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fix trim.seqs / qualscores bug
[mothur.git] / trimseqscommand.cpp
index 2a43e354d7c3aec784e68fffbb7cd12c480a39c0..49aca824ea46fb18c5845e4caa5bab0aca5db305 100644 (file)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 vector<string> TrimSeqsCommand::getValidParameters(){  
        try {
-               string Array[] =  {"fasta", "flip", "oligos", "maxambig", "maxhomop", "group","minlength", "maxlength", "qfile", 
+               string Array[] =  {"fasta", "flip", "oligos", "maxambig", "maxhomop","minlength", "maxlength", "qfile", 
                                                                        "qthreshold", "qwindowaverage", "qstepsize", "qwindowsize", "qaverage", "rollaverage",
                                                                        "keepfirst", "removelast",
                                                                        "allfiles", "qtrim","tdiffs", "pdiffs", "bdiffs", "processors", "outputdir","inputdir"};
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ vector<string> TrimSeqsCommand::getValidParameters(){
 
 TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(){    
        try {
-               abort = true;
-               //initialize outputTypes
+               abort = true; calledHelp = true; 
                vector<string> tempOutNames;
                outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
-               outputTypes["qual"] = tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["qfile"] = tempOutNames;
                outputTypes["group"] = tempOutNames;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -76,15 +75,15 @@ vector<string> TrimSeqsCommand::getRequiredFiles(){
 TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(string option)  {
        try {
                
-               abort = false;
+               abort = false; calledHelp = false;   
                comboStarts = 0;
                
                //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 AlignArray[] =  {        "fasta", "flip", "oligos", "maxambig", "maxhomop", "group","minlength", "maxlength", "qfile", 
+                       string AlignArray[] =  {        "fasta", "flip", "oligos", "maxambig", "maxhomop", "minlength", "maxlength", "qfile", 
                                                                "qthreshold", "qwindowaverage", "qstepsize", "qwindowsize", "qaverage", "rollaverage",
                                                                "keepfirst", "removelast",
                                                                "allfiles", "qtrim","tdiffs", "pdiffs", "bdiffs", "processors", "outputdir","inputdir"};
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                        //initialize outputTypes
                        vector<string> tempOutNames;
                        outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
-                       outputTypes["qual"] = tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["qfile"] = tempOutNames;
                        outputTypes["group"] = tempOutNames;
                        
                        //if the user changes the input directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
@@ -137,13 +136,6 @@ TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                                        if (path == "") {       parameters["qfile"] = inputDir + it->second;            }
                                }
                                
-                               it = parameters.find("group");
-                               //user has given a template file
-                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
-                                       path = m->hasPath(it->second);
-                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
-                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["group"] = inputDir + it->second;            }
-                               }
                        }
 
                        
@@ -171,10 +163,6 @@ TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                        else if(temp == "not open"){    abort = true;   } 
                        else                                    {       oligoFile = temp;               }
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "group", true);
-                       if (temp == "not found"){       groupfile = "";         }
-                       else if(temp == "not open"){    abort = true;   } 
-                       else                                    {       groupfile = temp;               }
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "maxambig", false);         if (temp == "not found") { temp = "-1"; }
                        convert(temp, maxAmbig);  
@@ -207,7 +195,7 @@ TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qthreshold", false);       if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
                        convert(temp, qThreshold);
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qtrim", false);            if (temp == "not found") { temp = "F"; }
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qtrim", false);            if (temp == "not found") { temp = "t"; }
                        qtrim = m->isTrue(temp);
 
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "rollaverage", false);      if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
@@ -237,13 +225,9 @@ TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);       if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1"; }
                        convert(temp, processors); 
                        
-                       if ((oligoFile != "") && (groupfile != "")) {
-                               m->mothurOut("You given both a oligos file and a groupfile, only one is allowed."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;
-                       }
-                                                                                               
                        
-                       if(allFiles && (oligoFile == "") && (groupfile == "")){
-                               m->mothurOut("You selected allfiles, but didn't enter an oligos or group file.  Ignoring the allfiles request."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                       if(allFiles && (oligoFile == "")){
+                               m->mothurOut("You selected allfiles, but didn't enter an oligos.  Ignoring the allfiles request."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        }
                        if((qAverage != 0 && qThreshold != 0) && qFileName == ""){
                                m->mothurOut("You didn't provide a quality file name, quality criteria will be ignored."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
@@ -269,9 +253,8 @@ void TrimSeqsCommand::help(){
        try {
                m->mothurOut("The trim.seqs command reads a fastaFile and creates 2 new fasta files, .trim.fasta and scrap.fasta, as well as group files if you provide and oligos file.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The .trim.fasta contains sequences that meet your requirements, and the .scrap.fasta contains those which don't.\n");
-               m->mothurOut("The trim.seqs command parameters are fasta, flip, oligos, group, maxambig, maxhomop, minlength, maxlength, qfile, qthreshold, qaverage, diffs, qtrim, keepfirst, removelast and allfiles.\n");
+               m->mothurOut("The trim.seqs command parameters are fasta, flip, oligos, maxambig, maxhomop, minlength, maxlength, qfile, qthreshold, qaverage, diffs, qtrim, keepfirst, removelast and allfiles.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The fasta parameter is required.\n");
-               m->mothurOut("The group parameter allows you to enter a group file for your fasta file.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The flip parameter will output the reverse compliment of your trimmed sequence. The default is false.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The oligos parameter allows you to provide an oligos file.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The maxambig parameter allows you to set the maximum number of ambigious bases allowed. The default is -1.\n");
@@ -289,7 +272,7 @@ void TrimSeqsCommand::help(){
                m->mothurOut("The rollaverage parameter allows you to set a minimum rolling average quality score allowed over a window. \n");
                m->mothurOut("The qstepsize parameter allows you to set a number of bases to move the window over. Default=1.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The allfiles parameter will create separate group and fasta file for each grouping. The default is F.\n");
-               m->mothurOut("The qtrim parameter will trim sequence from the point that they fall below the qthreshold and put it in the .trim file if set to true. The default is F.\n");
+               m->mothurOut("The qtrim parameter will trim sequence from the point that they fall below the qthreshold and put it in the .trim file if set to true. The default is T.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The keepfirst parameter trims the sequence to the first keepfirst number of bases after the barcode or primers are removed, before the sequence is checked to see if it meets the other requirements. \n");
                m->mothurOut("The removelast removes the last removelast number of bases after the barcode or primers are removed, before the sequence is checked to see if it meets the other requirements.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The trim.seqs command should be in the following format: \n");
@@ -316,51 +299,32 @@ TrimSeqsCommand::~TrimSeqsCommand(){      /*      do nothing      */      }
 int TrimSeqsCommand::execute(){
        try{
        
