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added sets to amova and homova commands. added oligos to make.contigs. added metadat...
[mothur.git] / mothurout.cpp
index 0c3ef3d9cddf5cc90544d9a6d0117882d60db6b6..37c0916d4c49e1f8ed8ca979c7ff61b7e1a13ef3 100644 (file)
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "mothurout.h"
 
+
 /******************************************************/
 MothurOut* MothurOut::getInstance() {
        if( _uniqueInstance == 0) {
@@ -17,6 +18,222 @@ MothurOut* MothurOut::getInstance() {
        return _uniqueInstance;
 }
 /*********************************************************************************************/
+set<string> MothurOut::getCurrentTypes()  {
+       try {
+        
+        set<string> types;
+        types.insert("fasta");
+        types.insert("accnos");
+        types.insert("column");
+        types.insert("design");
+        types.insert("group");
+        types.insert("list");
+        types.insert("name");
+        types.insert("oligos");
+        types.insert("order");
+        types.insert("ordergroup");
+        types.insert("phylip");
+        types.insert("qfile");
+        types.insert("relabund");
+        types.insert("sabund");
+        types.insert("rabund");
+        types.insert("sff");
+        types.insert("shared");
+        types.insert("taxonomy");
+        types.insert("tree");
+        types.insert("flow");
+        types.insert("biom");
+        types.insert("count");
+        types.insert("processors");
+
+               return types;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "getCurrentTypes");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/*********************************************************************************************/
+void MothurOut::printCurrentFiles()  {
+       try {
+        
+        
+               if (accnosfile != "")           {  mothurOut("accnos=" + accnosfile); mothurOutEndLine();                       }
+               if (columnfile != "")           {  mothurOut("column=" + columnfile); mothurOutEndLine();                       }
+               if (designfile != "")           {  mothurOut("design=" + designfile); mothurOutEndLine();                       }
+               if (fastafile != "")            {  mothurOut("fasta=" + fastafile); mothurOutEndLine();                         }
+               if (groupfile != "")            {  mothurOut("group=" + groupfile); mothurOutEndLine();                         }
+               if (listfile != "")                     {  mothurOut("list=" + listfile); mothurOutEndLine();                           }
+               if (namefile != "")                     {  mothurOut("name=" + namefile); mothurOutEndLine();                           }
+               if (oligosfile != "")           {  mothurOut("oligos=" + oligosfile); mothurOutEndLine();                       }
+               if (orderfile != "")            {  mothurOut("order=" + orderfile); mothurOutEndLine();                         }
+               if (ordergroupfile != "")       {  mothurOut("ordergroup=" + ordergroupfile); mothurOutEndLine();       }
+               if (phylipfile != "")           {  mothurOut("phylip=" + phylipfile); mothurOutEndLine();                       }
+               if (qualfile != "")                     {  mothurOut("qfile=" + qualfile); mothurOutEndLine();                          }
+               if (rabundfile != "")           {  mothurOut("rabund=" + rabundfile); mothurOutEndLine();                       }
+               if (relabundfile != "")         {  mothurOut("relabund=" + relabundfile); mothurOutEndLine();           }
+               if (sabundfile != "")           {  mothurOut("sabund=" + sabundfile); mothurOutEndLine();                       }
+               if (sfffile != "")                      {  mothurOut("sff=" + sfffile); mothurOutEndLine();                                     }
+               if (sharedfile != "")           {  mothurOut("shared=" + sharedfile); mothurOutEndLine();                       }
+               if (taxonomyfile != "")         {  mothurOut("taxonomy=" + taxonomyfile); mothurOutEndLine();           }
+               if (treefile != "")                     {  mothurOut("tree=" + treefile); mothurOutEndLine();                           }
+               if (flowfile != "")                     {  mothurOut("flow=" + flowfile); mothurOutEndLine();                           }
+        if (biomfile != "")                    {  mothurOut("biom=" + biomfile); mothurOutEndLine();                           }
+        if (counttablefile != "")      {  mothurOut("count=" + counttablefile); mothurOutEndLine();    }
+               if (processors != "1")          {  mothurOut("processors=" + processors); mothurOutEndLine();           }
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "printCurrentFiles");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/*********************************************************************************************/
+bool MothurOut::hasCurrentFiles()  {
+       try {
+               bool hasCurrent = false;
+               
+               if (accnosfile != "")           {  return true;                 }
+               if (columnfile != "")           {  return true;                 }
+               if (designfile != "")           {  return true;                 }
+               if (fastafile != "")            {  return true;                 }
+               if (groupfile != "")            {  return true;                 }
+               if (listfile != "")                     {  return true;                 }
+               if (namefile != "")                     {  return true;                 }
+               if (oligosfile != "")           {  return true;                 }
+               if (orderfile != "")            {  return true;                 }
+               if (ordergroupfile != "")       {  return true;                 }
+               if (phylipfile != "")           {  return true;                 }
+               if (qualfile != "")                     {  return true;                 }
+               if (rabundfile != "")           {  return true;                 }
+               if (relabundfile != "")         {  return true;                 }
+               if (sabundfile != "")           {  return true;                 }
+               if (sfffile != "")                      {  return true;                 }
+               if (sharedfile != "")           {  return true;                 }
+               if (taxonomyfile != "")         {  return true;                 }
+               if (treefile != "")                     {  return true;                 }
+               if (flowfile != "")                     {  return true;                 }
+        if (biomfile != "")                    {  return true;                 }
+        if (counttablefile != "")      {  return true;                 }
+               if (processors != "1")          {  return true;                 }
+               
+               return hasCurrent;
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "hasCurrentFiles");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+/*********************************************************************************************/
+void MothurOut::clearCurrentFiles()  {
+       try {
+               phylipfile = "";
+               columnfile = "";
+               listfile = "";
+               rabundfile = "";
+               sabundfile = "";
+               namefile = "";
+               groupfile = "";
+               designfile = "";
+               orderfile = "";
+               treefile = "";
+               sharedfile = "";
+               ordergroupfile = "";
+               relabundfile = "";
+               fastafile = "";
+               qualfile = "";
+               sfffile = "";
+               oligosfile = "";
+               accnosfile = "";
+               taxonomyfile = "";      
+               flowfile = "";
+        biomfile = "";
+        counttablefile = "";
+               processors = "1";
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "clearCurrentFiles");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+string MothurOut::findProgramPath(string programName){
+       try { 
+               
+               string envPath = getenv("PATH");
+               string pPath = "";
+               
+               //delimiting path char
+               char delim;
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
+        delim = ':';
+#else
+        delim = ';';
+#endif
+               
+               //break apart path variable by ':'
+               vector<string> dirs;
+               splitAtChar(envPath, dirs, delim);
+               
+        if (debug) { mothurOut("[DEBUG]: dir's in path: \n"); }
+        
+               //get path related to mothur
+               for (int i = 0; i < dirs.size(); i++) {
+            
+            if (debug) { mothurOut("[DEBUG]: " + dirs[i] + "\n"); }
+            
+                       //to lower so we can find it
+                       string tempLower = "";
+                       for (int j = 0; j < dirs[i].length(); j++) {  tempLower += tolower(dirs[i][j]);  }
+                       
+                       //is this mothurs path?
+                       if (tempLower.find(programName) != -1) {  pPath = dirs[i]; break;  }
+               }
+        
+               if (debug) { mothurOut("[DEBUG]: programPath = " + pPath + "\n"); }
+        
+               if (pPath != "") {
+                       //add programName so it looks like what argv would look like
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
+            pPath += "/" + programName;
+#else
+            pPath += "\\" + programName;
+#endif
+               }else {
+                       //okay programName is not in the path, so the folder programName is in must be in the path
+                       //lets find out which one
+                       
+                       //get path related to the program
+                       for (int i = 0; i < dirs.size(); i++) {
+                
+                if (debug) { mothurOut("[DEBUG]: looking in " + dirs[i] + " for " + programName + " \n"); }
+                
+                               //is this the programs path?
+                               ifstream in;
+                               string tempIn = dirs[i];
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
+                tempIn += "/" + programName;
+#else
+                tempIn += "\\" + programName;
+#endif
+                               openInputFile(tempIn, in, "");
+                               
+                               //if this file exists
+                               if (in) { in.close(); pPath = tempIn; if (debug) { mothurOut("[DEBUG]: found it, programPath = " + pPath + "\n"); } break;   }
+                       }
+               }
+               
+               return pPath;
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "findProgramPath");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/*********************************************************************************************/
 void MothurOut::setFileName(string filename)  {
        try {
                logFileName = filename;
@@ -45,7 +262,7 @@ void MothurOut::setDefaultPath(string pathname)  {
        
