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  */
 
 #include "trimseqscommand.h"
+#include "needlemanoverlap.hpp"
 
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+vector<string> TrimSeqsCommand::setParameters(){       
+       try {
+               CommandParameter pfasta("fasta", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,true); parameters.push_back(pfasta);
+               CommandParameter poligos("oligos", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,false); parameters.push_back(poligos);
+               CommandParameter pqfile("qfile", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,false); parameters.push_back(pqfile);
+               CommandParameter pflip("flip", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pflip);
+               CommandParameter pmaxambig("maxambig", "Number", "", "-1", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmaxambig);
+               CommandParameter pmaxhomop("maxhomop", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmaxhomop);
+               CommandParameter pminlength("minlength", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminlength);
+               CommandParameter pmaxlength("maxlength", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmaxlength);
+               CommandParameter ppdiffs("pdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(ppdiffs);
+               CommandParameter pbdiffs("bdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pbdiffs);
+               CommandParameter ptdiffs("tdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(ptdiffs);
+               CommandParameter pprocessors("processors", "Number", "", "1", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pprocessors);
+               CommandParameter pallfiles("allfiles", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pallfiles);
+               CommandParameter pqtrim("qtrim", "Boolean", "", "T", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pqtrim);
+               CommandParameter pqthreshold("qthreshold", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pqthreshold);
+               CommandParameter pqaverage("qaverage", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pqaverage);
+               CommandParameter prollaverage("rollaverage", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(prollaverage);
+               CommandParameter pqwindowaverage("qwindowaverage", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pqwindowaverage);
+               CommandParameter pqstepsize("qstepsize", "Number", "", "1", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pqstepsize);
+               CommandParameter pqwindowsize("qwindowsize", "Number", "", "50", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pqwindowsize);
+               CommandParameter pkeepfirst("keepfirst", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pkeepfirst);
+               CommandParameter premovelast("removelast", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(premovelast);
+               CommandParameter pinputdir("inputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pinputdir);
+               CommandParameter poutputdir("outputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(poutputdir);
+                       
+               vector<string> myArray;
+               for (int i = 0; i < parameters.size(); i++) {   myArray.push_back(parameters[i].name);          }
+               return myArray;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "setParameters");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+string TrimSeqsCommand::getHelpString(){       
+       try {
+               string helpString = "";
+               helpString += "The trim.seqs command reads a fastaFile and creates 2 new fasta files, .trim.fasta and scrap.fasta, as well as group files if you provide and oligos file.\n";
+               helpString += "The .trim.fasta contains sequences that meet your requirements, and the .scrap.fasta contains those which don't.\n";
+               helpString += "The trim.seqs command parameters are fasta, flip, oligos, maxambig, maxhomop, minlength, maxlength, qfile, qthreshold, qaverage, diffs, qtrim, keepfirst, removelast and allfiles.\n";
+               helpString += "The fasta parameter is required.\n";
+               helpString += "The flip parameter will output the reverse compliment of your trimmed sequence. The default is false.\n";
+               helpString += "The oligos parameter allows you to provide an oligos file.\n";
+               helpString += "The maxambig parameter allows you to set the maximum number of ambigious bases allowed. The default is -1.\n";
+               helpString += "The maxhomop parameter allows you to set a maximum homopolymer length. \n";
+               helpString += "The minlength parameter allows you to set and minimum sequence length. \n";
+               helpString += "The maxlength parameter allows you to set and maximum sequence length. \n";
+               helpString += "The tdiffs parameter is used to specify the total number of differences allowed in the sequence. The default is pdiffs + bdiffs.\n";
+               helpString += "The bdiffs parameter is used to specify the number of differences allowed in the barcode. The default is 0.\n";
+               helpString += "The pdiffs parameter is used to specify the number of differences allowed in the primer. The default is 0.\n";
+               helpString += "The qfile parameter allows you to provide a quality file.\n";
+               helpString += "The qthreshold parameter allows you to set a minimum quality score allowed. \n";
+               helpString += "The qaverage parameter allows you to set a minimum average quality score allowed. \n";
+               helpString += "The qwindowsize parameter allows you to set a number of bases in a window. Default=50.\n";
+               helpString += "The qwindowaverage parameter allows you to set a minimum average quality score allowed over a window. \n";
+               helpString += "The rollaverage parameter allows you to set a minimum rolling average quality score allowed over a window. \n";
+               helpString += "The qstepsize parameter allows you to set a number of bases to move the window over. Default=1.\n";
+               helpString += "The allfiles parameter will create separate group and fasta file for each grouping. The default is F.\n";
+               helpString += "The qtrim parameter will trim sequence from the point that they fall below the qthreshold and put it in the .trim file if set to true. The default is T.\n";
+               helpString += "The keepfirst parameter trims the sequence to the first keepfirst number of bases after the barcode or primers are removed, before the sequence is checked to see if it meets the other requirements. \n";
+               helpString += "The removelast removes the last removelast number of bases after the barcode or primers are removed, before the sequence is checked to see if it meets the other requirements.\n";
+               helpString += "The trim.seqs command should be in the following format: \n";
+               helpString += "trim.seqs(fasta=yourFastaFile, flip=yourFlip, oligos=yourOligos, maxambig=yourMaxambig,  \n";
+               helpString += "maxhomop=yourMaxhomop, minlength=youMinlength, maxlength=yourMaxlength)  \n";    
+               helpString += "Example trim.seqs(fasta=abrecovery.fasta, flip=..., oligos=..., maxambig=..., maxhomop=..., minlength=..., maxlength=...).\n";
+               helpString += "Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. fasta), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFasta).\n";
+               helpString += "For more details please check out the wiki http://www.mothur.org/wiki/Trim.seqs .\n";
+               return helpString;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "getHelpString");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(){    
+       try {
+               abort = true; calledHelp = true; 
+               setParameters();
+               vector<string> tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["qfile"] = tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["group"] = tempOutNames;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "TrimSeqsCommand");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
-TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(string option){
+TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(string option)  {
        try {
                
-               abort = false;
+               abort = false; calledHelp = false;   
+               comboStarts = 0;
                
