path = m->hasPath(it->second);
//if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
- if (path == "") { parameters["template"] = inputDir + it->second; }
+ if (path == "") { parameters["reference"] = inputDir + it->second; }
- templatefile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "template", true);
+ templatefile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "reference", true);
if (templatefile == "not open") { abort = true; }
- else if (templatefile == "not found") { templatefile = ""; m->mothurOut("template is a required parameter for the chimera.slayer command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
+ else if (templatefile == "not found") { templatefile = ""; m->mothurOut("reference is a required parameter for the chimera.slayer command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
}
}
- string temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false); if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1"; }
+ string temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false); if (temp == "not found"){ temp = m->getProcessors(); }
+ m->setProcessors(temp);
convert(temp, processors);
includeAbunds = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "include", false); if (includeAbunds == "not found") { includeAbunds = "greater"; }
temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "trim", false); if (temp == "not found") { temp = "f"; }
trim = m->isTrue(temp);
+ temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "split", false); if (temp == "not found") { temp = "f"; }
+ trimera = m->isTrue(temp);
+
search = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "search", false); if (search == "not found") { search = "distance"; }
temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "iters", false); if (temp == "not found") { temp = "100"; }
exit(1);
}
}
-//**********************************************************************************************************************
-
-void ChimeraSlayerCommand::help(){
- try {
-
- m->mothurOut("The chimera.slayer command reads a fastafile and templatefile and outputs potentially chimeric sequences.\n");
- m->mothurOut("This command was modeled after the chimeraSlayer written by the Broad Institute.\n");
- m->mothurOut("The chimera.slayer command parameters are fasta, name, template, processors, trim, ksize, window, match, mismatch, divergence. minsim, mincov, minbs, minsnp, parents, search, iters, increment and numwanted.\n"); //realign,
- m->mothurOut("The fasta parameter allows you to enter the fasta file containing your potentially chimeric sequences, and is required. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The name parameter allows you to provide a name file, if you are using template=self. \n");
- m->mothurOut("You may enter multiple fasta files by separating their names with dashes. ie. fasta=abrecovery.fasta-amazon.fasta \n");
- m->mothurOut("The template parameter allows you to enter a template file containing known non-chimeric sequences, and is required. You may also set template=self, in this case the abundant sequences will be used as potential parents. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The processors parameter allows you to specify how many processors you would like to use. The default is 1. \n");
- #ifdef USE_MPI
- m->mothurOut("When using MPI, the processors parameter is set to the number of MPI processes running. \n");
- #endif
- m->mothurOut("The trim parameter allows you to output a new fasta file containing your sequences with the chimeric ones trimmed to include only their longest peice, default=F. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The window parameter allows you to specify the window size for searching for chimeras, default=50. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The increment parameter allows you to specify how far you move each window while finding chimeric sequences, default=5.\n");
- m->mothurOut("The numwanted parameter allows you to specify how many sequences you would each query sequence compared with, default=15.\n");
- m->mothurOut("The ksize parameter allows you to input kmersize, default is 7, used if search is kmer. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The match parameter allows you to reward matched bases in blast search, default is 5. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The parents parameter allows you to select the number of potential parents to investigate from the numwanted best matches after rating them, default is 3. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The mismatch parameter allows you to penalize mismatched bases in blast search, default is -4. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The divergence parameter allows you to set a cutoff for chimera determination, default is 1.007. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The iters parameter allows you to specify the number of bootstrap iters to do with the chimeraslayer method, default=100.\n");