-               if (abort == true) { return 0; }
+               if (abort == true) { if (calledHelp) { return 0; }  return 2;   }
                
                numFPrimers = 0;  //this needs to be initialized
                numRPrimers = 0;
-               vector<string> fastaFileNames;
-               vector<string> qualFileNames;
+               vector<vector<string> > fastaFileNames;
+               vector<vector<string> > qualFileNames;
                
                string trimSeqFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "trim.fasta";
                outputNames.push_back(trimSeqFile); outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(trimSeqFile);
+               
                string scrapSeqFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "scrap.fasta";
                outputNames.push_back(scrapSeqFile); outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(scrapSeqFile);
+               
                string trimQualFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "trim.qual";
                string scrapQualFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "scrap.qual";
-               if (qFileName != "") {  outputNames.push_back(trimQualFile); outputNames.push_back(scrapQualFile);  outputTypes["qual"].push_back(trimQualFile); outputTypes["qual"].push_back(scrapQualFile); }
-               string groupFile = "";
-               if (groupfile == "") { groupFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "groups"; }
-               else{
-                       groupFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(groupfile)) + "trim.groups";
-                       outputNames.push_back(groupFile); outputTypes["group"].push_back(groupFile);
-                       groupMap = new GroupMap(groupfile);
-                       groupMap->readMap();
-                       
-                       if(allFiles){
-                               for (int i = 0; i < groupMap->namesOfGroups.size(); i++) {
-                                       groupToIndex[groupMap->namesOfGroups[i]] = i;
-                                       groupVector.push_back(groupMap->namesOfGroups[i]);
-                                       fastaFileNames.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) +  groupMap->namesOfGroups[i] + ".fasta"));
-                                       
-                                       //we append later, so we want to clear file
-                                       ofstream outRemove;
-                                       m->openOutputFile(fastaFileNames[i], outRemove);
-                                       outRemove.close();
-                                       if(qFileName != ""){
-                                               qualFileNames.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) +  groupMap->namesOfGroups[i] + ".qual"));
-                                               ofstream outRemove2;
-                                               m->openOutputFile(qualFileNames[i], outRemove2);
-                                               outRemove2.close();
-                                       }
-                               }
-                       }
-                       comboStarts = fastaFileNames.size()-1;
+               if (qFileName != "") {
+                       outputNames.push_back(trimQualFile);
+                       outputNames.push_back(scrapQualFile);
+                       outputTypes["qfile"].push_back(trimQualFile);
+                       outputTypes["qfile"].push_back(scrapQualFile); 
                }
                
+               string outputGroupFileName;
                if(oligoFile != ""){
-                       outputNames.push_back(groupFile); outputTypes["group"].push_back(groupFile);
+                       outputGroupFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "groups";
+                       outputNames.push_back(outputGroupFileName); outputTypes["group"].push_back(outputGroupFileName);
                        getOligos(fastaFileNames, qualFileNames);
                }
 
@@ -377,69 +341,77 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::execute(){
                
                #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                                if(processors == 1){
-                                       driverCreateTrim(fastaFile, qFileName, trimSeqFile, scrapSeqFile, trimQualFile, scrapQualFile, groupFile, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames, lines[0], qLines[0]);
+                                       driverCreateTrim(fastaFile, qFileName, trimSeqFile, scrapSeqFile, trimQualFile, scrapQualFile, outputGroupFileName, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames, lines[0], qLines[0]);
                                }else{
-                                       createProcessesCreateTrim(fastaFile, qFileName, trimSeqFile, scrapSeqFile, trimQualFile, scrapQualFile, groupFile, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames); 
+                                       createProcessesCreateTrim(fastaFile, qFileName, trimSeqFile, scrapSeqFile, trimQualFile, scrapQualFile, outputGroupFileName, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames); 
                                }       
                #else
-                               driverCreateTrim(fastaFile, qFileName, trimSeqFile, scrapSeqFile, trimQualFile, scrapQualFile, groupFile, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames, lines[0], qLines[0]);
+                               driverCreateTrim(fastaFile, qFileName, trimSeqFile, scrapSeqFile, trimQualFile, scrapQualFile, outputGroupFileName, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames, lines[0], qLines[0]);
                #endif
                