                //allow user to run help
-               if(option == "help") { help(); abort = true; }
+               if(option == "help") { help(); abort = true; calledHelp = true; }
                
                else {
-                       //valid paramters for this command
-                       string AlignArray[] =  {"fasta", "flip", "oligos", "maxambig", "maxhomop", "minlength", "maxlength", "qfile", "qthreshold", "qaverage", "allfiles"};
-                       
-                       vector<string> myArray (AlignArray, AlignArray+(sizeof(AlignArray)/sizeof(string)));
+                       vector<string> myArray = setParameters();
                        
                        OptionParser parser(option);
                        map<string,string> parameters = parser.getParameters();
                        
                        ValidParameters validParameter;
+                       map<string,string>::iterator it;
                        
                        //check to make sure all parameters are valid for command
-                       for (map<string,string>::iterator it = parameters.begin(); it != parameters.end(); it++) { 
+                       for (it = parameters.begin(); it != parameters.end(); it++) { 
                                if (validParameter.isValidParameter(it->first, myArray, it->second) != true) {  abort = true;  }
                        }
                        
+                       //initialize outputTypes
+                       vector<string> tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["qfile"] = tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["group"] = tempOutNames;
+                       
+                       //if the user changes the input directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
+                       string inputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "inputdir", false);              
+                       if (inputDir == "not found"){   inputDir = "";          }
+                       else {
+                               string path;
+                               it = parameters.find("fasta");
+                               //user has given a template file
+                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                       path = m->hasPath(it->second);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["fasta"] = inputDir + it->second;            }
+                               }
+                               
+                               it = parameters.find("oligos");
+                               //user has given a template file
+                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                       path = m->hasPath(it->second);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["oligos"] = inputDir + it->second;           }
+                               }
+                               
+                               it = parameters.find("qfile");
+                               //user has given a template file
+                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                       path = m->hasPath(it->second);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["qfile"] = inputDir + it->second;            }
+                               }
+                               
+                       }
+
+                       
                        //check for required parameters
                        fastaFile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", true);
-                       if (fastaFile == "not found") { cout << "fasta is a required parameter for the screen.seqs command." << endl; abort = true; }
-                       else if (fastaFile == "not open") { abort = true; }     
-               
+                       if (fastaFile == "not found") {                                 
+                               fastaFile = m->getFastaFile(); 
+                               if (fastaFile != "") { m->mothurOut("Using " + fastaFile + " as input file for the fasta parameter."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                               else {  m->mothurOut("You have no current fastafile and the fasta parameter is required."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
+                       }else if (fastaFile == "not open") { abort = true; }    
+                       
+                       //if the user changes the output directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
+                       outputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "outputdir", false);           if (outputDir == "not found"){  
+                               outputDir = ""; 
+                               outputDir += m->hasPath(fastaFile); //if user entered a file with a path then preserve it       
+                       }
                
+                       
                        //check for optional parameter and set defaults
                        // ...at some point should added some additional type checking...
                        string temp;
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "flip", false);
                        if (temp == "not found"){       flip = 0;       }
-                       else if(isTrue(temp))   {       flip = 1;       }
+                       else if(m->isTrue(temp))        {       flip = 1;       }
                
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "oligos", true);
                        if (temp == "not found"){       oligoFile = "";         }
                        else if(temp == "not open"){    abort = true;   } 
                        else                                    {       oligoFile = temp;               }
                        
+                       
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "maxambig", false);         if (temp == "not found") { temp = "-1"; }
                        convert(temp, maxAmbig);  
 
@@ -65,468 +209,1273 @@ TrimSeqsCommand::TrimSeqsCommand(string option){
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "maxlength", false);        if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
                        convert(temp, maxLength);
                        
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "bdiffs", false);           if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
+                       convert(temp, bdiffs);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "pdiffs", false);           if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
+                       convert(temp, pdiffs);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "tdiffs", false);           if (temp == "not found") { int tempTotal = pdiffs + bdiffs;  temp = toString(tempTotal); }
+                       convert(temp, tdiffs);
+                       
+                       if(tdiffs == 0){        tdiffs = bdiffs + pdiffs;       }
+                       
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qfile", true);     
                        if (temp == "not found")        {       qFileName = "";         }
-                       else if(temp == "not open")     {       abort = 0;              }
+                       else if(temp == "not open")     {       abort = true;           }
                        else                                            {       qFileName = temp;       }
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qthreshold", false);       if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
                        convert(temp, qThreshold);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qtrim", false);            if (temp == "not found") { temp = "t"; }
+                       qtrim = m->isTrue(temp);
+
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "rollaverage", false);      if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
+                       convert(temp, qRollAverage);
+
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qwindowaverage", false);if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
+                       convert(temp, qWindowAverage);
+
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qwindowsize", false);      if (temp == "not found") { temp = "50"; }
+                       convert(temp, qWindowSize);
+
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qstepsize", false);        if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1"; }
+                       convert(temp, qWindowStep);
 
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qaverage", false);         if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
                        convert(temp, qAverage);
+
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "keepfirst", false);        if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
+                       convert(temp, keepFirst);
+
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "removelast", false);       if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
+                       convert(temp, removeLast);
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "allfiles", false);         if (temp == "not found") { temp = "F"; }
-                       allFiles = isTrue(temp);
+                       allFiles = m->isTrue(temp);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);       if (temp == "not found"){       temp = m->getProcessors();      }
+                       m->setProcessors(temp);
+                       convert(temp, processors); 
+                       
                        
-                       if(allFiles && oligoFile == ""){
-                               cout << "You selected allfiles, but didn't enter an oligos file.  Ignoring the allfiles request." << endl;
+                       if(allFiles && (oligoFile == "")){
+                               m->mothurOut("You selected allfiles, but didn't enter an oligos.  Ignoring the allfiles request."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        }
                        if((qAverage != 0 && qThreshold != 0) && qFileName == ""){
-                               cout << "You didn't provide a quality file name, quality criteria will be ignored." << endl;
+                               m->mothurOut("You didn't provide a quality file name, quality criteria will be ignored."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                qAverage=0;
                                qThreshold=0;
                        }
                        if(!flip && oligoFile=="" && !maxLength && !minLength && (maxAmbig==-1) && !maxHomoP && qFileName == ""){               
-                               cout << "You didn't set any options... quiting command." << endl;
+                               m->mothurOut("You didn't set any options... quiting command."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                abort = true;
                        }
                }
 