                //add / to name if needed
                string lastChar = pathname.substr(pathname.length()-1);
-               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
                        if (lastChar != "/") { pathname += "/"; }
                #else
                        if (lastChar != "\\") { pathname += "\\"; }     
@@ -60,6 +277,16 @@ void MothurOut::setDefaultPath(string pathname)  {
        }
 }
 /*********************************************************************************************/
+void MothurOut::setOutputDir(string pathname)  {
+       try {
+               outputDir = pathname;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "setOutputDir");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/*********************************************************************************************/
 void MothurOut::closeLog()  {
        try {
                
@@ -104,8 +331,8 @@ void MothurOut::mothurOut(string output) {
                        if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output to screen
                #endif
                
-               cout << output;
                out << output;
+        logger() << output;
                
                #ifdef USE_MPI
                        }
@@ -126,8 +353,8 @@ void MothurOut::mothurOutEndLine() {
                        if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output to screen
                #endif
                
-               cout << endl;
                out << endl;
+        logger() << endl;
                
                #ifdef USE_MPI
                        }
@@ -139,6 +366,55 @@ void MothurOut::mothurOutEndLine() {
        }
 }
 /*********************************************************************************************/
+void MothurOut::mothurOut(string output, ofstream& outputFile) {
+       try {
+               
+#ifdef USE_MPI
+               int pid;
+               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
+               
+               if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output to screen
+#endif
+                       
+                       
+                       out << output;
+                       outputFile << output;
+            logger() << output;
+                       
+#ifdef USE_MPI
+               }
+#endif
+        
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "MothurOut");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/*********************************************************************************************/
+void MothurOut::mothurOutEndLine(ofstream& outputFile) {
+       try {
+#ifdef USE_MPI
+               int pid;
+               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
+               
+               if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output to screen
+#endif
+                       
+                       out << endl;
+                       outputFile << endl;
+            logger() << endl;
+                       
+#ifdef USE_MPI
+               }
+#endif
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "MothurOutEndLine");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/*********************************************************************************************/
 void MothurOut::mothurOutJustToLog(string output) {
        try {
                #ifdef USE_MPI
@@ -177,7 +453,7 @@ void MothurOut::errorOut(exception& e, string object, string function) {
 //
 // On failure, returns 0.0, 0.0
 int MothurOut::mem_usage(double& vm_usage, double& resident_set) {
-  #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+  #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
   
           vm_usage     = 0.0;
           resident_set = 0.0;
@@ -276,9 +552,10 @@ int MothurOut::openOutputFileAppend(string fileName, ofstream& fileHandle){
 /***********************************************************************/
 void MothurOut::gobble(istream& f){
        try {
+               
                char d;
-               while(isspace(d=f.get()))               {;}
-               f.putback(d);
+               while(isspace(d=f.get()))               { ;}
+               if(!f.eof()) { f.putback(d); }
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "gobble");
@@ -290,7 +567,7 @@ void MothurOut::gobble(istringstream& f){
        try {
                char d;
                while(isspace(d=f.get()))               {;}
-               f.putback(d);
+               if(!f.eof()) { f.putback(d); }
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "gobble");
@@ -329,12 +606,12 @@ string MothurOut::getline(ifstream& fileHandle) {
        
                string line = "";
                
-               while (!fileHandle.eof())       {
+               while (fileHandle)      {
                        //get next character
                        char c = fileHandle.get(); 
                        
                        //are you at the end of the line
-                       if ((c == '\n') || (c == '\r') || (c == '\f')){  break; }       
+                       if ((c == '\n') || (c == '\r') || (c == '\f') || (c == EOF)){  break;   }       
                        else {          line += c;              }
                }
                
@@ -348,18 +625,21 @@ string MothurOut::getline(ifstream& fileHandle) {
 }
 /***********************************************************************/
 
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
 #ifdef USE_COMPRESSION
 inline bool endsWith(string s, const char * suffix){
   size_t suffixLength = strlen(suffix);
   return s.size() >= suffixLength && s.substr(s.size() - suffixLength, suffixLength).compare(suffix) == 0;
 }
 #endif
+#endif
 
 string MothurOut::getRootName(string longName){
        try {
        
                string rootName = longName;
 
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
 #ifdef USE_COMPRESSION
     if (endsWith(rootName, ".gz") || endsWith(rootName, ".bz2")) {
       int pos = rootName.find_last_of('.');
@@ -367,7 +647,7 @@ string MothurOut::getRootName(string longName){
       cerr << "shortening " << longName << " to " << rootName << "\n";
     }
 #endif
-
+#endif
                if(rootName.find_last_of(".") != rootName.npos){
                        int pos = rootName.find_last_of('.')+1;
                        rootName = rootName.substr(0, pos);
@@ -403,6 +683,21 @@ string MothurOut::getSimpleName(string longName){
 
 /***********************************************************************/
 
+int MothurOut::getRandomIndex(int highest){
+       try {
+               
+               int random = (int) ((float)(highest+1) * (float)(rand()) / ((float)RAND_MAX+1.0));
+               
+               return random;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "getRandomIndex");
+               exit(1);
+       }       
+       
+}
+/**********************************************************************/
+
 string MothurOut::getPathName(string longName){
        try {
                string rootPathName = longName;
@@ -422,6 +717,48 @@ string MothurOut::getPathName(string longName){
 }
 /***********************************************************************/
 
+bool MothurOut::dirCheck(string& dirName){
+       try {
+        
+        string tag = "";
+        #ifdef USE_MPI
+            int pid; 
+            MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are
+               
+            tag = toString(pid);
+        #endif
+
+        //add / to name if needed
+        string lastChar = dirName.substr(dirName.length()-1);
+        #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
+        if (lastChar != "/") { dirName += "/"; }
+        #else
+        if (lastChar != "\\") { dirName += "\\"; }     
+        #endif
+
+        //test to make sure directory exists
+        dirName = getFullPathName(dirName);
+        string outTemp = dirName + tag + "temp";
+        ofstream out;
+        out.open(outTemp.c_str(), ios::trunc);
+        if(!out) {
+            mothurOut(dirName + " directory does not exist or is not writable."); mothurOutEndLine(); 
+        }else{
+            out.close();
+            mothurRemove(outTemp);
+            return true;
+        }
+        
+        return false;
+    }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "dirCheck");
+               exit(1);
+       }       
+    
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+
 string MothurOut::hasPath(string longName){
        try {
                string path = "";
@@ -445,7 +782,7 @@ string MothurOut::hasPath(string longName){
 
 string MothurOut::getExtension(string longName){
        try {
-               string extension = longName;
+               string extension = "";
                
                if(longName.find_last_of('.') != longName.npos){
                        int pos = longName.find_last_of('.');
@@ -474,6 +811,7 @@ bool MothurOut::isBlank(string fileName){
                        //check for blank file
                        gobble(fileHandle);
                        if (fileHandle.eof()) { fileHandle.close(); return true;  }
+                       fileHandle.close();
                }
                return false;
        }
@@ -498,22 +836,32 @@ string MothurOut::getFullPathName(string fileName){
                                
                string cwd;
                //get current working directory 
-               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)   
+               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)  
                        
                        if (path.find("~") != -1) { //go to home directory
-                               string homeDir = getenv ("HOME");
+                               string homeDir;
+                       
+                               char *homepath = NULL;
+                               homepath = getenv ("HOME");
+                               if ( homepath != NULL) { homeDir = homepath; }
+                               else { homeDir = "";  }
+
                                newFileName = homeDir + fileName.substr(fileName.find("~")+1);
                                return newFileName;
                        }else { //find path
-                               if (path.rfind("./") == -1) { return fileName; } //already complete name
+                               if (path.rfind("./") == string::npos) { return fileName; } //already complete name
                                else { newFileName = fileName.substr(fileName.rfind("./")+2); } //save the complete part of the name
                                
-                               char* cwdpath = new char[1024];
+                               //char* cwdpath = new char[1024];
+                               //size_t size;
+                               //cwdpath=getcwd(cwdpath,size);
+                               //cwd = cwdpath;
+                               
+                               char *cwdpath = NULL;
+                               cwdpath = getcwd(NULL, 0); // or _getcwd
+                               if ( cwdpath != NULL) { cwd = cwdpath; }
+                               else { cwd = "";  }
 