                if (m->control_pressed) {  return 0; }                  
                        
-               set<string> blanks;
-               for(int i=0;i<fastaFileNames.size();i++){
-                       if (m->isBlank(fastaFileNames[i])) {   blanks.insert(fastaFileNames[i]);        }
-                       else if (filesToRemove.count(fastaFileNames[i]) > 0) {  remove(fastaFileNames[i].c_str()); }
-                       else {
-                               ifstream inFASTA;
-                               string seqName;
-                               m->openInputFile(fastaFileNames[i], inFASTA);
-                               ofstream outGroups;
-                               string outGroupFilename = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[i])) + "groups";
-                               
-                               //if the fastafile is on the blanks list then the groups file should be as well
-                               if (blanks.count(fastaFileNames[i]) != 0) { blanks.insert(outGroupFilename); }
+               if(allFiles){
+                       map<string, string> uniqueFastaNames;// so we don't add the same groupfile multiple times
+                       map<string, string>::iterator it;
+                       set<string> namesToRemove;
+                       for(int i=0;i<fastaFileNames.size();i++){
+                               for(int j=0;j<fastaFileNames[0].size();j++){
+                                       if (fastaFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                                               if(m->isBlank(fastaFileNames[i][j])){
+                                                       remove(fastaFileNames[i][j].c_str());
+                                                       namesToRemove.insert(fastaFileNames[i][j]);
+                                                       
+                                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                               remove(qualFileNames[i][j].c_str());
+                                                               namesToRemove.insert(qualFileNames[i][j]);
+                                                       }
+                                               }else{  
+                                                       it = uniqueFastaNames.find(fastaFileNames[i][j]);
+                                                       if (it == uniqueFastaNames.end()) {     
+                                                               uniqueFastaNames[fastaFileNames[i][j]] = barcodeNameVector[i];  
+                                                       }       
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+                       
+                       //remove names for outputFileNames, just cleans up the output
+                       vector<string> outputNames2;
+                       for(int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) { if (namesToRemove.count(outputNames[i]) == 0) { outputNames2.push_back(outputNames[i]); } }
+                       outputNames = outputNames2;
+                       
+                       for (it = uniqueFastaNames.begin(); it != uniqueFastaNames.end(); it++) {
+                               ifstream in;
+                               m->openInputFile(it->first, in);
                                
-                               m->openOutputFile(outGroupFilename, outGroups);
-                               outputNames.push_back(outGroupFilename); outputTypes["group"].push_back(outGroupFilename);  
+                               ofstream out;
+                               string thisGroupName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(it->first)) + "groups";
+                               outputNames.push_back(thisGroupName); outputTypes["group"].push_back(thisGroupName);
+                               m->openOutputFile(thisGroupName, out);
                                
-                               string thisGroup = "";
-                               if (i > comboStarts) {
-                                       map<string, int>::iterator itCombo;
-                                       for(itCombo=combos.begin();itCombo!=combos.end(); itCombo++){
-                                               if(itCombo->second == i){       thisGroup = itCombo->first;     combos.erase(itCombo);  break;  }
-                                       }
-                               }else{ thisGroup = groupVector[i]; }
+                               while (!in.eof()){
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) { break; }
                                        
-                               while(!inFASTA.eof()){
-                                       if(inFASTA.get() == '>'){
-                                               inFASTA >> seqName;
-                                               outGroups << seqName << '\t' << thisGroup << endl;
-                                       }
-                                       while (!inFASTA.eof())  {       char c = inFASTA.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){        break;  }       }
+                                       Sequence currSeq(in); m->gobble(in);
+                                       out << currSeq.getName() << '\t' << it->second << endl;
                                }
-                               outGroups.close();
-                               inFASTA.close();
+                               in.close();
+                               out.close();
                        }
                }
                
-               for (set<string>::iterator itBlanks = blanks.begin(); itBlanks != blanks.end(); itBlanks++) {  remove((*(itBlanks)).c_str()); }
-               
-               blanks.clear();
-               if(qFileName != ""){
-                       for(int i=0;i<qualFileNames.size();i++){
-                               if (m->isBlank(qualFileNames[i])) {  blanks.insert(qualFileNames[i]);   }
-                               else if (filesToRemove.count(qualFileNames[i]) > 0) {  remove(qualFileNames[i].c_str()); }
-                       }
-               }
-               
-               for (set<string>::iterator itBlanks = blanks.begin(); itBlanks != blanks.end(); itBlanks++) {  remove((*(itBlanks)).c_str()); }
+               if (m->control_pressed) {       for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  remove(outputNames[i].c_str()); } return 0;     }
+
+               //output group counts
+               m->mothurOutEndLine();
+               int total = 0;
+//             for (int i = 0; i < barcodeNameVector.size(); i++) {
+//                     if ((barcodeNameVector[i] != "") && (groupCounts[i] != 0)) { total += groupCounts[i]; m->mothurOut("Group " + barcodeNameVector[i] + " contains " + toString(groupCounts[i]) + " sequences."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+//             }
+//             if (total != 0) { m->mothurOut("Total of all groups is " + toString(total)); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
                
-               if (m->control_pressed) { 
-                       for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  remove(outputNames[i].c_str()); }
-                       return 0;
-               }
+                       if (m->control_pressed) {       for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  remove(outputNames[i].c_str()); } return 0;     }
 
                m->mothurOutEndLine();
                m->mothurOut("Output File Names: "); m->mothurOutEndLine();
@@ -457,27 +429,37 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::execute(){
                