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
-               cout << "Standard Error: " << e.what() << " has occurred in the TrimSeqsCommand class Function TrimSeqsCommand. Please contact Pat Schloss at pschloss@microbio.umass.edu." << "\n";
-               exit(1);
-       }
-       catch(...) {
-               cout << "An unknown error has occurred in the TrimSeqsCommand class function TrimSeqsCommand. Please contact Pat Schloss at pschloss@microbio.umass.edu." << "\n";
-               exit(1);
-       }       
-}
-//**********************************************************************************************************************
-
-void TrimSeqsCommand::help(){
-       try {
-               cout << "The trim.seqs command reads a fastaFile and creates ....." << "\n";
-               cout << "The trim.seqs command parameters are fasta, flip, oligos, maxambig, maxhomop, minlength and maxlength." << "\n";
-               cout << "The fasta parameter is required." << "\n";
-               cout << "The flip parameter .... The default is 0." << "\n";
-               cout << "The oligos parameter .... The default is ""." << "\n";
-               cout << "The maxambig parameter .... The default is -1." << "\n";
-               cout << "The maxhomop parameter .... The default is 0." << "\n";
-               cout << "The minlength parameter .... The default is 0." << "\n";
-               cout << "The maxlength parameter .... The default is 0." << "\n";
-               cout << "The trim.seqs command should be in the following format: " << "\n";
-               cout << "trim.seqs(fasta=yourFastaFile, flip=yourFlip, oligos=yourOligos, maxambig=yourMaxambig,  " << "\n";
-               cout << "maxhomop=yourMaxhomop, minlength=youMinlength, maxlength=yourMaxlength)  " << "\n";    
-               cout << "Example trim.seqs(fasta=abrecovery.fasta, flip=..., oligos=..., maxambig=..., maxhomop=..., minlength=..., maxlength=...)." << "\n";
-               cout << "Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. fasta), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFasta)." << "\n" << "\n";
-
-       }
-       catch(exception& e) {
-               cout << "Standard Error: " << e.what() << " has occurred in the TrimSeqsCommand class Function help. Please contact Pat Schloss at pschloss@microbio.umass.edu." << "\n";
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "TrimSeqsCommand");
                exit(1);
        }
-       catch(...) {
-               cout << "An unknown error has occurred in the TrimSeqsCommand class function help. Please contact Pat Schloss at pschloss@microbio.umass.edu." << "\n";
-               exit(1);
-       }       
 }
-
-
-//***************************************************************************************************************
-
-TrimSeqsCommand::~TrimSeqsCommand(){   /*      do nothing      */      }
-
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
 int TrimSeqsCommand::execute(){
        try{
        
-               if (abort == true) { return 0; }
-
-               ifstream inFASTA;
-               openInputFile(fastaFile, inFASTA);
+               if (abort == true) { if (calledHelp) { return 0; }  return 2;   }
+               
+               numFPrimers = 0;  //this needs to be initialized
+               numRPrimers = 0;
+               vector<vector<string> > fastaFileNames;
+               vector<vector<string> > qualFileNames;
                
-               ofstream outFASTA;
-               string trimSeqFile = getRootName(fastaFile) + "trim.fasta";
-               openOutputFile(trimSeqFile, outFASTA);
+               string trimSeqFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "trim.fasta";
+               outputNames.push_back(trimSeqFile); outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(trimSeqFile);
+               
+               string scrapSeqFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "scrap.fasta";
+               outputNames.push_back(scrapSeqFile); outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(scrapSeqFile);
+               
+               string trimQualFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "trim.qual";
+               string scrapQualFile = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "scrap.qual";
+               if (qFileName != "") {
+                       outputNames.push_back(trimQualFile);
+                       outputNames.push_back(scrapQualFile);
+                       outputTypes["qfile"].push_back(trimQualFile);
+                       outputTypes["qfile"].push_back(scrapQualFile); 
+               }
                
-               ofstream outGroups;
-               vector<ofstream*> fastaFileNames;
+               string outputGroupFileName;
                if(oligoFile != ""){
-                       string groupFile = getRootName(fastaFile) + "groups"; 
-                       openOutputFile(groupFile, outGroups);
-                       getOligos(fastaFileNames);
+                       outputGroupFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + "groups";
+                       outputNames.push_back(outputGroupFileName); outputTypes["group"].push_back(outputGroupFileName);
+                       getOligos(fastaFileNames, qualFileNames);
                }
+
+               vector<unsigned long int> fastaFilePos;
+               vector<unsigned long int> qFilePos;
                
-               ofstream scrapFASTA;
-               string scrapSeqFile = getRootName(fastaFile) + "scrap.fasta";
-               openOutputFile(scrapSeqFile, scrapFASTA);
+               setLines(fastaFile, qFileName, fastaFilePos, qFilePos);
                
-               ifstream qFile;
-               if(qFileName != "")     {       openInputFile(qFileName, qFile);        }
+               for (int i = 0; i < (fastaFilePos.size()-1); i++) {
+                       lines.push_back(new linePair(fastaFilePos[i], fastaFilePos[(i+1)]));
+                       if (qFileName != "") {  qLines.push_back(new linePair(qFilePos[i], qFilePos[(i+1)]));  }
+               }       
+               if(qFileName == "")     {       qLines = lines; } //files with duds
                
-               bool success;
+               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                               if(processors == 1){
+                                       driverCreateTrim(fastaFile, qFileName, trimSeqFile, scrapSeqFile, trimQualFile, scrapQualFile, outputGroupFileName, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames, lines[0], qLines[0]);
+                               }else{
+                                       createProcessesCreateTrim(fastaFile, qFileName, trimSeqFile, scrapSeqFile, trimQualFile, scrapQualFile, outputGroupFileName, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames); 
+                               }       
+               #else
+                               driverCreateTrim(fastaFile, qFileName, trimSeqFile, scrapSeqFile, trimQualFile, scrapQualFile, outputGroupFileName, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames, lines[0], qLines[0]);
+               #endif
                
