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 #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", "", "10", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminsnp);
+               CommandParameter pminbs("minbs", "Number", "", "90", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminbs);
+               CommandParameter psearch("search", "Multiple", "kmer-blast", "blast", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psearch);
+               CommandParameter pprocessors("processors", "Number", "", "1", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pprocessors);
+               CommandParameter prealign("realign", "Boolean", "", "T", "", "", "",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", "", "1000", "", "", "",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, numwanted, and realign.\n";
+               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 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=1000.\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: 10) \n";
+               helpString += "The search parameter allows you to specify search method for finding the closest parent. Choices are blast, and kmer, default blast. \n";
+               helpString += "The realign parameter allows you to realign the query to the potential parents. Choices are true or false, default true.  \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 if(option == "citation") { citation(); 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();
@@ -96,53 +139,75 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                                                
                        //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
                                for (int i = 0; i < fastaFileNames.size(); i++) {
-                                       if (inputDir != "") {
-                                               string path = m->hasPath(fastaFileNames[i]);
-                                               //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
-                                               if (path == "") {       fastaFileNames[i] = inputDir + fastaFileNames[i];               }
-                                       }
-       
-                                       int ableToOpen;
-                                       ifstream in;
                                        
-                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(fastaFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
-                               
-                                       //if you can't open it, try default location
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
-                                               if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
-                                                       string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[i]);
-                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       ifstream in2;
-                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
-                                                       in2.close();
-                                                       fastaFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                       bool ignore = false;
+                                       if (fastaFileNames[i] == "current") { 
+                                               fastaFileNames[i] = m->getFastaFile(); 
+                                               if (fastaFileNames[i] != "") {  m->mothurOut("Using " + fastaFileNames[i] + " as input file for the fasta parameter where you had given current."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                                               else {  
+                                                       m->mothurOut("You have no current fastafile, ignoring current."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); ignore=true; 
+                                                       //erase from file list
+                                                       fastaFileNames.erase(fastaFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
                                                }
                                        }
                                        
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
-                                               if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
-                                                       string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[i]);
-                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       ifstream in2;
-                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
-                                                       in2.close();
-                                                       fastaFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                       if (!ignore) {
+                                               
+                                               if (inputDir != "") {
+                                                       string path = m->hasPath(fastaFileNames[i]);
+                                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                                       if (path == "") {       fastaFileNames[i] = inputDir + fastaFileNames[i];               }
                                                }
-                                       }
-                                       
-                                       in.close();
+               
+                                               int ableToOpen;
+                                               ifstream in;
+                                               
+                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(fastaFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
                                        
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
-                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
-                                               //erase from file list
-                                               fastaFileNames.erase(fastaFileNames.begin()+i);
-                                               i--;
+                                               //if you can't open it, try default location
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                                       if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                               string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               fastaFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                                       if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                               string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               fastaFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               in.close();
+                                               
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                                                       //erase from file list
+                                                       fastaFileNames.erase(fastaFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
+                                               }else {
+                                                       m->setFastaFile(fastaFileNames[i]);
+                                               }
                                        }
                                }
                                
@@ -160,47 +225,65 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                                
                                //go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them
                                for (int i = 0; i < nameFileNames.size(); i++) {
-                                       if (inputDir != "") {
-                                               string path = m->hasPath(nameFileNames[i]);
-                                               //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
-                                               if (path == "") {       nameFileNames[i] = inputDir + nameFileNames[i];         }
-                                       }
                                        
-                                       int ableToOpen;
-                                       ifstream in;
-                                       
-                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(nameFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
-                                       
-                                       //if you can't open it, try default location
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
-                                               if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
-                                                       string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(nameFileNames[i]);
-                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       ifstream in2;
-                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
-                                                       in2.close();
-                                                       nameFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                       bool ignore = false;
+                                       if (nameFileNames[i] == "current") { 
+                                               nameFileNames[i] = m->getNameFile(); 
+                                               if (nameFileNames[i] != "") {  m->mothurOut("Using " + nameFileNames[i] + " as input file for the name parameter where you had given current."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                                               else {  
+                                                       m->mothurOut("You have no current namefile, ignoring current."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); ignore=true; 
+                                                       //erase from file list
+                                                       nameFileNames.erase(nameFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
                                                }
                                        }
                                        