-                               size_t size;
-                               cwdpath=getcwd(cwdpath,size);
-                       
-                               cwd = cwdpath;
                                
                                //rip off first '/'
                                string simpleCWD;
@@ -521,7 +869,7 @@ string MothurOut::getFullPathName(string fileName){
                                
                                //break apart the current working directory
                                vector<string> dirs;
-                               while (simpleCWD.find_first_of('/') != -1) {
+                               while (simpleCWD.find_first_of('/') != string::npos) {
                                        string dir = simpleCWD.substr(0,simpleCWD.find_first_of('/'));
                                        simpleCWD = simpleCWD.substr(simpleCWD.find_first_of('/')+1, simpleCWD.length());
                                        dirs.push_back(dir);
@@ -532,7 +880,7 @@ string MothurOut::getFullPathName(string fileName){
                        
                                int index = dirs.size()-1;
                
-                               while((pos = path.rfind("./")) != -1) { //while you don't have a complete path
+                               while((pos = path.rfind("./")) != string::npos) { //while you don't have a complete path
                                        if (pos == 0) { break;  //you are at the end
                                        }else if (path[(pos-1)] == '.') { //you want your parent directory ../
                                                path = path.substr(0, pos-1);
@@ -541,7 +889,7 @@ string MothurOut::getFullPathName(string fileName){
                                        }else if (path[(pos-1)] == '/') { //you want the current working dir ./
                                                path = path.substr(0, pos);
                                        }else if (pos == 1) { break;  //you are at the end
-                                       }else { cout << "cannot resolve path for " <<  fileName << endl; return fileName; }
+                                       }else { mothurOut("cannot resolve path for " +  fileName + "\n"); return fileName; }
                                }
                        
                                for (int i = index; i >= 0; i--) {
@@ -552,12 +900,12 @@ string MothurOut::getFullPathName(string fileName){
                                return newFileName;
                        }       
                #else
-                       if (path.find("~") != -1) { //go to home directory
+                       if (path.find("~") != string::npos) { //go to home directory
                                string homeDir = getenv ("HOMEPATH");
                                newFileName = homeDir + fileName.substr(fileName.find("~")+1);
                                return newFileName;
                        }else { //find path
-                               if (path.rfind(".\\") == -1) { return fileName; } //already complete name
+                               if (path.rfind(".\\") == string::npos) { return fileName; } //already complete name
                                else { newFileName = fileName.substr(fileName.rfind(".\\")+2); } //save the complete part of the name
                                                        
                                char *cwdpath = NULL;
@@ -578,7 +926,7 @@ string MothurOut::getFullPathName(string fileName){
                                        
                                int index = dirs.size()-1;
                                        
-                               while((pos = path.rfind(".\\")) != -1) { //while you don't have a complete path
+                               while((pos = path.rfind(".\\")) != string::npos) { //while you don't have a complete path
                                        if (pos == 0) { break;  //you are at the end
                                        }else if (path[(pos-1)] == '.') { //you want your parent directory ../
                                                path = path.substr(0, pos-1);
@@ -587,11 +935,11 @@ string MothurOut::getFullPathName(string fileName){
                                        }else if (path[(pos-1)] == '\\') { //you want the current working dir ./
                                                path = path.substr(0, pos);
                                        }else if (pos == 1) { break;  //you are at the end
-                                       }else { cout << "cannot resolve path for " <<  fileName << endl; return fileName; }
+                                       }else { mothurOut("cannot resolve path for " +  fileName + "\n"); return fileName; }
                                }
                        
                                for (int i = index; i >= 0; i--) {
-                                       newFileName = dirs[i] +  "\\" + newFileName;            
+                                       newFileName = dirs[i] +  "\\\\" + newFileName;          
                                }
                                
                                return newFileName;
@@ -611,7 +959,7 @@ int MothurOut::openInputFile(string fileName, ifstream& fileHandle, string m){
        try {
                        //get full path name
                        string completeFileName = getFullPathName(fileName);
-
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
 #ifdef USE_COMPRESSION
       // check for gzipped or bzipped file
       if (endsWith(completeFileName, ".gz") || endsWith(completeFileName, ".bz2")) {
@@ -626,7 +974,7 @@ int MothurOut::openInputFile(string fileName, ifstream& fileHandle, string m){
           cerr << "Decompressing " << completeFileName << " via temporary named pipe " << tempName << "\n";
           system(command.c_str());
           cerr << "Done decompressing " << completeFileName << "\n";
-          remove(tempName.c_str());
+          mothurRemove(tempName);
           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
         } else {
           cerr << "waiting on child process " << fork_result << "\n";
@@ -634,9 +982,10 @@ int MothurOut::openInputFile(string fileName, ifstream& fileHandle, string m){
         }
       }
 #endif
-
+#endif
                        fileHandle.open(completeFileName.c_str());
                        if(!fileHandle) {
+                               //mothurOut("[ERROR]: Could not open " + completeFileName); mothurOutEndLine();
                                return 1;
                        }else {
                                //check for blank file
@@ -656,7 +1005,7 @@ int MothurOut::openInputFile(string fileName, ifstream& fileHandle){
 
                //get full path name
                string completeFileName = getFullPathName(fileName);
-
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
 #ifdef USE_COMPRESSION
   // check for gzipped or bzipped file
   if (endsWith(completeFileName, ".gz") || endsWith(completeFileName, ".bz2")) {
@@ -671,7 +1020,7 @@ int MothurOut::openInputFile(string fileName, ifstream& fileHandle){
       cerr << "Decompressing " << completeFileName << " via temporary named pipe " << tempName << "\n";
       system(command.c_str());
       cerr << "Done decompressing " << completeFileName << "\n";
-      remove(tempName.c_str());
+      mothurRemove(tempName);
       exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
     } else {
       cerr << "waiting on child process " << fork_result << "\n";
@@ -679,7 +1028,7 @@ int MothurOut::openInputFile(string fileName, ifstream& fileHandle){
     }
   }
 #endif
-
+#endif
 
                fileHandle.open(completeFileName.c_str());
                if(!fileHandle) {
@@ -703,12 +1052,15 @@ int MothurOut::openInputFile(string fileName, ifstream& fileHandle){
 
 int MothurOut::renameFile(string oldName, string newName){
        try {
+        
+        if (oldName == newName) { return 0; }
+        
                ifstream inTest;
                int exist = openInputFile(newName, inTest, "");
+               inTest.close();
                
-       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)           
+       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)          
                if (exist == 0) { //you could open it so you want to delete it
-                       inTest.close();
                        string command = "rm " + newName;
                        system(command.c_str());
                }
@@ -716,7 +1068,7 @@ int MothurOut::renameFile(string oldName, string newName){
                string command = "mv " + oldName + " " + newName;
                system(command.c_str());
        #else
-               remove(newName.c_str());
+               mothurRemove(newName);
                int renameOk = rename(oldName.c_str(), newName.c_str());
        #endif
                return 0;
@@ -734,7 +1086,7 @@ int MothurOut::openOutputFile(string fileName, ofstream& fileHandle){
        try { 
        
                string completeFileName = getFullPathName(fileName);
-
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
 #ifdef USE_COMPRESSION
     // check for gzipped file
     if (endsWith(completeFileName, ".gz") || endsWith(completeFileName, ".bz2")) {
@@ -754,7 +1106,7 @@ int MothurOut::openOutputFile(string fileName, ofstream& fileHandle){
       }
     }
 #endif
-
+#endif
                fileHandle.open(completeFileName.c_str(), ios::trunc);
                if(!fileHandle) {
                        mothurOut("[ERROR]: Could not open " + completeFileName); mothurOutEndLine();
@@ -772,7 +1124,7 @@ int MothurOut::openOutputFile(string fileName, ofstream& fileHandle){
 }
 
 /**************************************************************************************************/
-void MothurOut::appendFiles(string temp, string filename) {
+int MothurOut::appendFiles(string temp, string filename) {
        try{
                ofstream output;
                ifstream input;
@@ -780,16 +1132,24 @@ void MothurOut::appendFiles(string temp, string filename) {
                //open output file in append mode
                openOutputFileAppend(filename, output);
                int ableToOpen = openInputFile(temp, input, "no error");
+               //int ableToOpen = openInputFile(temp, input);
                