-               while(!inFASTA.eof()){
-                       Sequence currSeq(inFASTA);
-                       string origSeq = currSeq.getUnaligned();
-                       int group;
-                       string trashCode = "";
+               if (m->control_pressed) {  return 0; }                  
                        
-                       if(qFileName != ""){
-                               if(qThreshold != 0)             {       success = stripQualThreshold(currSeq, qFile);   }
-                               else if(qAverage != 0)  {       success = cullQualAverage(currSeq, qFile);              }
-                               if(!success)                    {       trashCode += 'q';                                                               }
-                               qFile.close();
-                       }
-                       if(barcodes.size() != 0){
-                               success = stripBarcode(currSeq, group);
-                               if(!success){   trashCode += 'b';       }
-                       }
-                       if(numFPrimers != 0){
-                               success = stripForward(currSeq);
-                               if(!success){   trashCode += 'f';       }
-                       }
-                       if(numRPrimers != 0){
-                               success = stripReverse(currSeq);
-                               if(!success){   trashCode += 'r';       }
+               if(allFiles){
+                       map<string, string> uniqueFastaNames;// so we don't add the same groupfile multiple times
+                       map<string, string>::iterator it;
+                       set<string> namesToRemove;
+                       for(int i=0;i<fastaFileNames.size();i++){
+                               for(int j=0;j<fastaFileNames[0].size();j++){
+                                       if (fastaFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                                               if(m->isBlank(fastaFileNames[i][j])){
+                                                       remove(fastaFileNames[i][j].c_str());
+                                                       namesToRemove.insert(fastaFileNames[i][j]);
+                                                       
+                                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                               remove(qualFileNames[i][j].c_str());
+                                                               namesToRemove.insert(qualFileNames[i][j]);
+                                                       }
+                                               }else{  
+                                                       it = uniqueFastaNames.find(fastaFileNames[i][j]);
+                                                       if (it == uniqueFastaNames.end()) {     
+                                                               uniqueFastaNames[fastaFileNames[i][j]] = barcodeNameVector[i];  
+                                                       }       
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
                        }
-                       if(minLength > 0 || maxLength > 0){
-                               success = cullLength(currSeq);
-                               if(!success){   trashCode += 'l';       }
+                       
+                       //remove names for outputFileNames, just cleans up the output
+                       vector<string> outputNames2;
+                       for(int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) { if (namesToRemove.count(outputNames[i]) == 0) { outputNames2.push_back(outputNames[i]); } }
+                       outputNames = outputNames2;
+                       
+                       for (it = uniqueFastaNames.begin(); it != uniqueFastaNames.end(); it++) {
+                               ifstream in;
+                               m->openInputFile(it->first, in);
+                               
+                               ofstream out;
+                               string thisGroupName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(it->first)) + "groups";
+                               outputNames.push_back(thisGroupName); outputTypes["group"].push_back(thisGroupName);
+                               m->openOutputFile(thisGroupName, out);
+                               
+                               while (!in.eof()){
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) { break; }
+                                       
+                                       Sequence currSeq(in); m->gobble(in);
+                                       out << currSeq.getName() << '\t' << it->second << endl;
+                               }
+                               in.close();
+                               out.close();
                        }
-                       if(maxHomoP > 0){
-                               success = cullHomoP(currSeq);
-                               if(!success){   trashCode += 'h';       }
+               }
+               
+               if (m->control_pressed) {       for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  remove(outputNames[i].c_str()); } return 0;     }
+
+               //output group counts
+               m->mothurOutEndLine();
+               int total = 0;
+               for (map<string, int>::iterator it = groupCounts.begin(); it != groupCounts.end(); it++) {
+                        total += it->second; m->mothurOut("Group " + it->first + " contains " + toString(it->second) + " sequences."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+               }
+               if (total != 0) { m->mothurOut("Total of all groups is " + toString(total)); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+               
+               if (m->control_pressed) {       for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  remove(outputNames[i].c_str()); } return 0;     }
+
+               //set fasta file as new current fastafile
+               string current = "";
+               itTypes = outputTypes.find("fasta");
+               if (itTypes != outputTypes.end()) {
+                       if ((itTypes->second).size() != 0) { current = (itTypes->second)[0]; m->setFastaFile(current); }
+               }
+               
+               itTypes = outputTypes.find("qfile");
+               if (itTypes != outputTypes.end()) {
+                       if ((itTypes->second).size() != 0) { current = (itTypes->second)[0]; m->setQualFile(current); }
+               }
+               
+               itTypes = outputTypes.find("group");
+               if (itTypes != outputTypes.end()) {
+                       if ((itTypes->second).size() != 0) { current = (itTypes->second)[0]; m->setGroupFile(current); }
+               }
+
+               m->mothurOutEndLine();
+               m->mothurOut("Output File Names: "); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+               for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  m->mothurOut(outputNames[i]); m->mothurOutEndLine();    }
+               m->mothurOutEndLine();
+               
+               return 0;       
+                       
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "execute");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+               
+/**************************************************************************************/
+
+int TrimSeqsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string trimFileName, string scrapFileName, string trimQFileName, string scrapQFileName, string groupFileName, vector<vector<string> > fastaFileNames, vector<vector<string> > qualFileNames, linePair* line, linePair* qline) {       
+               
+       try {
+               
+               ofstream trimFASTAFile;
+               m->openOutputFile(trimFileName, trimFASTAFile);
+               
+               ofstream scrapFASTAFile;
+               m->openOutputFile(scrapFileName, scrapFASTAFile);
+               
+               ofstream trimQualFile;
+               ofstream scrapQualFile;
+               if(qFileName != ""){
+                       m->openOutputFile(trimQFileName, trimQualFile);
+                       m->openOutputFile(scrapQFileName, scrapQualFile);
+               }
+               
+               ofstream outGroupsFile;
+               if (oligoFile != ""){   m->openOutputFile(groupFileName, outGroupsFile);   }
+               if(allFiles){
+                       for (int i = 0; i < fastaFileNames.size(); i++) { //clears old file
+                               for (int j = 0; j < fastaFileNames[i].size(); j++) { //clears old file
+                                       if (fastaFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                                               ofstream temp;
+                                               m->openOutputFile(fastaFileNames[i][j], temp);                  temp.close();
+                                               if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                       m->openOutputFile(qualFileNames[i][j], temp);                   temp.close();
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
                        }
-                       if(maxAmbig != -1){
-                               success = cullAmbigs(currSeq);
-                               if(!success){   trashCode += 'n';       }
+               }
+               
+               ifstream inFASTA;
+               m->openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
+               inFASTA.seekg(line->start);
+               
+               ifstream qFile;
+               if(qFileName != "")     {
+                       m->openInputFile(qFileName, qFile);
+                       qFile.seekg(qline->start);  
+               }
+               
+               int count = 0;
+               bool moreSeqs = 1;
+       
+               while (moreSeqs) {
+                               
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { 
+                               inFASTA.close(); trimFASTAFile.close(); scrapFASTAFile.close();
+                               if (oligoFile != "") {   outGroupsFile.close();   }
+
+                               if(qFileName != ""){
+                                       qFile.close();
+                               }
+                               for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  remove(outputNames[i].c_str()); }
+
+                               return 0;
                        }
                        