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
-                                               if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
-                                                       string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(nameFileNames[i]);
-                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       ifstream in2;
-                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
-                                                       in2.close();
-                                                       nameFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                       if (!ignore) {
+                                               
+                                               if (inputDir != "") {
+                                                       string path = m->hasPath(nameFileNames[i]);
+                                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                                       if (path == "") {       nameFileNames[i] = inputDir + nameFileNames[i];         }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               int ableToOpen;
+                                               ifstream in;
+                                               
+                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(nameFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
+                                               
+                                               //if you can't open it, try default location
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                                       if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                               string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(nameFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               nameFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                                       if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                               string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(nameFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               nameFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               in.close();
+                                               
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                                                       //erase from file list
+                                                       nameFileNames.erase(nameFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
+                                               }else {
+                                                       m->setNameFile(nameFileNames[i]);
                                                }
-                                       }
-                                       
-                                       in.close();
-                                       
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
-                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
-                                               //erase from file list
-                                               nameFileNames.erase(nameFileNames.begin()+i);
-                                               i--;
                                        }
                                }
                                
@@ -215,27 +298,26 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                        
                        
                        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, unless and namefile is given."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }    
                                }
-                       }
+                       }else if (hasName) {  templatefile = "self"; }
+                       else { 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"; }
-                       if ((includeAbunds != "greater") && (includeAbunds != "greaterequal") && (includeAbunds != "all")) { includeAbunds = "greater"; m->mothurOut("Invalid include setting. options are greater, greaterequal or all. using greater."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
-                       
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "ksize", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "7"; }
                        convert(temp, ksize);
                                                
@@ -260,21 +342,24 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minbs", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "90"; }
                        convert(temp, minBS);
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minsnp", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "100"; }
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minsnp", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "10"; }
                        convert(temp, minSNP);
 
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "parents", false);                  if (temp == "not found") { temp = "3"; }
                        convert(temp, parents); 
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "realign", false);                  if (temp == "not found") { temp = "f"; }
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "realign", false);                  if (temp == "not found") { temp = "t"; }
                        realign = m->isTrue(temp); 
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "trim", false);                             if (temp == "not found") { temp = "f"; }
                        trim = m->isTrue(temp); 
                        
-                       search = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "search", false);                 if (search == "not found") { search = "distance"; }
+                       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 = "blast"; }
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "iters", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "100"; }              
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "iters", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1000"; }             
                        convert(temp, iters); 
                         
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "increment", false);                if (temp == "not found") { temp = "5"; }
@@ -283,7 +368,7 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "numwanted", false);                if (temp == "not found") { temp = "15"; }               
                        convert(temp, numwanted);
 
-                       if ((search != "distance") && (search != "blast") && (search != "kmer")) { m->mothurOut(search + " is not a valid search."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
+                       if ((search != "blast") && (search != "kmer")) { m->mothurOut(search + " is not a valid search."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
                }
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -291,59 +376,11 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                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++) {
                                
@@ -354,10 +391,11 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                        if (templatefile != "self") { //you want to run slayer with a refernce template
                                chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, search, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign);     
                        }else {
+                               if (processors != 1) { m->mothurOut("When using template=self, mothur can only use 1 processor, continuing."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); processors = 1; }
+                               string nameFile = "";
                                if (nameFileNames.size() != 0) { //you provided a namefile and we don't need to create one
-                                       chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, nameFileNames[s], search, includeAbunds, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign);    
+                                       nameFile = nameFileNames[s];
                                }else {
-                                       
                                        m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->mothurOut("No namesfile given, running unique.seqs command to generate one."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                        
                                        //use unique.seqs to create new name and fastafile
@@ -374,11 +412,18 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                                        
                                        m->mothurOut("/******************************************/"); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
                                        
-                                       string nameFile = filenames["name"][0];
+                                       nameFile = filenames["name"][0];
                                        fastaFileNames[s] = filenames["fasta"][0];
-                       
-                                       chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, nameFile, search, includeAbunds, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign);    
                                }
+                               
+                               //sort fastafile by abundance, returns new sorted fastafile name
+                               m->mothurOut("Sorting fastafile according to abundance..."); cout.flush(); 
+                               map<string, int> priority = sortFastaFile(fastaFileNames[s], nameFile);
+                               m->mothurOut("Done."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                               
+                               if (m->control_pressed) {  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {       remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }  return 0;    }
+
+                               chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, priority, search, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign);   
                        }
                                