+               int numLines = 0;
                if (ableToOpen == 0) { //you opened it
-                       while(char c = input.get()){
-                               if(input.eof())         {       break;                  }
-                               else                            {       output << c;    }
-                       }
+            
+            char buffer[4096];        
+            while (!input.eof()) {
+                input.read(buffer, 4096);
+                output.write(buffer, input.gcount());
+                //count number of lines
+                for (int i = 0; i < input.gcount(); i++) {  if (buffer[i] == '\n') {numLines++;} }
+            }
                        input.close();
                }
                
                output.close();
+               
+               return numLines;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "appendFiles");
@@ -806,7 +1166,7 @@ string MothurOut::sortFile(string distFile, string outputDir){
 
                
                //if you can, use the unix sort since its been optimized for years
-               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
                        string command = "sort -n -k +3 " + distFile + " -o " + outfile;
                        system(command.c_str());
                #else //you are stuck with my best attempt...
@@ -851,8 +1211,8 @@ string MothurOut::sortFile(string distFile, string outputDir){
                        output.close();
                
                        //remove temp files
-                       remove(tempDistFile.c_str());
-                       remove(tempOutfile.c_str());
+                       mothurRemove(tempDistFile);
+                       mothurRemove(tempOutfile);
                #endif
                
                return outfile;
@@ -863,19 +1223,27 @@ string MothurOut::sortFile(string distFile, string outputDir){
        }       
 }
 /**************************************************************************************************/
-vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::setFilePosFasta(string filename, int& num) {
+vector<unsigned long long> MothurOut::setFilePosFasta(string filename, int& num) {
        try {
-                       vector<unsigned long int> positions;
+                       vector<unsigned long long> positions;
                        ifstream inFASTA;
-                       openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
+                       //openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
+                       inFASTA.open(filename.c_str(), ios::binary);
                                                
                        string input;
+                       unsigned long long count = 0;
                        while(!inFASTA.eof()){
-                               input = getline(inFASTA); 
-                               if (input.length() != 0) {
-                                       if(input[0] == '>'){    unsigned long int pos = inFASTA.tellg(); positions.push_back(pos - input.length() - 1); }
+                               //input = getline(inFASTA); 
+                               //cout << input << '\t' << inFASTA.tellg() << endl;
+                               //if (input.length() != 0) {
+                               //      if(input[0] == '>'){    unsigned long int pos = inFASTA.tellg(); positions.push_back(pos - input.length() - 1);  cout << (pos - input.length() - 1) << endl; }
+                               //}
+                               //gobble(inFASTA); //has to be here since windows line endings are 2 characters and mess up the positions
+                               char c = inFASTA.get(); count++;
+                               if (c == '>') {
+                                       positions.push_back(count-1);
+                                       //cout << count << endl;
                                }
-                               gobble(inFASTA); //has to be here since windows line endings are 2 characters and mess up the positions
                        }
                        inFASTA.close();
                
@@ -893,19 +1261,20 @@ vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::setFilePosFasta(string filename, int& num)
                                fclose (pFile);
                        }*/
                        
-                       unsigned long int size = positions[(positions.size()-1)];
+                       unsigned long long size = positions[(positions.size()-1)];
                        ifstream in;
                        openInputFile(filename, in);
                        
                        in.seekg(size);
                
-                       while(char c = in.get()){
+                       while(in.get()){
                                if(in.eof())            {       break;  }
                                else                            {       size++; }
                        }
                        in.close();
                
                        positions.push_back(size);
+                       positions[0] = 0;
                
                        return positions;
        }
@@ -915,31 +1284,41 @@ vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::setFilePosFasta(string filename, int& num)
        }
 }
 /**************************************************************************************************/
-vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::setFilePosEachLine(string filename, int& num) {
+vector<unsigned long long> MothurOut::setFilePosEachLine(string filename, int& num) {
        try {
                        filename = getFullPathName(filename);
                        
-                       vector<unsigned long int> positions;
+                       vector<unsigned long long> positions;
                        ifstream in;
-                       openInputFile(filename, in);
-                               
+                       //openInputFile(filename, in);
+                       in.open(filename.c_str(), ios::binary);
+               
                        string input;
+                       unsigned long long count = 0;
+                       positions.push_back(0);
+               
                        while(!in.eof()){
-                               unsigned long int lastpos = in.tellg();
-                               input = getline(in); 
-                               if (input.length() != 0) {
-                                       unsigned long int pos = in.tellg(); 
-                                       if (pos != -1) { positions.push_back(pos - input.length() - 1); }
-                                       else {  positions.push_back(lastpos);  }
+                               //getline counting reads
+                               char d = in.get(); count++;
+                               while ((d != '\n') && (d != '\r') && (d != '\f') && (d != in.eof()))    {
+                                       //get next character
+                                       d = in.get(); 
+                                       count++;
+                               }
+                               
+                               if (!in.eof()) {
+                                       d=in.get(); count++;
+                                       while(isspace(d) && (d != in.eof()))            { d=in.get(); count++;}
                                }
-                               gobble(in); //has to be here since windows line endings are 2 characters and mess up the positions
+                               positions.push_back(count-1);
+                               //cout << count-1 << endl;
                        }
                        in.close();
                
-                       num = positions.size();
+                       num = positions.size()-1;
                
                        FILE * pFile;
-                       unsigned long int size;
+                       unsigned long long size;
                        
                        //get num bytes in file
                        pFile = fopen (filename.c_str(),"rb");
@@ -950,7 +1329,7 @@ vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::setFilePosEachLine(string filename, int& nu
                                fclose (pFile);
                        }
                
-                       positions.push_back(size);
+                       positions[(positions.size()-1)] = size;
                
                        return positions;
        }
@@ -961,17 +1340,16 @@ vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::setFilePosEachLine(string filename, int& nu
 }
 /**************************************************************************************************/
 
-vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::divideFile(string filename, int& proc) {
+vector<unsigned long long> MothurOut::divideFile(string filename, int& proc) {
        try{
-       
-               vector<unsigned long int> filePos;
+               vector<unsigned long long> filePos;
                filePos.push_back(0);
                
                FILE * pFile;
-               unsigned long int size;
+               unsigned long long size;
                
                filename = getFullPathName(filename);
-               
+       
                //get num bytes in file
                pFile = fopen (filename.c_str(),"rb");
                if (pFile==NULL) perror ("Error opening file");
@@ -980,31 +1358,36 @@ vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::divideFile(string filename, int& proc) {
                        size=ftell (pFile);
                        fclose (pFile);
                }
-       
+               
+       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
+                               
                //estimate file breaks
-               unsigned long int chunkSize = 0;
+               unsigned long long chunkSize = 0;
                chunkSize = size / proc;
-       
+
                //file to small to divide by processors
                if (chunkSize == 0)  {  proc = 1;       filePos.push_back(size); return filePos;        }
        
                //for each process seekg to closest file break and search for next '>' char. make that the filebreak
                for (int i = 0; i < proc; i++) {
-                       unsigned long int spot = (i+1) * chunkSize;
+                       unsigned long long spot = (i+1) * chunkSize;
                        
                        ifstream in;
                        openInputFile(filename, in);
                        in.seekg(spot);
                        
                        //look for next '>'
-                       unsigned long int newSpot = spot;
+                       unsigned long long newSpot = spot;
                        while (!in.eof()) {
                           char c = in.get();
+                               
                           if (c == '>') {   in.putback(c); newSpot = in.tellg(); break;  }
+                          else if (int(c) == -1) { break; }
+                               
                        }
-                       
+               
                        //there was not another sequence before the end of the file
-                       unsigned long int sanityPos = in.tellg();
+                       unsigned long long sanityPos = in.tellg();
 
                        if (sanityPos == -1) {  break;  }
                        else {  filePos.push_back(newSpot);  }
@@ -1014,14 +1397,18 @@ vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::divideFile(string filename, int& proc) {
                
