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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Martin A. Hansen.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+# http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+# This program is part of the Biopieces framework (www.biopieces.org).
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DESCRIPTION <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+# Convert ASCII encoded quality scores in stream to a semi-colon seperated string of decimal values.
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+
+require 'biopieces'
+
+# Expading class Hash with possibly evil monkey patch.
+class Hash
+ # Method to convert scores from ASCII encode string to
+ # a semi-colon seperated string of decimal values.
+ def scores2dec!(base)
+ if self.has_key? :SCORES
+ self[:SCORES].gsub! /./ do |score|
+ score = (score.ord - base).to_s + ";"
+ end
+
+ self[:SCORES].chomp! ";"
+ end
+
+ self
+ end
+end
+
+casts = []
+casts << {:long=>'base', :short=>'b', :type=>'uint', :mandatory=>false, :default=>64, :allowed=>"33,59,64", :disallowed=>nil}
+
+bp = Biopieces.new
+
+options = bp.parse(ARGV, casts)
+
+bp.each_record do |record|
+ bp.puts record.scores2dec!(options[:base])
+end
+
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+
+__END__