                        if (outputDir == "") { outputDir = m->hasPath(fastaFileNames[s]);  }//if user entered a file with a path then preserve it                               
@@ -448,36 +493,58 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
 
                                        MPIPos = m->setFilePosFasta(fastaFileNames[s], numSeqs); //fills MPIPos, returns numSeqs
                                        
-                                       //send file positions to all processes
-                                       for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
-                                               MPI_Send(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-                                               MPI_Send(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                       if (templatefile != "self") { //if template=self we can only use 1 processor
+                                               //send file positions to all processes
+                                               for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+                                                       MPI_Send(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                                       MPI_Send(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                               }
                                        }
-                                       
                                        //figure out how many sequences you have to align
                                        numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
                                        int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
                                        if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;      }
-                               
+                                       
+                                       if (templatefile == "self") { //if template=self we can only use 1 processor
+                                               startIndex = 0;
+                                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs;
+                                       }
+                                       
                                        //do your part
                                        driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, outMPIAccnos, outMPIFasta, MPIPos);
                                        
+                                       int numNoParents = chimera->getNumNoParents();
+                                       int temp;
+                                       for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+                                               MPI_Recv(&temp, 1, MPI_INT, 1, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                               numNoParents += temp;
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       
+                                       if (numSeqs == numNoParents) {  m->mothurOut("[WARNING]: megablast returned 0 potential parents for all your sequences. This could be due to formatdb.exe not being setup properly, please check formatdb.log for errors."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                                       
                                        if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear();  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI); if (trim) { MPI_File_close(&outMPIFasta); }  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }  remove(outputFileName.c_str());  remove(accnosFileName.c_str());  delete chimera; return 0;  }
 
                                }else{ //you are a child process
-                                       MPI_Recv(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
-                                       MPIPos.resize(numSeqs+1);
-                                       MPI_Recv(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                       if (templatefile != "self") { //if template=self we can only use 1 processor
+                                               MPI_Recv(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                               MPIPos.resize(numSeqs+1);
+                                               MPI_Recv(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
                                        
-                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to align
-                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
-                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
-                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;      }
+                                               //figure out how many sequences you have to align
+                                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
+                                               int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                               if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;      }
                                        
-                                       //do your part
-                                       driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, outMPIAccnos, outMPIFasta, MPIPos);
+                                               //do your part
+                                               driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, outMPIAccnos, outMPIFasta, MPIPos);
+                                               
+                                               int numNoParents = chimera->getNumNoParents();
+                                               MPI_Send(&numNoParents, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
                                        
-                                       if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear();  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI); if (trim) { MPI_File_close(&outMPIFasta); }  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }  delete chimera; return 0;  }
+                                               if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear();  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI); if (trim) { MPI_File_close(&outMPIFasta); }  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }  delete chimera; return 0;  }
+                               
+                                       }
                                }
                                
                                //close files 
@@ -506,6 +573,9 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                                if(processors == 1){
                                        numSeqs = driver(lines[0], outputFileName, fastaFileNames[s], accnosFileName, trimFastaFileName);
                                        
+                                       int numNoParents = chimera->getNumNoParents();
+                                       if (numNoParents == numSeqs) { m->mothurOut("[WARNING]: megablast returned 0 potential parents for all your sequences. This could be due to formatdb.exe not being setup properly, please check formatdb.log for errors."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                                       
                                        if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear(); if (trim) { remove(trimFastaFileName.c_str()); } remove(outputFileName.c_str()); remove(tempHeader.c_str()); remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {      remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); } for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear(); delete chimera; return 0; }
                                        
                                }else{
@@ -542,6 +612,10 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                        #else
                                numSeqs = driver(lines[0], outputFileName, fastaFileNames[s], accnosFileName, trimFastaFileName);
                                
+                               int numNoParents = chimera->getNumNoParents();
+                               if (numNoParents == numSeqs) { m->mothurOut("[WARNING]: megablast returned 0 potential parents for all your sequences. This could be due to formatdb.exe not being setup properly, please check formatdb.log for errors."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+
+                               
                                if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear(); if (trim) { remove(trimFastaFileName.c_str()); } remove(outputFileName.c_str()); remove(tempHeader.c_str()); remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {      remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); } for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear(); delete chimera; return 0; }
                                