 /**************************************************************************************/
 
-int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string trimFile, string scrapFile, string trimQFile, string scrapQFile, string groupFile, vector<string> fastaNames, vector<string> qualNames, linePair* line, linePair* qline) {     
+int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string trimFileName, string scrapFileName, string trimQFileName, string scrapQFileName, string groupFileName, vector<vector<string> > fastaFileNames, vector<vector<string> > qualFileNames, linePair* line, linePair* qline) {       
                
        try {
                
-               ofstream outFASTA;
-               m->openOutputFile(trimFile, outFASTA);
+               ofstream trimFASTAFile;
+               m->openOutputFile(trimFileName, trimFASTAFile);
                
-               ofstream scrapFASTA;
-               m->openOutputFile(scrapFile, scrapFASTA);
+               ofstream scrapFASTAFile;
+               m->openOutputFile(scrapFileName, scrapFASTAFile);
                
-               ofstream outQual;
-               ofstream scrapQual;
+               ofstream trimQualFile;
+               ofstream scrapQualFile;
                if(qFileName != ""){
-                       m->openOutputFile(trimQFile, outQual);
-                       m->openOutputFile(scrapQFile, scrapQual);
+                       m->openOutputFile(trimQFileName, trimQualFile);
+                       m->openOutputFile(scrapQFileName, scrapQualFile);
                }
                
-               ofstream outGroups;
-               
-               if (oligoFile != "") {          
-                       m->openOutputFile(groupFile, outGroups);   
+               ofstream outGroupsFile;
+               if (oligoFile != ""){   m->openOutputFile(groupFileName, outGroupsFile);   }
+               if(allFiles){
+                       for (int i = 0; i < fastaFileNames.size(); i++) { //clears old file
+                               for (int j = 0; j < fastaFileNames[i].size(); j++) { //clears old file
+                                       if (fastaFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                                               ofstream temp;
+                                               m->openOutputFile(fastaFileNames[i][j], temp);                  temp.close();
+                                               if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                       m->openOutputFile(qualFileNames[i][j], temp);                   temp.close();
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
                }
                
                ifstream inFASTA;
@@ -485,29 +467,19 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string
                inFASTA.seekg(line->start);
                
                ifstream qFile;
-               if(qFileName != "")     {       m->openInputFile(qFileName, qFile);     qFile.seekg(qline->start);  }
-               
-               
-               for (int i = 0; i < fastaNames.size(); i++) { //clears old file
-                       ofstream temp;
-                       m->openOutputFile(fastaNames[i], temp);
-                       temp.close();
-               }
-               for (int i = 0; i < qualNames.size(); i++) { //clears old file
-                       ofstream temp;
-                       m->openOutputFile(qualNames[i], temp);
-                       temp.close();
+               if(qFileName != "")     {
+                       m->openInputFile(qFileName, qFile);
+                       qFile.seekg(qline->start);  
                }
                
-                       
-               bool done = false;
                int count = 0;
+               bool moreSeqs = 1;
        
-               while (!done) {
+               while (moreSeqs) {
                                
                        if (m->control_pressed) { 
-                               inFASTA.close(); outFASTA.close(); scrapFASTA.close();
-                               if (oligoFile != "") {   outGroups.close();   }
+                               inFASTA.close(); trimFASTAFile.close(); scrapFASTAFile.close();
+                               if (oligoFile != "") {   outGroupsFile.close();   }
 
                                if(qFileName != ""){
                                        qFile.close();
@@ -518,29 +490,30 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string
                        }
                        
                        int success = 1;
-                       
+                       string trashCode = "";
+                       int currentSeqsDiffs = 0;
 
                        Sequence currSeq(inFASTA); m->gobble(inFASTA);
 
                        QualityScores currQual;
                        if(qFileName != ""){
-                               currQual = QualityScores(qFile, currSeq.getNumBases());  m->gobble(qFile);
+                               currQual = QualityScores(qFile);  m->gobble(qFile);
                        }
-                       
+
                        string origSeq = currSeq.getUnaligned();
                        if (origSeq != "") {
-                               int groupBar, groupPrime;
-                               string trashCode = "";
-                               int currentSeqsDiffs = 0;
-
+                               
+                               int barcodeIndex = 0;
+                               int primerIndex = 0;
+                               
                                if(barcodes.size() != 0){
-                                       success = stripBarcode(currSeq, currQual, groupBar);
+                                       success = stripBarcode(currSeq, currQual, barcodeIndex);
                                        if(success > bdiffs)            {       trashCode += 'b';       }
                                        else{ currentSeqsDiffs += success;  }
                                }
                                
                                if(numFPrimers != 0){
-                                       success = stripForward(currSeq, currQual, groupPrime);
+                                       success = stripForward(currSeq, currQual, primerIndex);
                                        if(success > pdiffs)            {       trashCode += 'f';       }
                                        else{ currentSeqsDiffs += success;  }
                                }
@@ -572,7 +545,7 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string
                                        else                                            {       success = 1;                            }
                                        
                                        //you don't want to trim, if it fails above then scrap it
-                                       if ((!qtrim) && (origLength != currSeq.getNumBases())) { success = 0; }
+                                       if ((!qtrim) && (origLength != currSeq.getNumBases())) {  success = 0; }
                                        
                                        if(!success)                            {       trashCode += 'q';       }
                                }                               
@@ -592,65 +565,35 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string
                                