-                       if(flip){       currSeq.reverseComplement();    }               // should go last                       
-                       
-                       if(trashCode.length() == 0){
-                               currSeq.printSequence(outFASTA);
+                       int success = 1;
+                       string trashCode = "";
+                       int currentSeqsDiffs = 0;
+
+                       Sequence currSeq(inFASTA); m->gobble(inFASTA);
+
+                       QualityScores currQual;
+                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                               currQual = QualityScores(qFile);  m->gobble(qFile);
+                       }
+
+                       string origSeq = currSeq.getUnaligned();
+                       if (origSeq != "") {
+                               
+                               int barcodeIndex = 0;
+                               int primerIndex = 0;
+                               
                                if(barcodes.size() != 0){
-                                       outGroups << currSeq.getName() << '\t' << groupVector[group] << endl;
+                                       success = stripBarcode(currSeq, currQual, barcodeIndex);
+                                       if(success > bdiffs)            {       trashCode += 'b';       }
+                                       else{ currentSeqsDiffs += success;  }
+                               }
+                               
+                               if(numFPrimers != 0){
+                                       success = stripForward(currSeq, currQual, primerIndex);
+                                       if(success > pdiffs)            {       trashCode += 'f';       }
+                                       else{ currentSeqsDiffs += success;  }
+                               }
+                               
+                               if (currentSeqsDiffs > tdiffs)  {       trashCode += 't';   }
+                               
+                               if(numRPrimers != 0){
+                                       success = stripReverse(currSeq, currQual);
+                                       if(!success)                            {       trashCode += 'r';       }
+                               }
+
+                               if(keepFirst != 0){
+                                       success = keepFirstTrim(currSeq, currQual);
+                               }
+                               
+                               if(removeLast != 0){
+                                       success = removeLastTrim(currSeq, currQual);
+                                       if(!success)                            {       trashCode += 'l';       }
+                               }
+
+                               
+                               if(qFileName != ""){
+                                       int origLength = currSeq.getNumBases();
+                                       
+                                       if(qThreshold != 0)                     {       success = currQual.stripQualThreshold(currSeq, qThreshold);                     }
+                                       else if(qAverage != 0)          {       success = currQual.cullQualAverage(currSeq, qAverage);                          }
+                                       else if(qRollAverage != 0)      {       success = currQual.stripQualRollingAverage(currSeq, qRollAverage);      }
+                                       else if(qWindowAverage != 0){   success = currQual.stripQualWindowAverage(currSeq, qWindowStep, qWindowSize, qWindowAverage);   }
+                                       else                                            {       success = 1;                            }
+                                       
+                                       //you don't want to trim, if it fails above then scrap it
+                                       if ((!qtrim) && (origLength != currSeq.getNumBases())) {  success = 0; }
+                                       
+                                       if(!success)                            {       trashCode += 'q';       }
+                               }                               
+               
+                               if(minLength > 0 || maxLength > 0){
+                                       success = cullLength(currSeq);
+                                       if(!success)                            {       trashCode += 'l';       }
+                               }
+                               if(maxHomoP > 0){
+                                       success = cullHomoP(currSeq);
+                                       if(!success)                            {       trashCode += 'h';       }
+                               }
+                               if(maxAmbig != -1){
+                                       success = cullAmbigs(currSeq);
+                                       if(!success)                            {       trashCode += 'n';       }
+                               }
+                               
+                               if(flip){               // should go last                       
+                                       currSeq.reverseComplement();
+                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                               currQual.flipQScores(); 
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
+                               if(trashCode.length() == 0){
+                                       currSeq.setAligned(currSeq.getUnaligned());
+                                       currSeq.printSequence(trimFASTAFile);
+                                       
+                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                               currQual.printQScores(trimQualFile);
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       if(barcodes.size() != 0){
+                                               string thisGroup = barcodeNameVector[barcodeIndex];
+                                               if (primers.size() != 0) { thisGroup += "." + primerNameVector[primerIndex]; }
+                                               
+                                               outGroupsFile << currSeq.getName() << '\t' << thisGroup << endl;
+                                               
+                                               map<string, int>::iterator it = groupCounts.find(thisGroup);
+                                               if (it == groupCounts.end()) {  groupCounts[thisGroup] = 1; }
+                                               else { groupCounts[it->first]++; }
+                                                       
+                                       }
+                                       
                                        
