}
+/***********************************************************************/
+
+inline int getNumSeqs(ifstream& file){
+
+ int numSeqs = count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(file),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
+ file.seekg(0);
+ return numSeqs;
+
+}
+
/***********************************************************************/
//This function parses the estimator options and puts them in a vector