+/**************************************************************************************************/
+int DistanceCommand::convertToLowerTriangle(string outputFile) {
+ try{
+
+ //sort file by first column so the distances for each row are together
+ string outfile = getRootName(outputFile) + "sorted.dist.temp";
+
+ //use the unix sort
+ #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+ string command = "sort -n " + outputFile + " -o " + outfile;
+ system(command.c_str());
+ #else //sort using windows sort
+ string command = "sort " + outputFile + " /O " + outfile;
+ system(command.c_str());
+ #endif
+
+
+ //output to new file distance for each row and save positions in file where new row begins
+ ifstream in;
+ openInputFile(outfile, in);
+
+ ofstream out;
+ openOutputFile(outputFile, out);
+
+ out.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); out.setf(ios::showpoint);
+
+ out << alignDB.getNumSeqs() << endl;
+
+ //get first currentRow
+ string first, currentRow, second;
+ float dist;
+ int i, j;
+ i = 0; j = 0;
+ map<string, float> rowDists; //take advantage of the fact that maps are already sorted by key
+ map<string, float>::iterator it;
+
+ in >> first;
+ currentRow = first;
+
+ rowDists[first] = 0.00; //distance to yourself is 0.0
+
+ in.seekg(0);
+ //openInputFile(outfile, in);
+
+ while(!in.eof()) {
+ if (m->control_pressed) { in.close(); remove(outfile.c_str()); out.close(); return 0; }
+
+ in >> first >> second >> dist; gobble(in);
+
+ if (first != currentRow) {
+ //print out last row
+ out << currentRow << '\t'; //print name
+
+ //print dists
+ for (it = rowDists.begin(); it != rowDists.end(); it++) {
+ if (j >= i) { break; }
+ out << it->second << '\t';
+ j++;
+ }
+ out << endl;
+
+ //start new row
+ currentRow = first;
+ rowDists.clear();
+ rowDists[first] = 0.00;
+ rowDists[second] = dist;
+ j = 0;
+ i++;
+ }else{
+ rowDists[second] = dist;
+ }
+ }
+ //print out last row
+ out << currentRow << '\t'; //print name
+
+ //print dists
+ for (it = rowDists.begin(); it != rowDists.end(); it++) {
+ out << it->second << '\t';
+ }
+ out << endl;
+
+ in.close();
+ out.close();
+
+ remove(outfile.c_str());
+
+ return 1;
+
+ }
+ catch(exception& e) {
+ m->errorOut(e, "DistanceCommand", "convertToLowerTriangle");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+}