                                        if(allFiles){
-                                               currSeq.printSequence(*fastaFileNames[group]);                                  
+                                               ofstream output;
+                                               m->openOutputFileAppend(fastaFileNames[barcodeIndex][primerIndex], output);
+                                               currSeq.printSequence(output);
+                                               output.close();
+                                               
+                                               if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                       m->openOutputFileAppend(qualFileNames[barcodeIndex][primerIndex], output);
+                                                       currQual.printQScores(output);
+                                                       output.close();                                                 
+                                               }
                                        }
                                }
+                               else{
+                                       currSeq.setName(currSeq.getName() + '|' + trashCode);
+                                       currSeq.setUnaligned(origSeq);
+                                       currSeq.setAligned(origSeq);
+                                       currSeq.printSequence(scrapFASTAFile);
+                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                               currQual.printQScores(scrapQualFile);
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               count++;
                        }
-                       else{
-                               currSeq.setName(currSeq.getName() + '|' + trashCode);
-                               currSeq.setUnaligned(origSeq);
-                               currSeq.printSequence(scrapFASTA);
-                       }
-                       gobble(inFASTA);
+                       
+                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                               unsigned long int pos = inFASTA.tellg();
+                               if ((pos == -1) || (pos >= line->end)) { break; }
+                       #else
+                               if (inFASTA.eof()) { break; }
+                       #endif
+                               
+                       //report progress
+                       if((count) % 1000 == 0){        m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
+                       
                }
+               //report progress
+               if((count) % 1000 != 0){        m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
+
+               
                inFASTA.close();
-               outFASTA.close();
-               scrapFASTA.close();
-               outGroups.close();
+               trimFASTAFile.close();
+               scrapFASTAFile.close();
+               if (oligoFile != "") {   outGroupsFile.close();   }
+               if(qFileName != "")     {       qFile.close();  scrapQualFile.close(); trimQualFile.close();    }
                
-               for(int i=0;i<fastaFileNames.size();i++){
-                       fastaFileNames[i]->close();
-                       delete fastaFileNames[i];
-               }               
+               return count;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "driverCreateTrim");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+int TrimSeqsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string filename, string qFileName, string trimFASTAFileName, string scrapFASTAFileName, string trimQualFileName, string scrapQualFileName, string groupFile, vector<vector<string> > fastaFileNames, vector<vector<string> > qualFileNames) {
+       try {
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+               int process = 1;
+               int exitCommand = 1;
+               processIDS.clear();
                
-               for(int i=0;i<fastaFileNames.size();i++){
-                       string seqName;
-                       openInputFile(getRootName(fastaFile) + groupVector[i] + ".fasta", inFASTA);
-                       ofstream outGroups;
-                       openOutputFile(getRootName(fastaFile) + groupVector[i] + ".groups", outGroups);
+               //loop through and create all the processes you want
+               while (process != processors) {
+                       int pid = fork();
                        
-                       while(!inFASTA.eof()){
-                               if(inFASTA.get() == '>'){
-                                       inFASTA >> seqName;
-                                       outGroups << seqName << '\t' << groupVector[i] << endl;
+                       if (pid > 0) {
+                               processIDS.push_back(pid);  //create map from line number to pid so you can append files in correct order later
+                               process++;
+                       }else if (pid == 0){
+                               
+                               vector<vector<string> > tempFASTAFileNames = fastaFileNames;
+                               vector<vector<string> > tempPrimerQualFileNames = qualFileNames;
+
+                               if(allFiles){
+                                       ofstream temp;
+
+                                       for(int i=0;i<tempFASTAFileNames.size();i++){
+                                               for(int j=0;j<tempFASTAFileNames[i].size();j++){
+                                                       if (tempFASTAFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                                                               tempFASTAFileNames[i][j] += toString(getpid()) + ".temp";
+                                                               m->openOutputFile(tempFASTAFileNames[i][j], temp);                      temp.close();
+
+                                                               if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                                       tempPrimerQualFileNames[i][j] += toString(getpid()) + ".temp";
+                                                                       m->openOutputFile(tempPrimerQualFileNames[i][j], temp);         temp.close();
+                                                               }
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                       }
                                }
-                               while (!inFASTA.eof())  {       char c = inFASTA.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){        break;  }       }
+                                                       
+                               driverCreateTrim(filename,
+                                                                qFileName,
+                                                                (trimFASTAFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                (scrapFASTAFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                (trimQualFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                (scrapQualFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                (groupFile + toString(getpid()) + ".temp"),
+                                                                tempFASTAFileNames,
+                                                                tempPrimerQualFileNames,
+                                                                lines[process],
+                                                                qLines[process]);
+                               
+                               //pass groupCounts to parent
+                               ofstream out;
+                               string tempFile = filename + toString(getpid()) + ".num.temp";
+                               m->openOutputFile(tempFile, out);
+                               for (map<string, int>::iterator it = groupCounts.begin(); it != groupCounts.end(); it++) {
+                                       out << it->first << '\t' << it->second << endl;
+                               }
+                               out.close();
+                               
+                               exit(0);
+                       }else { 
+                               m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                               for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) { kill (processIDS[i], SIGINT); }
+                               exit(0);
                        }
-                       outGroups.close();
-                       inFASTA.close();
                }
                
+               //parent do my part
+               ofstream temp;
+               m->openOutputFile(trimFASTAFileName, temp);             temp.close();
+               m->openOutputFile(scrapFASTAFileName, temp);    temp.close();
+               m->openOutputFile(trimQualFileName, temp);              temp.close();
+               m->openOutputFile(scrapQualFileName, temp);             temp.close();
+
+               driverCreateTrim(filename, qFileName, trimFASTAFileName, scrapFASTAFileName, trimQualFileName, scrapQualFileName, groupFile, fastaFileNames, qualFileNames, lines[0], qLines[0]);
                