                //save end pos
                filePos.push_back(size);
-
+               
                //sanity check filePos
                for (int i = 0; i < (filePos.size()-1); i++) {
                        if (filePos[(i+1)] <= filePos[i]) {  filePos.erase(filePos.begin()+(i+1)); i--; }
                }
 
                proc = (filePos.size() - 1);
-               
+#else
+               mothurOut("[ERROR]: Windows version should not be calling the divideFile function."); mothurOutEndLine();
+               proc=1;
+               filePos.push_back(size);
+#endif
                return filePos;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -1029,7 +1416,43 @@ vector<unsigned long int> MothurOut::divideFile(string filename, int& proc) {
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+int MothurOut::divideFile(string filename, int& proc, vector<string>& files) {
+       try{
+               
+               vector<unsigned long long> filePos = divideFile(filename, proc);
+               
+               for (int i = 0; i < (filePos.size()-1); i++) {
+                       
+                       //read file chunk
+                       ifstream in;
+                       openInputFile(filename, in);
+                       in.seekg(filePos[i]);
+                       unsigned long long size = filePos[(i+1)] - filePos[i];
+                       char* chunk = new char[size];
+                       in.read(chunk, size);
+                       in.close();
+                       
+                       //open new file
+                       string fileChunkName = filename + "." + toString(i) + ".tmp";
+                       ofstream out; 
+                       openOutputFile(fileChunkName, out);
+                       
+                       out << chunk << endl;
+                       out.close();
+                       delete[] chunk;
+                       
+                       //save name
+                       files.push_back(fileChunkName);
+               }
+                               
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "divideFile");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
 /***********************************************************************/
 
 bool MothurOut::isTrue(string f){
@@ -1068,87 +1491,953 @@ float MothurOut::ceilDist(float dist, int precision){
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-
 /***********************************************************************/
 
-int MothurOut::getNumNames(string names){
+vector<string> MothurOut::splitWhiteSpace(string& rest, char buffer[], int size){
        try {
-               int count = 0;
-               
-               if(names != ""){
-                       count = 1;
-                       for(int i=0;i<names.size();i++){
-                               if(names[i] == ','){
-                                       count++;
-                               }
-                       }
-               }
-               
-               return count;
+        vector<string> pieces;
+        
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            if (!isspace(buffer[i]))  { rest += buffer[i];  }
+            else {
+                if (rest != "") { pieces.push_back(rest);  rest = ""; }
+                while (i < size) {  //gobble white space
+                    if (isspace(buffer[i])) { i++; }
+                    else { rest = buffer[i];  break; } //cout << "next piece buffer = " << nextPiece << endl;
+                } 
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return pieces;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
-               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "getNumNames");
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "splitWhiteSpace");
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-
-/**************************************************************************************************/
-
-vector<vector<double> > MothurOut::binomial(int maxOrder){
+/***********************************************************************/
+vector<string> MothurOut::splitWhiteSpace(string input){
        try {
-       vector<vector<double> > binomial(maxOrder+1);
-       
-    for(int i=0;i<=maxOrder;i++){
-               binomial[i].resize(maxOrder+1);
-               binomial[i][0]=1;
-               binomial[0][i]=0;
-    }
-    binomial[0][0]=1;
-       
-    binomial[1][0]=1;
-    binomial[1][1]=1;
-       
-    for(int i=2;i<=maxOrder;i++){
-               binomial[1][i]=0;
-    }
-       
-    for(int i=2;i<=maxOrder;i++){
-               for(int j=1;j<=maxOrder;j++){
-                       if(i==j){       binomial[i][j]=1;                                                                       }
-                       if(j>i) {       binomial[i][j]=0;                                                                       }
-                       else    {       binomial[i][j]=binomial[i-1][j-1]+binomial[i-1][j];     }
-               }
-    }
-       
-       return binomial;
-       
+        vector<string> pieces;
+        string rest = "";
+        
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
+            if (!isspace(input[i]))  { rest += input[i];  }
+            else {
+                if (rest != "") { pieces.push_back(rest);  rest = ""; }
+                while (i < input.length()) {  //gobble white space
+                    if (isspace(input[i])) { i++; }
+                    else { rest = input[i];  break; } //cout << "next piece buffer = " << nextPiece << endl;
+                } 
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if (rest != "") { pieces.push_back(rest); }
+        
+        return pieces;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
-               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "binomial");
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "splitWhiteSpace");
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-
 /***********************************************************************/
-
-int MothurOut::factorial(int num){
+vector<string> MothurOut::splitWhiteSpaceWithQuotes(string input){
        try {
-               int total = 1;
-               
-               for (int i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
-                       total *= i;
+        vector<string> pieces;
+        string rest = "";
+        
+        int pos = input.find('\'');
+        int pos2 = input.find('\"');
+        
+        if ((pos == string::npos) && (pos2 == string::npos)) { return splitWhiteSpace(input); } //no quotes to worry about
+        else {
+            for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
+                if ((input[i] == '\'') || (input[i] == '\"') || (rest == "\'") || (rest == "\"")) { //grab everything til end or next ' or "
+                    rest += input[i];
+                    for (int j = i+1; j < input.length(); j++) {
+                        if ((input[j] == '\'') || (input[j] == '\"')) {  //then quit
+                            rest += input[j];
+                            i = j+1;
+                            j+=input.length();
+                        }else { rest += input[j]; }
+                    }
+                }else if (!isspace(input[i]))  { rest += input[i];  }
+                else {
+                    if (rest != "") { pieces.push_back(rest);  rest = ""; }
+                    while (i < input.length()) {  //gobble white space
+                        if (isspace(input[i])) { i++; }
+                        else { rest = input[i];  break; } //cout << "next piece buffer = " << nextPiece << endl;
+                    } 
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if (rest != "") { pieces.push_back(rest); }
+        }
+        return pieces;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "splitWhiteSpace");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+int MothurOut::readTax(string namefile, map<string, string>& taxMap) {
+       try {
+        //open input file
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(namefile, in);
+        
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        bool pairDone = false;
+        bool columnOne = true;
+        string firstCol, secondCol;
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    //are there confidence scores, if so remove them
+                    if (secondCol.find_first_of('(') != -1) {  removeConfidences(secondCol);   }
+                    taxMap[firstCol] = secondCol;
+                    if (debug) {  mothurOut("[DEBUG]: name = '" + firstCol + "' tax = '" + secondCol + "'\n");  }
+                    pairDone = false; 
+                }
+            }
                }
+               in.close();
+        
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    //are there confidence scores, if so remove them
+                    if (secondCol.find_first_of('(') != -1) {  removeConfidences(secondCol);   }
+                    taxMap[firstCol] = secondCol;
+                    if (debug) {  mothurOut("[DEBUG]: name = '" + firstCol + "' tax = '" + secondCol + "'\n");  }
+                    pairDone = false; 
+                }
+            } 
+        }
                