                        #endif
@@ -564,6 +638,20 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                        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();    }       
@@ -603,9 +691,9 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string outputFName, string f
                        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
-                               
                                if (candidateSeq->getAligned().length() != templateSeqsLength) {  
                                        m->mothurOut(candidateSeq->getName() + " is not the same length as the template sequences. Skipping."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                }else{
@@ -613,15 +701,59 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string outputFName, string f
                                        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 left; delete right;
+                                               
+                                       }else { //already chimeric
+                                               //print results
+                                               Sequence trimmed = chimera->print(out, out2);
+                                               if (trim) { trimmed.printSequence(out3);  }
+                                       }
+                                       
                                        
-                                       if (trim) { trimmed->printSequence(out3); delete trimmed; }
                                }
-                       count++;
+                               count++;
                        }
-                       delete candidateSeq;
                        
                        #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                                unsigned long int pos = inFASTA.tellg();
@@ -630,6 +762,7 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string outputFName, string f
                                if (inFASTA.eof()) { break; }
                        #endif
                        
+                       delete candidateSeq;
                        //report progress
                        if((count) % 100 == 0){ m->mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();         }
                }
@@ -673,6 +806,7 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_Fil
                        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
                                
@@ -684,23 +818,75 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_Fil
                                        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";
+                                                       
+                                                       //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";
+                                                       
+                                                       //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;
@@ -743,9 +929,8 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename
                                ofstream out;
                                string tempFile = outputFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".num.temp";
                                m->openOutputFile(tempFile, out);
-                               out << num << endl;
+                               out << num << '\t' << chimera->getNumNoParents() << endl;
                                out.close();
-                               
                                exit(0);
                        }else { 
                                m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
@@ -760,14 +945,17 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename
                        wait(&temp);
                }
                
+               int numNoParents = 0;
                for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) {
                        ifstream in;
                        string tempFile =  outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".num.temp";
                        m->openInputFile(tempFile, in);
-                       if (!in.eof()) { int tempNum = 0; in >> tempNum; num += tempNum; }
+                       if (!in.eof()) { int tempNum = 0; int tempNumParents = 0; in >> tempNum >> tempNumParents; num += tempNum; numNoParents += tempNumParents; }
                        in.close(); remove(tempFile.c_str());
                }
                
+               if (num == numNoParents) {  m->mothurOut("[WARNING]: megablast returned 0 potential parents for all your sequences. This could be due to formatdb.exe not being setup properly, please check formatdb.log for errors."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+               
                return num;
 #endif         
        }
@@ -779,4 +967,94 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename
 
 /**************************************************************************************************/
 
+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);
+       }
+}
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+map<string, int> ChimeraSlayerCommand::sortFastaFile(string fastaFile, string nameFile) {
+       try {
+               map<string, int> nameAbund;
+               
+               //read through fastafile and store info
+               map<string, string> seqs;
+               ifstream in;
+               m->openInputFile(fastaFile, in);
+               
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { in.close(); return nameAbund; }
+                       
+                       Sequence seq(in); m->gobble(in);
+                       seqs[seq.getName()] = seq.getAligned();
+               }
+               
+               in.close();
+               
+               //read namefile
+               vector<seqPriorityNode> nameMapCount;
+               int error = m->readNames(nameFile, nameMapCount, seqs);
+               
+               if (m->control_pressed) { return nameAbund; }
+               
+               if (error == 1) { m->control_pressed = true; return nameAbund; }
+               if (seqs.size() != nameMapCount.size()) { m->mothurOut( "The number of sequences in your fastafile does not match the number of sequences in your namefile, aborting."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->control_pressed = true; return nameAbund; }
+
+               sort(nameMapCount.begin(), nameMapCount.end(), compareSeqPriorityNodes);
+               
+               string newFasta = fastaFile + ".temp";
+               ofstream out;
+               m->openOutputFile(newFasta, out);
+               
+               //print new file in order of
+               for (int i = 0; i < nameMapCount.size(); i++) {
+                       out << ">" << nameMapCount[i].name << endl << nameMapCount[i].seq << endl;
+                       nameAbund[nameMapCount[i].name] = nameMapCount[i].numIdentical;
+               }
+               out.close();
+               
+               rename(newFasta.c_str(), fastaFile.c_str());
+                               
+               return nameAbund;
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "sortFastaFile");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+/**************************************************************************************************/