                                if(flip){               // should go last                       
                                        currSeq.reverseComplement();
-                                       currQual.flipQScores(); 
+                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                               currQual.flipQScores(); 
+                                       }
                                }
                                
                                if(trashCode.length() == 0){
                                        currSeq.setAligned(currSeq.getUnaligned());
-                                       currSeq.printSequence(outFASTA);
-                                       currQual.printQScores(outQual);
+                                       currSeq.printSequence(trimFASTAFile);
+                                       
+                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                               currQual.printQScores(trimQualFile);
+                                       }
                                        
                                        if(barcodes.size() != 0){
-                                               string thisGroup = groupVector[groupBar];
-                                               int indexToFastaFile = groupBar;
-                                               if (primers.size() != 0){
-                                                       //does this primer have a group
-                                                       if (groupVector[groupPrime] != "") {  
-                                                               thisGroup += "." + groupVector[groupPrime]; 
-                                                               indexToFastaFile = combos[thisGroup];
-                                                       }
-                                               }
-                                               outGroups << currSeq.getName() << '\t' << thisGroup << endl;
-                                               if(allFiles){
-                                                       ofstream outTemp;
-                                                       m->openOutputFileAppend(fastaNames[indexToFastaFile], outTemp);
-                                                       //currSeq.printSequence(*fastaFileNames[indexToFastaFile]);
-                                                       currSeq.printSequence(outTemp);
-                                                       outTemp.close();
-                                                       
-                                                       if(qFileName != ""){
-                                                               //currQual.printQScores(*qualFileNames[indexToFastaFile]);
-                                                               ofstream outTemp2;
-                                                               m->openOutputFileAppend(qualNames[indexToFastaFile], outTemp2);
-                                                               currQual.printQScores(outTemp2);
-                                                               outTemp2.close();                                                       
-                                                       }
-                                               }
+                                               outGroupsFile << currSeq.getName() << '\t' << barcodeNameVector[barcodeIndex] << endl;
+                                               groupCounts[barcodeIndex]++;
                                        }
                                        
-                                       if (groupfile != "") {
-                                               string thisGroup = groupMap->getGroup(currSeq.getName());
+                                       
+                                       if(allFiles){
+                                               ofstream output;
+                                               m->openOutputFileAppend(fastaFileNames[barcodeIndex][primerIndex], output);
+                                               currSeq.printSequence(output);
+                                               output.close();
                                                
-                                               if (thisGroup != "not found") {
-                                                       outGroups << currSeq.getName() << '\t' << thisGroup << endl;
-                                                       if (allFiles) {
-                                                               ofstream outTemp;
-                                                               m->openOutputFileAppend(fastaNames[groupToIndex[thisGroup]], outTemp);
-                                                               currSeq.printSequence(outTemp);
-                                                               outTemp.close();
-                                                               if(qFileName != ""){
-                                                                       ofstream outTemp2;
-                                                                       m->openOutputFileAppend(qualNames[groupToIndex[thisGroup]], outTemp2);
-                                                                       currQual.printQScores(outTemp2);
-                                                                       outTemp2.close();                                                       
-                                                               }
-                                                       }
-                                               }else{
-                                                       m->mothurOut(currSeq.getName() + " is not in your groupfile, adding to group XXX."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       outGroups << currSeq.getName() << '\t' << "XXX" << endl;
-                                                       if (allFiles) {  
-                                                               m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: " + currSeq.getName() + " will not be added to any .group.fasta or .group.qual file."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       }
+                                               if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                       m->openOutputFileAppend(qualFileNames[barcodeIndex][primerIndex], output);
+                                                       currQual.printQScores(output);
+                                                       output.close();                                                 
                                                }
                                        }
                                }
@@ -658,8 +601,10 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string
                                        currSeq.setName(currSeq.getName() + '|' + trashCode);
                                        currSeq.setUnaligned(origSeq);
                                        currSeq.setAligned(origSeq);
-                                       currSeq.printSequence(scrapFASTA);
-                                       currQual.printQScores(scrapQual);
+                                       currSeq.printSequence(scrapFASTAFile);
+                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                               currQual.printQScores(scrapQualFile);
+                                       }
                                }
                                count++;
                        }
@@ -680,10 +625,10 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string
 
                
                inFASTA.close();
-               outFASTA.close();
-               scrapFASTA.close();
-               if (oligoFile != "") {   outGroups.close();   }
-               if(qFileName != "")     {       qFile.close();  scrapQual.close(); outQual.close();     }
+               trimFASTAFile.close();
+               scrapFASTAFile.close();
+               if (oligoFile != "") {   outGroupsFile.close();   }
+               if(qFileName != "")     {       qFile.close();  scrapQualFile.close(); trimQualFile.close();    }
                
                return count;
        }
@@ -695,7 +640,7 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string
 
 /**************************************************************************************************/
 