-               return total;
+               return taxMap.size();
+
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
-               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "factorial");
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readTax");
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-/***********************************************************************/
-
-int MothurOut::getNumSeqs(ifstream& file){
+/**********************************************************************************************************************/
+int MothurOut::readNames(string namefile, map<string, string>& nameMap, bool redund) { 
+       try {
+               //open input file
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(namefile, in);
+        
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        bool pairDone = false;
+        bool columnOne = true;
+        string firstCol, secondCol;
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    //parse names into vector
+                    vector<string> theseNames;
+                    splitAtComma(secondCol, theseNames);
+                    for (int i = 0; i < theseNames.size(); i++) {  nameMap[theseNames[i]] = firstCol;  }
+                    pairDone = false; 
+                }
+            }
+               }
+               in.close();
+        
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    //parse names into vector
+                    vector<string> theseNames;
+                    splitAtComma(secondCol, theseNames);
+                    for (int i = 0; i < theseNames.size(); i++) {  nameMap[theseNames[i]] = firstCol;  }
+                    pairDone = false; 
+                }
+            }  
+        }
+               
+               return nameMap.size();
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readNames");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**********************************************************************************************************************/
+int MothurOut::readNames(string namefile, map<string, string>& nameMap, int flip) { 
+       try {
+               //open input file
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(namefile, in);
+        
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        bool pairDone = false;
+        bool columnOne = true;
+        string firstCol, secondCol;
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    nameMap[secondCol] = firstCol;
+                    pairDone = false; 
+                }
+            }
+               }
+               in.close();
+        
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    nameMap[secondCol] = firstCol;
+                    pairDone = false; 
+                }
+            } 
+        }
+               
+               return nameMap.size();
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readNames");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**********************************************************************************************************************/
+int MothurOut::readNames(string namefile, map<string, string>& nameMap, map<string, int>& nameCount) { 
+       try {
+               nameMap.clear(); nameCount.clear();
+               //open input file
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(namefile, in);
+        
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        bool pairDone = false;
+        bool columnOne = true;
+        string firstCol, secondCol;
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    //parse names into vector
+                    vector<string> theseNames;
+                    splitAtComma(secondCol, theseNames);
+                    for (int i = 0; i < theseNames.size(); i++) {  nameMap[theseNames[i]] = firstCol;  }
+                    nameCount[firstCol] = theseNames.size();
+                    pairDone = false; 
+                }
+            }
+               }
+               in.close();
+               
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    //parse names into vector
+                    vector<string> theseNames;
+                    splitAtComma(secondCol, theseNames);
+                    for (int i = 0; i < theseNames.size(); i++) {  nameMap[theseNames[i]] = firstCol;  }
+                    nameCount[firstCol] = theseNames.size();
+                    pairDone = false; 
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+               return nameMap.size();
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readNames");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**********************************************************************************************************************/
+int MothurOut::readNames(string namefile, map<string, string>& nameMap) { 
+       try {
+               //open input file
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(namefile, in);
+
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        bool pairDone = false;
+        bool columnOne = true;
+        string firstCol, secondCol;
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+             
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { nameMap[firstCol] = secondCol; pairDone = false; }
+            }
+               }
+               in.close();
+        
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { nameMap[firstCol] = secondCol; pairDone = false; }
+            }
+        }
+               
+               return nameMap.size();
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readNames");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**********************************************************************************************************************/
+int MothurOut::readNames(string namefile, map<string, vector<string> >& nameMap) { 
+       try {        
+               //open input file
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(namefile, in);
+               
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        bool pairDone = false;
+        bool columnOne = true;
+        string firstCol, secondCol;
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    vector<string> temp;
+                    splitAtComma(secondCol, temp);
+                    nameMap[firstCol] = temp;
+                    pairDone = false;  
+                } 
+            }
+               }
+               in.close();
+        
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    vector<string> temp;
+                    splitAtComma(secondCol, temp);
+                    nameMap[firstCol] = temp;
+                    pairDone = false;  
+                } 
+            }
+        }
+        
+               return nameMap.size();
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readNames");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**********************************************************************************************************************/
+map<string, int> MothurOut::readNames(string namefile) { 
+       try {
+               map<string, int> nameMap;
+               
+               //open input file
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(namefile, in);
+               
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        bool pairDone = false;
+        bool columnOne = true;
+        string firstCol, secondCol;
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    int num = getNumNames(secondCol);
+                    nameMap[firstCol] = num;
+                    pairDone = false;  
+                } 
+            }
+               }
+        in.close();
+        
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    int num = getNumNames(secondCol);
+                    nameMap[firstCol] = num;
+                    pairDone = false;  
+                } 
+            }
+        }
+               
+               return nameMap;
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readNames");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**********************************************************************************************************************/
+int MothurOut::readNames(string namefile, vector<seqPriorityNode>& nameVector, map<string, string>& fastamap) { 
+       try {
+               int error = 0;
+               
+               //open input file
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(namefile, in);
+               
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        bool pairDone = false;
+        bool columnOne = true;
+        string firstCol, secondCol;
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    int num = getNumNames(secondCol);
+                    
+                    map<string, string>::iterator it = fastamap.find(firstCol);
+                    if (it == fastamap.end()) {
+                        error = 1;
+                        mothurOut("[ERROR]: " + firstCol + " is not in your fastafile, but is in your namesfile, please correct."); mothurOutEndLine();
+                    }else {
+                        seqPriorityNode temp(num, it->second, firstCol);
+                        nameVector.push_back(temp);
+                    }
+                    
+                    pairDone = false;  
+                } 
+            }
+               }
+        in.close();
+        
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {
+                if (columnOne) {  firstCol = pieces[i]; columnOne=false; }
+                else  { secondCol = pieces[i]; pairDone = true; columnOne=true; }
+                
+                if (pairDone) { 
+                    int num = getNumNames(secondCol);
+                    
+                    map<string, string>::iterator it = fastamap.find(firstCol);
+                    if (it == fastamap.end()) {
+                        error = 1;
+                        mothurOut("[ERROR]: " + firstCol + " is not in your fastafile, but is in your namesfile, please correct."); mothurOutEndLine();
+                    }else {
+                        seqPriorityNode temp(num, it->second, firstCol);
+                        nameVector.push_back(temp);
+                    }
+                    
+                    pairDone = false;  
+                } 
+            }
+        }
+               return error;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readNames");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+set<string> MothurOut::readAccnos(string accnosfile){
+       try {
+               set<string> names;
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(accnosfile, in);
+               string name;
+               
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {  names.insert(pieces[i]);  }
+        }
+               in.close();     
+               
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {  names.insert(pieces[i]);  } 
+        }
+               return names;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readAccnos");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+int MothurOut::readAccnos(string accnosfile, vector<string>& names){
+       try {
+        names.clear();
+               ifstream in;
+               openInputFile(accnosfile, in);
+               string name;
+               
+        string rest = "";
+        char buffer[4096];
+        
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       if (control_pressed) { break; }
+                       
+            in.read(buffer, 4096);
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest, buffer, in.gcount());
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {  names.push_back(pieces[i]);  }
+        }
+               in.close();     
+        
+        if (rest != "") {
+            vector<string> pieces = splitWhiteSpace(rest);
+            for (int i = 0; i < pieces.size(); i++) {  names.push_back(pieces[i]);  }
+        }
+               
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "readAccnos");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+
+int MothurOut::getNumNames(string names){
+       try {
+               int count = 0;
+               
+               if(names != ""){
+                       count = 1;
+                       for(int i=0;i<names.size();i++){
+                               if(names[i] == ','){
+                                       count++;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+               
+               return count;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "getNumNames");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+
+int MothurOut::getNumChar(string line, char c){
+       try {
+               int count = 0;
+               
+               if(line != ""){
+                       for(int i=0;i<line.size();i++){
+                               if(line[i] == c){
+                                       count++;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+               
+               return count;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "getNumChar");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+bool MothurOut::isSubset(vector<string> bigset, vector<string> subset) {
+       try {
+               
+        
+               if (subset.size() > bigset.size()) { return false;  }
+               
+               //check if each guy in suset is also in bigset
+               for (int i = 0; i < subset.size(); i++) {
+                       bool match = false;
+                       for (int j = 0; j < bigset.size(); j++) {
+                               if (subset[i] == bigset[j]) { match = true; break; }
+                       }
+                       
+                       //you have a guy in subset that had no match in bigset
+                       if (match == false) { return false; }
+               }
+               
+               return true;
+        
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "isSubset");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+int MothurOut::mothurRemove(string filename){
+       try {
+               filename = getFullPathName(filename);
+               int error = remove(filename.c_str());
+               //if (error != 0) { 
+               //      if (errno != ENOENT) { //ENOENT == file does not exist
+               //              string message = "Error deleting file " + filename;
+               //              perror(message.c_str()); 
+               //      }
+               //}
+               return error;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "mothurRemove");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+bool MothurOut::mothurConvert(string item, int& num){
+       try {
+               bool error = false;
+               
+               if (isNumeric1(item)) {
+                       convert(item, num);
+               }else {
+                       num = 0;
+                       error = true;
+                       mothurOut("[ERROR]: cannot convert " + item + " to an integer."); mothurOutEndLine();
+                       commandInputsConvertError = true;
+               }
+               
+               return error;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "mothurConvert");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+bool MothurOut::mothurConvert(string item, intDist& num){
+       try {
+               bool error = false;
+               
+               if (isNumeric1(item)) {
+                       convert(item, num);
+               }else {
+                       num = 0;
+                       error = true;
+                       mothurOut("[ERROR]: cannot convert " + item + " to an integer."); mothurOutEndLine();
+                       commandInputsConvertError = true;
+               }
+               
+               return error;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "mothurConvert");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************/
+bool MothurOut::isNumeric1(string stringToCheck){
+       try {
+               bool numeric = false;
+               