-               return 0;               
+               //force parent to wait until all the processes are done
+               for (int i=0;i<processIDS.size();i++) { 
+                       int temp = processIDS[i];
+                       wait(&temp);
+               }
+               
+               //append files
+               for(int i=0;i<processIDS.size();i++){
+                       
+                       m->mothurOut("Appending files from process " + toString(processIDS[i])); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                       
+                       m->appendFiles((trimFASTAFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), trimFASTAFileName);
+                       remove((trimFASTAFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                       m->appendFiles((scrapFASTAFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), scrapFASTAFileName);
+                       remove((scrapFASTAFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                       
+                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                               m->appendFiles((trimQualFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), trimQualFileName);
+                               remove((trimQualFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                               m->appendFiles((scrapQualFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), scrapQualFileName);
+                               remove((scrapQualFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                       }
+                       
+                       m->appendFiles((groupFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), groupFile);
+                       remove((groupFile + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                       
+                       
+                       if(allFiles){
+                               for(int j=0;j<fastaFileNames.size();j++){
+                                       for(int k=0;k<fastaFileNames[j].size();k++){
+                                               if (fastaFileNames[j][k] != "") {
+                                                       m->appendFiles((fastaFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), fastaFileNames[j][k]);
+                                                       remove((fastaFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                                                       
+                                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                                               m->appendFiles((qualFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), qualFileNames[j][k]);
+                                                               remove((qualFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+                       
+                       ifstream in;
+                       string tempFile =  filename + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".num.temp";
+                       m->openInputFile(tempFile, in);
+                       int tempNum;
+                       string group;
+                       while (!in.eof()) { 
+                               in >> group >> tempNum; m->gobble(in);
+                               
+                               map<string, int>::iterator it = groupCounts.find(group);
+                               if (it == groupCounts.end()) {  groupCounts[group] = tempNum; }
+                               else { groupCounts[it->first] += tempNum; }
+                       }
+                       in.close(); remove(tempFile.c_str());
+                       
+               }
+       
+               return exitCommand;
+#endif         
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
-               cout << "Standard Error: " << e.what() << " has occurred in the TrimSeqsCommand class Function execute. Please contact Pat Schloss at pschloss@microbio.umass.edu." << "\n";
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "createProcessesCreateTrim");
                exit(1);
        }
-       catch(...) {
-               cout << "An unknown error has occurred in the TrimSeqsCommand class function execute. Please contact Pat Schloss at pschloss@microbio.umass.edu." << "\n";
+}
+
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+int TrimSeqsCommand::setLines(string filename, string qfilename, vector<unsigned long int>& fastaFilePos, vector<unsigned long int>& qfileFilePos) {
+       try {
+               
+               //set file positions for fasta file
+               fastaFilePos = m->divideFile(filename, processors);
+               
+               if (qfilename == "") { return processors; }
+               
+               //get name of first sequence in each chunk
+               map<string, int> firstSeqNames;
+               for (int i = 0; i < (fastaFilePos.size()-1); i++) {
+                       ifstream in;
+                       m->openInputFile(filename, in);
+                       in.seekg(fastaFilePos[i]);
+               
+                       Sequence temp(in); 
+                       firstSeqNames[temp.getName()] = i;
+               
+                       in.close();
+               }
+                               
+               //seach for filePos of each first name in the qfile and save in qfileFilePos
+               ifstream inQual;
+               m->openInputFile(qfilename, inQual);
+               
+               string input;
+               while(!inQual.eof()){   
+                       input = m->getline(inQual);
+
+                       if (input.length() != 0) {
+                               if(input[0] == '>'){ //this is a sequence name line
+                                       istringstream nameStream(input);
+                                       
+                                       string sname = "";  nameStream >> sname;
+                                       sname = sname.substr(1);
+                                       
+                                       map<string, int>::iterator it = firstSeqNames.find(sname);
+                                       
+                                       if(it != firstSeqNames.end()) { //this is the start of a new chunk
+                                               unsigned long int pos = inQual.tellg(); 
+                                               qfileFilePos.push_back(pos - input.length() - 1);       
+                                               firstSeqNames.erase(it);
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+                       
+                       if (firstSeqNames.size() == 0) { break; }
+               }
+               inQual.close();
+               
+               
+               if (firstSeqNames.size() != 0) { 
+                       for (map<string, int>::iterator it = firstSeqNames.begin(); it != firstSeqNames.end(); it++) {
+                               m->mothurOut(it->first + " is in your fasta file and not in your quality file, not using quality file."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                       }
+                       qFileName = "";
+                       return processors;
+               }
+
+               //get last file position of qfile
+               FILE * pFile;
+               unsigned long int size;
+               
+               //get num bytes in file
+               pFile = fopen (qfilename.c_str(),"rb");
+               if (pFile==NULL) perror ("Error opening file");
+               else{
+                       fseek (pFile, 0, SEEK_END);
+                       size=ftell (pFile);
+                       fclose (pFile);
+               }
+               
+               qfileFilePos.push_back(size);
+               
+               return processors;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "setLines");
                exit(1);
        }
 }
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
-void TrimSeqsCommand::getOligos(vector<ofstream*>& outFASTAVec){
-       
-       ifstream inOligos;
-       openInputFile(oligoFile, inOligos);
+void TrimSeqsCommand::getOligos(vector<vector<string> >& fastaFileNames, vector<vector<string> >& qualFileNames){
+       try {
+               ifstream inOligos;
+               m->openInputFile(oligoFile, inOligos);
+               
+               ofstream test;
+               
+               string type, oligo, group;
 