-int TrimSeqsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string trimFile, string scrapFile, string trimQFile, string scrapQFile, string groupFile, vector<string> fastaNames, vector<string> qualNames) {
+int TrimSeqsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string trimFASTAFileName, string scrapFASTAFileName, string trimQualFileName, string scrapQualFileName, string groupFile, vector<vector<string> > fastaFileNames, vector<vector<string> > qualFileNames) {
        try {
 #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                int process = 1;
@@ -710,22 +655,49 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName
                                processIDS.push_back(pid);  //create map from line number to pid so you can append files in correct order later
                                process++;
                        }else if (pid == 0){
-                               for (int i = 0; i < fastaNames.size(); i++) {
-                                       fastaNames[i] = (fastaNames[i] + toString(getpid()) + ".temp");
-                                       //clear old file if it exists
+                               
+                               vector<vector<string> > tempFASTAFileNames = fastaFileNames;
+                               vector<vector<string> > tempPrimerQualFileNames = qualFileNames;
+
+                               if(allFiles){
                                        ofstream temp;
-                                       m->openOutputFile(fastaNames[i], temp);
-                                       temp.close();
-                                       if(qFileName != ""){
-                                               qualNames[i] = (qualNames[i] + toString(getpid()) + ".temp");
-                                               //clear old file if it exists
-                                               ofstream temp2;
-                                               m->openOutputFile(qualNames[i], temp2);
-                                               temp2.close();
+
+                                       for(int i=0;i<tempFASTAFileNames.size();i++){
+                                               for(int j=0;j<tempFASTAFileNames[i].size();j++){
+                                                       if (tempFASTAFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                                                               tempFASTAFileNames[i][j] += toString(getpid()) + ".temp";
+                                                               m->openOutputFile(tempFASTAFileNames[i][j], temp);                      temp.close();
+
+                                                               if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                                       tempPrimerQualFileNames[i][j] += toString(getpid()) + ".temp";
+                                                                       m->openOutputFile(tempPrimerQualFileNames[i][j], temp);         temp.close();
+                                                               }
+                                                       }
+                                               }
                                        }
                                }
+                                                       
+                               driverCreateTrim(filename,
+                                                                qFileName,
+                                                                (trimFASTAFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                (scrapFASTAFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                (trimQualFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                (scrapQualFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                (groupFile + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                tempFASTAFileNames,
+                                                                tempPrimerQualFileNames,
+                                                                lines[process],
+                                                                qLines[process]);
+                               
+                               //pass groupCounts to parent
+                               ofstream out;
+                               string tempFile = filename + toString(getpid()) + ".num.temp";
+                               m->openOutputFile(tempFile, out);
+                               for(int i = 0; i < groupCounts.size(); i++) {
+                                       out << groupCounts[i] << endl;
+                               }
+                               out.close();
                                
-                               driverCreateTrim(filename, qFileName, (trimFile + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"), (scrapFile + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"), (trimQFile + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"), (scrapQFile + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"), (groupFile + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"), fastaNames, qualNames, lines[process], qLines[process]);
                                exit(0);
                        }else { 
                                m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
@@ -735,21 +707,13 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName
                }
                
                //parent do my part
-               for (int i = 0; i < fastaNames.size(); i++) {
-                       //clear old file if it exists
-                       ofstream temp;
-                       m->openOutputFile(fastaNames[i], temp);
-                       temp.close();
-                       if(qFileName != ""){
-                               //clear old file if it exists
-                               ofstream temp2;
-                               m->openOutputFile(qualNames[i], temp2);
-                               temp2.close();
-                       }
-               }
-               
-               driverCreateTrim(filename, qFileName, trimFile, scrapFile, trimQFile, scrapQFile, groupFile, fastaNames, qualNames, lines[0], qLines[0]);
-               
+               ofstream temp;
+               m->openOutputFile(trimFASTAFileName, temp);             temp.close();
+               m->openOutputFile(scrapFASTAFileName, temp);    temp.close();
+               m->openOutputFile(trimQualFileName, temp);              temp.close();
+               m->openOutputFile(scrapQualFileName, temp);             temp.close();
+
+               driverCreateTrim(filename, qFileName, trimFASTAFileName, scrapFASTAFileName, trimQualFileName, scrapQualFileName, groupFile, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames, lines[0], qLines[0]);
                
                //force parent to wait until all the processes are done
                for (int i=0;i<processIDS.size();i++) { 
@@ -762,40 +726,50 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName
                        
                        m->mothurOut("Appending files from process " + toString(processIDS[i])); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        
-                       m->appendFiles((trimFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), trimFile);
-                       remove((trimFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
-                       m->appendFiles((scrapFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), scrapFile);
-                       remove((scrapFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
-                       
-                       m->mothurOut("Done with fasta files"); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                       m->appendFiles((trimFASTAFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), trimFASTAFileName);
+                       remove((trimFASTAFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                       m->appendFiles((scrapFASTAFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), scrapFASTAFileName);
+                       remove((scrapFASTAFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
                        
                        if(qFileName != ""){
-                               m->appendFiles((trimQFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), trimQFile);
-                               remove((trimQFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
-                               m->appendFiles((scrapQFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), scrapQFile);
-                               remove((scrapQFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
-                       
-                               m->mothurOut("Done with quality files"); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                               m->appendFiles((trimQualFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), trimQualFileName);
+                               remove((trimQualFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                               m->appendFiles((scrapQualFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), scrapQualFileName);
+                               remove((scrapQualFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
                        }
                        
                        m->appendFiles((groupFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), groupFile);
                        remove((groupFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
                        
-                       m->mothurOut("Done with group file"); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        
-                       for (int j = 0; j < fastaNames.size(); j++) {
-                               m->appendFiles((fastaNames[j] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), fastaNames[j]);
-                               remove((fastaNames[j] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                       if(allFiles){
+                               for(int j=0;j<fastaFileNames.size();j++){
+                                       for(int k=0;k<fastaFileNames[j].size();k++){
+                                               if (fastaFileNames[j][k] != "") {
+                                                       m->appendFiles((fastaFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), fastaFileNames[j][k]);
+                                                       remove((fastaFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                                                       
+                                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                               m->appendFiles((qualFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), qualFileNames[j][k]);
+                                                               remove((qualFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
                        }
                        