+               if(stringToCheck.find_first_not_of("0123456789.-") == string::npos) { numeric = true; }
+                       
+               return numeric;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "isNumeric1");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+       
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+bool MothurOut::mothurConvert(string item, float& num){
+       try {
+               bool error = false;
+               
+               if (isNumeric1(item)) {
+                       convert(item, num);
+               }else {
+                       num = 0;
+                       error = true;
+                       mothurOut("[ERROR]: cannot convert " + item + " to a float."); mothurOutEndLine();
+                       commandInputsConvertError = true;
+               }
+               
+               return error;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "mothurConvert");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+bool MothurOut::mothurConvert(string item, double& num){
+       try {
+               bool error = false;
+               
+               if (isNumeric1(item)) {
+                       convert(item, num);
+               }else {
+                       num = 0;
+                       error = true;
+                       mothurOut("[ERROR]: cannot convert " + item + " to a double."); mothurOutEndLine();
+                       commandInputsConvertError = true;
+               }
+               
+               return error;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "mothurConvert");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+vector<vector<double> > MothurOut::binomial(int maxOrder){
+       try {
+       vector<vector<double> > binomial(maxOrder+1);
+       
+    for(int i=0;i<=maxOrder;i++){
+               binomial[i].resize(maxOrder+1);
+               binomial[i][0]=1;
+               binomial[0][i]=0;
+    }
+    binomial[0][0]=1;
+       
+    binomial[1][0]=1;
+    binomial[1][1]=1;
+       
+    for(int i=2;i<=maxOrder;i++){
+               binomial[1][i]=0;
+    }
+       
+    for(int i=2;i<=maxOrder;i++){
+               for(int j=1;j<=maxOrder;j++){
+                       if(i==j){       binomial[i][j]=1;                                                                       }
+                       if(j>i) {       binomial[i][j]=0;                                                                       }
+                       else    {       binomial[i][j]=binomial[i-1][j-1]+binomial[i-1][j];     }
+               }
+    }
+       
+       return binomial;
+       
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "binomial");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+unsigned int MothurOut::fromBase36(string base36){
+       try {
+               unsigned int num = 0;
+               
+               map<char, int> converts;
+               converts['A'] = 0;
+               converts['a'] = 0;
+               converts['B'] = 1;
+               converts['b'] = 1;
+               converts['C'] = 2;
+               converts['c'] = 2;
+               converts['D'] = 3;
+               converts['d'] = 3;
+               converts['E'] = 4;
+               converts['e'] = 4;
+               converts['F'] = 5;
+               converts['f'] = 5;
+               converts['G'] = 6;
+               converts['g'] = 6;
+               converts['H'] = 7;
+               converts['h'] = 7;
+               converts['I'] = 8;
+               converts['i'] = 8;
+               converts['J'] = 9;
+               converts['j'] = 9;
+               converts['K'] = 10;
+               converts['k'] = 10;
+               converts['L'] = 11;
+               converts['l'] = 11;
+               converts['M'] = 12;
+               converts['m'] = 12;
+               converts['N'] = 13;
+               converts['n'] = 13;
+               converts['O'] = 14;
+               converts['o'] = 14;
+               converts['P'] = 15;
+               converts['p'] = 15;
+               converts['Q'] = 16;
+               converts['q'] = 16;
+               converts['R'] = 17;
+               converts['r'] = 17;
+               converts['S'] = 18;
+               converts['s'] = 18;
+               converts['T'] = 19;
+               converts['t'] = 19;
+               converts['U'] = 20;
+               converts['u'] = 20;
+               converts['V'] = 21;
+               converts['v'] = 21;
+               converts['W'] = 22;
+               converts['w'] = 22;
+               converts['X'] = 23;
+               converts['x'] = 23;
+               converts['Y'] = 24;
+               converts['y'] = 24;
+               converts['Z'] = 25;
+               converts['z'] = 25;
+               converts['0'] = 26;
+               converts['1'] = 27;
+               converts['2'] = 28;
+               converts['3'] = 29;
+               converts['4'] = 30;
+               converts['5'] = 31;
+               converts['6'] = 32;
+               converts['7'] = 33;
+               converts['8'] = 34;
+               converts['9'] = 35;             
+               
+               int i = 0;
+               while (i < base36.length()) {
+                       char c = base36[i];
+                       num = 36 * num + converts[c];
+                       i++;
+               }
+               
+               return num;
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "fromBase36");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+
+int MothurOut::factorial(int num){
+       try {
+               int total = 1;
+               
+               for (int i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
+                       total *= i;
+               }
+               
+               return total;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "factorial");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+
+int MothurOut::getNumSeqs(ifstream& file){
        try {
                int numSeqs = count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(file),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
                file.seekg(0);
@@ -1181,17 +2470,19 @@ void MothurOut::getNumSeqs(ifstream& file, int& numSeqs){
 //This function parses the estimator options and puts them in a vector
 void MothurOut::splitAtChar(string& estim, vector<string>& container, char symbol) {
        try {
-               string individual;
-               
-               while (estim.find_first_of(symbol) != -1) {
-                       individual = estim.substr(0,estim.find_first_of(symbol));
-                       if ((estim.find_first_of(symbol)+1) <= estim.length()) { //checks to make sure you don't have dash at end of string
-                               estim = estim.substr(estim.find_first_of(symbol)+1, estim.length());
+               string individual = "";
+               int estimLength = estim.size();
+               for(int i=0;i<estimLength;i++){
+                       if(estim[i] == symbol){
                                container.push_back(individual);
+                               individual = "";                                
+                       }
+                       else{
+                               individual += estim[i];
                        }
                }
-               //get last one
-               container.push_back(estim);
+               container.push_back(individual);
+
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "splitAtChar");
@@ -1206,30 +2497,29 @@ void MothurOut::splitAtDash(string& estim, vector<string>& container) {
        try {
                string individual = "";
                int estimLength = estim.size();
+               bool prevEscape = false;
                for(int i=0;i<estimLength;i++){
-                       if(estim[i] == '-'){
-                               container.push_back(individual);
-                               individual = "";                                
+                       if(prevEscape){
+                               individual += estim[i];
+                               prevEscape = false;
                        }
                        else{
-                               individual += estim[i];
+                               if(estim[i] == '\\'){
+                                       prevEscape = true;
+                               }
+                               else if(estim[i] == '-'){
+                                       container.push_back(individual);
+                                       individual = "";
+                                       prevEscape = false;                             
+                               }
+                               else{
+                                       individual += estim[i];
+                                       prevEscape = false;
+                               }
                        }
                }
                container.push_back(individual);
-
-       
-       /*      string individual;
-               
-               while (estim.find_first_of('-') != -1) {
-                       individual = estim.substr(0,estim.find_first_of('-'));
-                       if ((estim.find_first_of('-')+1) <= estim.length()) { //checks to make sure you don't have dash at end of string
-                               estim = estim.substr(estim.find_first_of('-')+1, estim.length());
-                               container.push_back(individual);
-                       }
-               }
-               //get last one
-               container.push_back(estim); */
-       }
+       }
        catch(exception& e) {
                errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "splitAtDash");
                exit(1);
@@ -1242,29 +2532,29 @@ void MothurOut::splitAtDash(string& estim, set<string>& container) {
        try {
                string individual = "";
                int estimLength = estim.size();
+               bool prevEscape = false;
                for(int i=0;i<estimLength;i++){
-                       if(estim[i] == '-'){
-                               container.insert(individual);
-                               individual = "";                                
+                       if(prevEscape){
+                               individual += estim[i];
+                               prevEscape = false;
                        }
                        else{
-                               individual += estim[i];
+                               if(estim[i] == '\\'){
+                                       prevEscape = true;
+                               }
+                               else if(estim[i] == '-'){
+                                       container.insert(individual);
+                                       individual = "";
+                                       prevEscape = false;                             
+                               }
+                               else{
+                                       individual += estim[i];
+                                       prevEscape = false;
+                               }
                        }
                }
                container.insert(individual);
-
-       //      string individual;
-               
-       //      while (estim.find_first_of('-') != -1) {
-       //              individual = estim.substr(0,estim.find_first_of('-'));
-       //              if ((estim.find_first_of('-')+1) <= estim.length()) { //checks to make sure you don't have dash at end of string
-       //                      estim = estim.substr(estim.find_first_of('-')+1, estim.length());
-       //                      container.insert(individual);
-       //              }
-       //      }
-               //get last one
-       //      container.insert(estim);
-       
+        
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "splitAtDash");
@@ -1275,19 +2565,32 @@ void MothurOut::splitAtDash(string& estim, set<string>& container) {
 //This function parses the line options and puts them in a set
 void MothurOut::splitAtDash(string& estim, set<int>& container) {
        try {
-               string individual;
+               string individual = "";
                int lineNum;
-               
-               while (estim.find_first_of('-') != -1) {
-                       individual = estim.substr(0,estim.find_first_of('-'));
-                       if ((estim.find_first_of('-')+1) <= estim.length()) { //checks to make sure you don't have dash at end of string
-                               estim = estim.substr(estim.find_first_of('-')+1, estim.length());
-                               convert(individual, lineNum); //convert the string to int
-                               container.insert(lineNum);
+               int estimLength = estim.size();
+               bool prevEscape = false;
+               for(int i=0;i<estimLength;i++){
+                       if(prevEscape){
+                               individual += estim[i];
+                               prevEscape = false;
+                       }
+                       else{
+                               if(estim[i] == '\\'){
+                                       prevEscape = true;
+                               }
+                               else if(estim[i] == '-'){
+                                       convert(individual, lineNum); //convert the string to int
+                                       container.insert(lineNum);
+                                       individual = "";
+                                       prevEscape = false;                             
+                               }
+                               else{
+                                       individual += estim[i];
+                                       prevEscape = false;
+                               }
                        }
                }
-               //get last one
-               convert(estim, lineNum); //convert the string to int
+               convert(individual, lineNum); //convert the string to int
                container.insert(lineNum);
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -1295,6 +2598,26 @@ void MothurOut::splitAtDash(string& estim, set<int>& container) {
                exit(1);
        }       
 }
+/***********************************************************************/
+string MothurOut::makeList(vector<string>& names) {
+       try {
+               string list = "";
+        
+        if (names.size() == 0) { return list; }
+               
+        for (int i = 0; i < names.size()-1; i++) { list += names[i] + ",";  }
+        
+        //get last name
+        list += names[names.size()-1];
+        
+        return list;
+    }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "makeList");
+               exit(1);
+       }       
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************/
 //This function parses the a string and puts peices in a vector
 void MothurOut::splitAtComma(string& estim, vector<string>& container) {
@@ -1332,6 +2655,25 @@ void MothurOut::splitAtComma(string& estim, vector<string>& container) {
                exit(1);
        }       
 }
+/***********************************************************************/
+//This function splits up the various option parameters
+void MothurOut::splitAtChar(string& prefix, string& suffix, char c){
+       try {
+               prefix = suffix.substr(0,suffix.find_first_of(c));
+               if ((suffix.find_first_of(c)+2) <= suffix.length()) {  //checks to make sure you don't have comma at end of string
+                       suffix = suffix.substr(suffix.find_first_of(c)+1, suffix.length());
+                       string space = " ";
+                       while(suffix.at(0) == ' ')
+                               suffix = suffix.substr(1, suffix.length());
+               }
+        
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "splitAtComma");
+               exit(1);
+       }       
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************/
 