- m->mothurOut("The minsim parameter allows you to specify a minimum similarity with the parent fragments, default=90. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The mincov parameter allows you to specify minimum coverage by closest matches found in template. Default is 70, meaning 70%. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The minbs parameter allows you to specify minimum bootstrap support for calling a sequence chimeric. Default is 90, meaning 90%. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The minsnp parameter allows you to specify percent of SNPs to sample on each side of breakpoint for computing bootstrap support (default: 100) \n");
- m->mothurOut("The search parameter allows you to specify search method for finding the closest parent. Choices are distance, blast, and kmer, default distance. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The realign parameter allows you to realign the query to the potential parents. Choices are true or false, default false. \n");
- m->mothurOut("The chimera.slayer command should be in the following format: \n");
- m->mothurOut("chimera.slayer(fasta=yourFastaFile, template=yourTemplate, search=yourSearch) \n");
- m->mothurOut("Example: chimera.slayer(fasta=AD.align, template=core_set_aligned.imputed.fasta, search=kmer) \n");
- m->mothurOut("Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. fasta), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFastaFile).\n\n");
- }
- catch(exception& e) {
- m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "help");
- exit(1);
- }
-}
-
-//***************************************************************************************************************
-
-ChimeraSlayerCommand::~ChimeraSlayerCommand(){ /* do nothing */ }
-
//***************************************************************************************************************
int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
try{
- if (abort == true) { return 0; }
+ if (abort == true) { if (calledHelp) { return 0; } return 2; }
for (int s = 0; s < fastaFileNames.size(); s++) {
m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->mothurOut("It took " + toString(time(NULL) - start) + " secs to check " + toString(numSeqs) + " sequences."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
}
+ //set accnos file as new current accnosfile
+ string current = "";
+ itTypes = outputTypes.find("accnos");
+ if (itTypes != outputTypes.end()) {
+ if ((itTypes->second).size() != 0) { current = (itTypes->second)[0]; m->setAccnosFile(current); }
+ }
+
+ if (trim) {
+ itTypes = outputTypes.find("fasta");
+ if (itTypes != outputTypes.end()) {
+ if ((itTypes->second).size() != 0) { current = (itTypes->second)[0]; m->setFastaFile(current); }
+ }
+ }
+
m->mothurOutEndLine();
m->mothurOut("Output File Names: "); m->mothurOutEndLine();
for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) { m->mothurOut(outputNames[i]); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
if (m->control_pressed) { out.close(); out2.close(); if (trim) { out3.close(); } inFASTA.close(); return 1; }
Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(inFASTA); m->gobble(inFASTA);
+ string candidateAligned = candidateSeq->getAligned();
if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file
chimera->getChimeras(candidateSeq);
if (m->control_pressed) { delete candidateSeq; return 1; }
-
- //print results
- Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(out, out2);
+
+ //if you are not chimeric, then check each half
+ data_results wholeResults = chimera->getResults();
+
+ //determine if we need to split
+ bool isChimeric = false;
+
+ if (wholeResults.flag == "yes") {
+ string chimeraFlag = "no";
+ if( (wholeResults.results[0].bsa >= minBS && wholeResults.results[0].divr_qla_qrb >= divR)
+ ||
+ (wholeResults.results[0].bsb >= minBS && wholeResults.results[0].divr_qlb_qra >= divR) ) { chimeraFlag = "yes"; }
+
+
+ if (chimeraFlag == "yes") {
+ if ((wholeResults.results[0].bsa >= minBS) || (wholeResults.results[0].bsb >= minBS)) { isChimeric = true; }
+ }
+ }
+
+ if ((!isChimeric) && trimera) {
+
+ //split sequence in half by bases
+ string leftQuery, rightQuery;
+ Sequence tempSeq(candidateSeq->getName(), candidateAligned);
+ divideInHalf(tempSeq, leftQuery, rightQuery);
+
+ //run chimeraSlayer on each piece
+ Sequence* left = new Sequence(candidateSeq->getName(), leftQuery);
+ Sequence* right = new Sequence(candidateSeq->getName(), rightQuery);
+
+ //find chimeras
+ chimera->getChimeras(left);
+ data_results leftResults = chimera->getResults();