-                       if(qFileName != ""){
-                               for (int j = 0; j < qualNames.size(); j++) {
-                                       m->appendFiles((qualNames[j] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), qualNames[j]);
-                                       remove((qualNames[j] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
-                               }
+                       ifstream in;
+                       string tempFile =  filename + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".num.temp";
+                       m->openInputFile(tempFile, in);
+                       int count = 0; 
+                       int tempNum;
+                       while (!in.eof()) { 
+                               in >> tempNum; m->gobble(in);
+                               groupCounts[count] += tempNum; 
+                               count++;
                        }
+                       in.close(); remove(tempFile.c_str());
                        
-                       if (allFiles) { m->mothurOut("Done with allfiles"); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
                }
        
                return exitCommand;
@@ -893,7 +867,7 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::setLines(string filename, string qfilename, vector<unsigned
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
-void TrimSeqsCommand::getOligos(vector<string>& outFASTAVec, vector<string>& outQualVec){
+void TrimSeqsCommand::getOligos(vector<vector<string> >& fastaFileNames, vector<vector<string> >& qualFileNames){
        try {
                ifstream inOligos;
                m->openInputFile(oligoFile, inOligos);
@@ -901,10 +875,12 @@ void TrimSeqsCommand::getOligos(vector<string>& outFASTAVec, vector<string>& out
                ofstream test;
                
                string type, oligo, group;
-               int index=0;
-               //int indexPrimer = 0;
+
+               int indexPrimer = 0;
+               int indexBarcode = 0;
                
                while(!inOligos.eof()){
+
                        inOligos >> type; m->gobble(inOligos);
                                        
                        if(type[0] == '#'){
@@ -936,29 +912,8 @@ void TrimSeqsCommand::getOligos(vector<string>& outFASTAVec, vector<string>& out
                                        map<string, int>::iterator itPrime = primers.find(oligo);
                                        if (itPrime != primers.end()) { m->mothurOut("primer " + oligo + " is in your oligos file already."); m->mothurOutEndLine();  }
                                        
-                                               primers[oligo]=index; index++;
-                                               groupVector.push_back(group);
-                                       
-                                               if(allFiles){
-                                                       outFASTAVec.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + group + ".fasta"));
-                                                       if(qFileName != ""){
-                                                               outQualVec.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + group + ".qual"));
-                                                       }
-                                                       if (group == "") { //if there is not a group for this primer, then this file will not get written to, but we add it to keep the indexes correct
-                                                               filesToRemove.insert((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + group + ".fasta"));
-                                                               if(qFileName != ""){
-                                                                       filesToRemove.insert((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + group + ".qual"));
-                                                               }
-                                                       }else {
-                                                               outputNames.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + group + ".fasta"));
-                                                               outputTypes["fasta"].push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + group + ".fasta"));
-                                                               if(qFileName != ""){
-                                                                       outputNames.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + group + ".qual"));
-                                                                       outputTypes["qual"].push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + group + ".qual"));
-                                                               }                                                       
-                                                       }
-                                               }
-                                       
+                                       primers[oligo]=indexPrimer; indexPrimer++;              
+                                       primerNameVector.push_back(group);
                                }
                                else if(type == "REVERSE"){
                                        Sequence oligoRC("reverse", oligo);
@@ -971,58 +926,94 @@ void TrimSeqsCommand::getOligos(vector<string>& outFASTAVec, vector<string>& out
                                        //check for repeat barcodes
                                        map<string, int>::iterator itBar = barcodes.find(oligo);
                                        if (itBar != barcodes.end()) { m->mothurOut("barcode " + oligo + " is in your oligos file already."); m->mothurOutEndLine();  }
-                                       
-                                               barcodes[oligo]=index; index++;
-                                               groupVector.push_back(group);
                                                
-                                               if(allFiles){
-                                                       outputNames.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + group + ".fasta"));
-                                                       outputNames.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + group + ".fasta"));
-                                                       outFASTAVec.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + group + ".fasta"));
-                                                       if(qFileName != ""){
-                                                               outQualVec.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + group + ".qual"));
-                                                               outputNames.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + group + ".qual"));
-                                                               outputTypes["qual"].push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + group + ".qual"));
-                                                       }                                                       
-                                               }
-                                       
-                               }else{  m->mothurOut(type + " is not recognized as a valid type. Choices are forward, reverse, and barcode. Ignoring " + oligo + "."); m->mothurOutEndLine();  }
+                                       barcodes[oligo]=indexBarcode; indexBarcode++;
+                                       barcodeNameVector.push_back(group);
+                               }
+                               else{   m->mothurOut(type + " is not recognized as a valid type. Choices are forward, reverse, and barcode. Ignoring " + oligo + "."); m->mothurOutEndLine();  }
                        }
                        m->gobble(inOligos);
-               }
-               
+               }       
                inOligos.close();
                