 //This function splits up the various option parameters
@@ -1386,6 +2728,35 @@ bool MothurOut::inUsersGroups(string groupname, vector<string> Groups) {
                exit(1);
        }       
 }
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+bool MothurOut::inUsersGroups(vector<int> set, vector< vector<int> > sets) {
+       try {
+               for (int i = 0; i < sets.size(); i++) {
+                       if (set == sets[i]) { return true; }
+               }
+               return false;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "inUsersGroups");
+               exit(1);
+       }       
+}
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+bool MothurOut::inUsersGroups(int groupname, vector<int> Groups) {
+       try {
+               for (int i = 0; i < Groups.size(); i++) {
+                       if (groupname == Groups[i]) { return true; }
+               }
+               return false;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "inUsersGroups");
+               exit(1);
+       }       
+}
+
 /**************************************************************************************************/
 //returns true if any of the strings in first vector are in second vector
 bool MothurOut::inUsersGroups(vector<string> groupnames, vector<string> Groups) {
@@ -1426,20 +2797,21 @@ bool MothurOut::anyLabelsToProcess(string label, set<string>& userLabels, string
                }
                
                //go through users set and make them floats
-               for(it = userLabels.begin(); it != userLabels.end(); ++it) {
+               for(it = userLabels.begin(); it != userLabels.end();) {
                        
                        float temp;
                        if ((*it != "unique") && (convertTestFloat(*it, temp) == true)){
                                convert(*it, temp);
                                orderFloat.push_back(temp);
                                userMap[*it] = temp;
+                               it++;
                        }else if (*it == "unique") { 
                                orderFloat.push_back(-1.0);
                                userMap["unique"] = -1.0;
+                               it++;
                        }else {
-                               if (errorOff == "") {  cout << *it << " is not a valid label." << endl;  }
-                               userLabels.erase(*it); 
-                               it--;
+                               if (errorOff == "") {  mothurOut(*it + " is not a valid label."); mothurOutEndLine();  }
+                               userLabels.erase(it++); 
                        }
                }
                
@@ -1455,11 +2827,11 @@ bool MothurOut::anyLabelsToProcess(string label, set<string>& userLabels, string
                        if (orderFloat[i] < labelFloat) {
                                smaller = true;
                                if (orderFloat[i] == -1) { 
-                                       if (errorOff == "") { cout << "Your file does not include the label unique." << endl; }
+                                       if (errorOff == "") { mothurOut("Your file does not include the label unique."); mothurOutEndLine(); }
                                        userLabels.erase("unique");
                                }
                                else {  
-                                       if (errorOff == "") { cout << "Your file does not include the label " << endl; }
+                                       if (errorOff == "") { mothurOut("Your file does not include the label "); mothurOutEndLine(); }
                                        string s = "";
                                        for (it2 = userMap.begin(); it2!= userMap.end(); it2++) {  
                                                if (it2->second == orderFloat[i]) {  
@@ -1469,7 +2841,7 @@ bool MothurOut::anyLabelsToProcess(string label, set<string>& userLabels, string
                                                        break;
                                                }
                                        }
-                                       if (errorOff == "") {cout << s <<  ". I will use the next smallest distance. " << endl; }
+                                       if (errorOff == "") {mothurOut( s +  ". I will use the next smallest distance. "); mothurOutEndLine(); }
                                }
                        //since they are sorted once you find a bigger one stop looking
                        }else { break; }
@@ -1530,8 +2902,110 @@ bool MothurOut::checkReleaseVersion(ifstream& file, string version) {
        }
 }
 /**************************************************************************************************/
-
-
+bool MothurOut::isContainingOnlyDigits(string input) {
+       try{
+               
+               //are you a digit in ascii code
+               for (int i = 0;i < input.length(); i++){
+                       if( input[i]>47 && input[i]<58){}
+                       else { return false; }
+               }
+               
+               return true;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "isContainingOnlyDigits");             
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+int MothurOut::removeConfidences(string& tax) {
+       try {
+               
+               string taxon;
+               string newTax = "";
+               
+               while (tax.find_first_of(';') != -1) {
+                       
+                       if (control_pressed) { return 0; }
+                       
+                       //get taxon
+                       taxon = tax.substr(0,tax.find_first_of(';'));
+       
+                       int pos = taxon.find_last_of('(');
+                       if (pos != -1) {
+                               //is it a number?
+                               int pos2 = taxon.find_last_of(')');
+                               if (pos2 != -1) {
+                                       string confidenceScore = taxon.substr(pos+1, (pos2-(pos+1)));
+                                       if (isNumeric1(confidenceScore)) {
+                                               taxon = taxon.substr(0, pos); //rip off confidence 
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+                       taxon += ";";
+                       
+                       tax = tax.substr(tax.find_first_of(';')+1, tax.length());
+                       newTax += taxon;
+               }
+               
+               tax = newTax;
+               
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "removeConfidences");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+string MothurOut::removeQuotes(string tax) {
+       try {
+               
+               string taxon;
+               string newTax = "";
+               
+               for (int i = 0; i < tax.length(); i++) {
+                       
+                       if (control_pressed) { return newTax; }
+            
+            if ((tax[i] != '\'') && (tax[i] != '\"')) { newTax += tax[i]; }
+                       
+        }
+               
+               return newTax;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "removeQuotes");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+// function for calculating standard deviation
+double MothurOut::getStandardDeviation(vector<int>& featureVector){
+    try {
+        //finds sum
+        double average = 0; 
+        for (int i = 0; i < featureVector.size(); i++) { average += featureVector[i]; }
+        average /= (double) featureVector.size();
+        
+        //find standard deviation
+        double stdDev = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < featureVector.size(); i++) { //compute the difference of each dist from the mean, and square the result of each
+            stdDev += ((featureVector[i] - average) * (featureVector[i] - average));
+        }
+          
+        stdDev /= (double) featureVector.size(); 
+        stdDev = sqrt(stdDev);
+        
+        return stdDev;
+    }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "MothurOut", "getStandardDeviation");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**************************************************************************************************/