+
+ chimera->getChimeras(right);
+ data_results rightResults = chimera->getResults();
+
+ //if either piece is chimeric then report
+ Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(out, out2, leftResults, rightResults);
+ if (trim) { trimmed->printSequence(out3); delete trimmed; }
+
+ delete left; delete right;
+
+ }else { //already chimeric
+ //print results
+ Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(out, out2);
+ if (trim) { trimmed->printSequence(out3); delete trimmed; }
+ }
+
- if (trim) { trimmed->printSequence(out3); delete trimmed; }
}
- count++;
+ count++;
}
delete candidateSeq;
delete buf4;
Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(iss); m->gobble(iss);
+ string candidateAligned = candidateSeq->getAligned();
if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file
chimera->getChimeras(candidateSeq);
if (m->control_pressed) { delete candidateSeq; return 1; }
-
- //print results
- Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(outMPI, outAccMPI);
- if (trim) {
- string outputString = ">" + trimmed->getName() + "\n" + trimmed->getAligned() + "\n";
- delete trimmed;
+ //if you are not chimeric, then check each half
+ data_results wholeResults = chimera->getResults();
+
+ //determine if we need to split
+ bool isChimeric = false;
+
+ if (wholeResults.flag == "yes") {
+ string chimeraFlag = "no";
+ if( (wholeResults.results[0].bsa >= minBS && wholeResults.results[0].divr_qla_qrb >= divR)
+ ||
+ (wholeResults.results[0].bsb >= minBS && wholeResults.results[0].divr_qlb_qra >= divR) ) { chimeraFlag = "yes"; }
- //write to accnos file
- int length = outputString.length();
- char* buf2 = new char[length];
- memcpy(buf2, outputString.c_str(), length);
- MPI_File_write_shared(outFastaMPI, buf2, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
- delete buf2;
+ if (chimeraFlag == "yes") {
+ if ((wholeResults.results[0].bsa >= minBS) || (wholeResults.results[0].bsb >= minBS)) { isChimeric = true; }
+ }
}
+
+ if ((!isChimeric) && trimera) {
+ //split sequence in half by bases
+ string leftQuery, rightQuery;
+ Sequence tempSeq(candidateSeq->getName(), candidateAligned);
+ divideInHalf(tempSeq, leftQuery, rightQuery);
+
+ //run chimeraSlayer on each piece
+ Sequence* left = new Sequence(candidateSeq->getName(), leftQuery);
+ Sequence* right = new Sequence(candidateSeq->getName(), rightQuery);
+
+ //find chimeras
+ chimera->getChimeras(left);
+ data_results leftResults = chimera->getResults();
+
+ chimera->getChimeras(right);
+ data_results rightResults = chimera->getResults();
+
+ //if either piece is chimeric then report
+ Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(outMPI, outAccMPI, leftResults, rightResults);
+ if (trim) {
+ string outputString = ">" + trimmed->getName() + "\n" + trimmed->getAligned() + "\n";
+ delete trimmed;
+
+ //write to accnos file
+ int length = outputString.length();
+ char* buf2 = new char[length];
+ memcpy(buf2, outputString.c_str(), length);
+
+ MPI_File_write_shared(outFastaMPI, buf2, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
+ delete buf2;
+ }
+
+ delete left; delete right;
+ }else {
+ //print results
+ Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(outMPI, outAccMPI);
+
+ if (trim) {
+ string outputString = ">" + trimmed->getName() + "\n" + trimmed->getAligned() + "\n";
+ delete trimmed;
+
+ //write to accnos file
+ int length = outputString.length();
+ char* buf2 = new char[length];
+ memcpy(buf2, outputString.c_str(), length);
+
+ MPI_File_write_shared(outFastaMPI, buf2, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
+ delete buf2;
+ }
+ }
+
}
}
delete candidateSeq;
/**************************************************************************************************/
+int ChimeraSlayerCommand::divideInHalf(Sequence querySeq, string& leftQuery, string& rightQuery) {
+ try {
+
+ string queryUnAligned = querySeq.getUnaligned();
+ int numBases = int(queryUnAligned.length() * 0.5);
+
+ string queryAligned = querySeq.getAligned();
+ leftQuery = querySeq.getAligned();
+ rightQuery = querySeq.getAligned();
+
+ int baseCount = 0;
+ int leftSpot = 0;
+ for (int i = 0; i < queryAligned.length(); i++) {
+ //if you are a base
+ if (isalpha(queryAligned[i])) {
+ baseCount++;
+ }
+
+ //if you have half
+ if (baseCount >= numBases) { leftSpot = i; break; } //first half
+ }
+
+ //blank out right side
+ for (int i = leftSpot; i < leftQuery.length(); i++) { leftQuery[i] = '.'; }
+
+ //blank out left side
+ for (int i = 0; i < leftSpot; i++) { rightQuery[i] = '.'; }
+
+ return 0;
+
+ }
+ catch(exception& e) {
+ m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "divideInHalf");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+}
+
+/**************************************************************************************************/