+               if(barcodeNameVector.size() == 0 && primerNameVector[0] == ""){ allFiles = 0;   }
+               
                //add in potential combos
+               if(barcodeNameVector.size() == 0){
+                       barcodes[""] = 0;
+                       barcodeNameVector.push_back("");                        
+               }
+               
+               if(primerNameVector.size() == 0){
+                       primers[""] = 0;
+                       primerNameVector.push_back("");                 
+               }
+               
+               fastaFileNames.resize(barcodeNameVector.size());
+               for(int i=0;i<fastaFileNames.size();i++){
+                       fastaFileNames[i].assign(primerNameVector.size(), "");
+               }
+               if(qFileName != ""){    qualFileNames = fastaFileNames; }
+               
                if(allFiles){
-                       comboStarts = outFASTAVec.size()-1;
-                       for (map<string, int>::iterator itBar = barcodes.begin(); itBar != barcodes.end(); itBar++) {
-                               for (map<string, int>::iterator itPrime = primers.begin(); itPrime != primers.end(); itPrime++) {
-                                       if (groupVector[itPrime->second] != "") { //there is a group for this primer
-                                               outputNames.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + groupVector[itBar->second] + "." + groupVector[itPrime->second] + ".fasta"));
-                                               outputTypes["fasta"].push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + groupVector[itBar->second] + "." + groupVector[itPrime->second] + ".fasta"));
-                                               outFASTAVec.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + groupVector[itBar->second] + "." + groupVector[itPrime->second] + ".fasta"));
-                                               combos[(groupVector[itBar->second] + "." + groupVector[itPrime->second])] = outFASTAVec.size()-1;
-                                               
-                                               if(qFileName != ""){
-                                                       outQualVec.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + groupVector[itBar->second] + "." + groupVector[itPrime->second] + ".qual"));
-                                                       outputNames.push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + groupVector[itBar->second] + "." + groupVector[itPrime->second] + ".qual"));
-                                                       outputTypes["qual"].push_back((outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + groupVector[itBar->second] + "." + groupVector[itPrime->second] + ".qual"));
+                       set<string> uniqueNames; //used to cleanup outputFileNames
+                       for(map<string, int>::iterator itBar = barcodes.begin();itBar != barcodes.end();itBar++){
+                               for(map<string, int>::iterator itPrimer = primers.begin();itPrimer != primers.end(); itPrimer++){
+                                       
+                                       string primerName = primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
+                                       string barcodeName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second];
+                                       
+                                       string comboGroupName = "";
+                                       string fastaFileName = "";
+                                       string qualFileName = "";
+                                       
+                                       if(primerName == ""){
+                                               comboGroupName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second];
+                                       }
+                                       else{
+                                               if(barcodeName == ""){
+                                                       comboGroupName = primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
                                                }
+                                               else{
+                                                       comboGroupName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second] + "." + primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
+                                               }
+                                       }
+
+                                       ofstream temp;
+                                       fastaFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + comboGroupName + ".fasta";
+                                       if (uniqueNames.count(fastaFileName) == 0) {
+                                               outputNames.push_back(fastaFileName);
+                                               outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(fastaFileName);
+                                               uniqueNames.insert(fastaFileName);
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       fastaFileNames[itBar->second][itPrimer->second] = fastaFileName;
+                                       m->openOutputFile(fastaFileName, temp);         temp.close();
+
+                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                               qualFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + comboGroupName + ".qual";
+                                               if (uniqueNames.count(fastaFileName) == 0) {
+                                                       outputNames.push_back(qualFileName);
+                                                       outputTypes["qfile"].push_back(qualFileName);
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               qualFileNames[itBar->second][itPrimer->second] = qualFileName;
+                                               m->openOutputFile(qualFileName, temp);          temp.close();
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                }
-               
                numFPrimers = primers.size();
                numRPrimers = revPrimer.size();
-               
+               groupCounts.resize(barcodeNameVector.size(), 0);
+
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "getOligos");
                exit(1);
        }
 }
+
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
 int TrimSeqsCommand::stripBarcode(Sequence& seq, QualityScores& qual, int& group){
@@ -1053,11 +1044,9 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::stripBarcode(Sequence& seq, QualityScores& qual, int& group
                }
                
                //if you found the barcode or if you don't want to allow for diffs
-//             cout << success;
                if ((bdiffs == 0) || (success == 0)) { return success;  }
                
                else { //try aligning and see if you can find it
-//                     cout << endl;
 
                        int maxLength = 0;
 
@@ -1104,8 +1093,6 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::stripBarcode(Sequence& seq, QualityScores& qual, int& group
                                
                                int numDiff = countDiffs(oligo, temp);
                                
-//                             cout << oligo << '\t' << temp << '\t' << numDiff << endl;                               
-                               
                                if(numDiff < minDiff){
                                        minDiff = numDiff;
                                        minCount = 1;
@@ -1138,7 +1125,6 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::stripBarcode(Sequence& seq, QualityScores& qual, int& group
                        if (alignment != NULL) {  delete alignment;  }
                        
                }
-//             cout << success << endl;
                
                return success;
                
@@ -1177,11 +1163,9 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::stripForward(Sequence& seq, QualityScores& qual, int& group
                }
 
                //if you found the barcode or if you don't want to allow for diffs
-//             cout << success;
                if ((pdiffs == 0) || (success == 0)) { return success;  }
                
                else { //try aligning and see if you can find it
-//                     cout << endl;
 
                        int maxLength = 0;
 
@@ -1228,8 +1212,6 @@ int TrimSeqsCommand::stripForward(Sequence& seq, QualityScores& qual, int& group
                                
                                int numDiff = countDiffs(oligo, temp);
                                
-//                             cout << oligo << '\t' << temp << '\t' << numDiff << endl;                               
-                               
                                if(numDiff < minDiff){
                                        minDiff = numDiff;
                                        minCount = 1;