-       ofstream test;
-       
-       string type, oligo, group;
-       int index=0;
+               int indexPrimer = 0;
+               int indexBarcode = 0;
+               
+               while(!inOligos.eof()){
+
+                       inOligos >> type; m->gobble(inOligos);
+                                       
+                       if(type[0] == '#'){
+                               while (!inOligos.eof()) {       char c = inOligos.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){       break;  }       } // get rest of line if there's any crap there
+                       }
+                       else{
+                               //make type case insensitive
+                               for(int i=0;i<type.length();i++){       type[i] = toupper(type[i]);  }
+                               
+                               inOligos >> oligo;
+                               
+                               for(int i=0;i<oligo.length();i++){
+                                       oligo[i] = toupper(oligo[i]);
+                                       if(oligo[i] == 'U')     {       oligo[i] = 'T'; }
+                               }
+                               
+                               if(type == "FORWARD"){
+                                       group = "";
+                                       
+                                       // get rest of line in case there is a primer name
+                                       while (!inOligos.eof()) {       
+                                               char c = inOligos.get(); 
+                                               if (c == 10 || c == 13){        break;  }
+                                               else if (c == 32 || c == 9){;} //space or tab
+                                               else {  group += c;  }
+                                       } 
+                                       
+                                       //check for repeat barcodes
+                                       map<string, int>::iterator itPrime = primers.find(oligo);
+                                       if (itPrime != primers.end()) { m->mothurOut("primer " + oligo + " is in your oligos file already."); m->mothurOutEndLine();  }
+                                       
+                                       primers[oligo]=indexPrimer; indexPrimer++;              
+                                       primerNameVector.push_back(group);
+                               }
+                               else if(type == "REVERSE"){
+                                       Sequence oligoRC("reverse", oligo);
+                                       oligoRC.reverseComplement();
+                                       revPrimer.push_back(oligoRC.getUnaligned());
+                               }
+                               else if(type == "BARCODE"){
+                                       inOligos >> group;
+                                       
+                                       //check for repeat barcodes
+                                       map<string, int>::iterator itBar = barcodes.find(oligo);
+                                       if (itBar != barcodes.end()) { m->mothurOut("barcode " + oligo + " is in your oligos file already."); m->mothurOutEndLine();  }
+                                               
+                                       barcodes[oligo]=indexBarcode; indexBarcode++;
+                                       barcodeNameVector.push_back(group);
+                               }
+                               else{   m->mothurOut(type + " is not recognized as a valid type. Choices are forward, reverse, and barcode. Ignoring " + oligo + "."); m->mothurOutEndLine();  }
+                       }
+                       m->gobble(inOligos);
+               }       
+               inOligos.close();
+               
+               if(barcodeNameVector.size() == 0 && primerNameVector[0] == ""){ allFiles = 0;   }
+               
+               //add in potential combos
+               if(barcodeNameVector.size() == 0){
+                       barcodes[""] = 0;
+                       barcodeNameVector.push_back("");                        
+               }
+               
+               if(primerNameVector.size() == 0){
+                       primers[""] = 0;
+                       primerNameVector.push_back("");                 
+               }
+               
+               fastaFileNames.resize(barcodeNameVector.size());
+               for(int i=0;i<fastaFileNames.size();i++){
+                       fastaFileNames[i].assign(primerNameVector.size(), "");
+               }
+               if(qFileName != ""){    qualFileNames = fastaFileNames; }
+               
+               if(allFiles){
+                       set<string> uniqueNames; //used to cleanup outputFileNames
+                       for(map<string, int>::iterator itBar = barcodes.begin();itBar != barcodes.end();itBar++){
+                               for(map<string, int>::iterator itPrimer = primers.begin();itPrimer != primers.end(); itPrimer++){
+                                       
+                                       string primerName = primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
+                                       string barcodeName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second];
+                                       
+                                       string comboGroupName = "";
+                                       string fastaFileName = "";
+                                       string qualFileName = "";
+                                       
+                                       if(primerName == ""){
+                                               comboGroupName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second];
+                                       }
+                                       else{
+                                               if(barcodeName == ""){
+                                                       comboGroupName = primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
+                                               }
+                                               else{
+                                                       comboGroupName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second] + "." + primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
+                                               }
+                                       }
 
-       while(!inOligos.eof()){
-               inOligos >> type;
+                                       ofstream temp;
+                                       fastaFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFile)) + comboGroupName + ".fasta";
+                                       if (uniqueNames.count(fastaFileName) == 0) {
+                                               outputNames.push_back(fastaFileName);
+                                               outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(fastaFileName);
+                                               uniqueNames.insert(fastaFileName);
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       fastaFileNames[itBar->second][itPrimer->second] = fastaFileName;
+                                       m->openOutputFile(fastaFileName, temp);         temp.close();
 
-               if(type[0] == '#'){
-                       while (!inOligos.eof()) {       char c = inOligos.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){       break;  }       } // get rest of line if there's any crap there
+                                       if(qFileName != ""){
+                                               qualFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(qFileName)) + comboGroupName + ".qual";
+                                               if (uniqueNames.count(fastaFileName) == 0) {
+                                                       outputNames.push_back(qualFileName);
+                                                       outputTypes["qfile"].push_back(qualFileName);
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               qualFileNames[itBar->second][itPrimer->second] = qualFileName;
+                                               m->openOutputFile(qualFileName, temp);          temp.close();
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
                }
-               else{
-                       inOligos >> oligo;
-                       
-                       for(int i=0;i<oligo.length();i++){
-                               oligo[i] = toupper(oligo[i]);
-                               if(oligo[i] == 'U')     {       oligo[i] = 'T'; }
+               numFPrimers = primers.size();
+               numRPrimers = revPrimer.size();
+
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "getOligos");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+//***************************************************************************************************************
+
+int TrimSeqsCommand::stripBarcode(Sequence& seq, QualityScores& qual, int& group){
+       try {
+               
+               string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
+               int success = bdiffs + 1;       //guilty until proven innocent
+               
+               //can you find the barcode
+               for(map<string,int>::iterator it=barcodes.begin();it!=barcodes.end();it++){
+                       string oligo = it->first;
+                       if(rawSequence.length() < oligo.length()){      //let's just assume that the barcodes are the same length
+                               success = bdiffs + 10;                                  //if the sequence is shorter than the barcode then bail out
+                               break;  
                        }
                        
-                       if(type == "forward"){
-                               forPrimer.push_back(oligo);
+                       if(compareDNASeq(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()))){
+                               group = it->second;
+                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(oligo.length()));
+                               
+                               if(qual.getName() != ""){
+                                       qual.trimQScores(oligo.length(), -1);
+                               }
+                               
+                               success = 0;
+                               break;
                        }
-                       else if(type == "reverse"){
-                               revPrimer.push_back(oligo);
+               }
+               
+               //if you found the barcode or if you don't want to allow for diffs
+               if ((bdiffs == 0) || (success == 0)) { return success;  }
+               
+               else { //try aligning and see if you can find it
+
+                       int maxLength = 0;
+
+                       Alignment* alignment;
+                       if (barcodes.size() > 0) {
+                               map<string,int>::iterator it=barcodes.begin();
+
+                               for(it;it!=barcodes.end();it++){
+                                       if(it->first.length() > maxLength){
+                                               maxLength = it->first.length();
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               alignment = new NeedlemanOverlap(-1.0, 1.0, -1.0, (maxLength+bdiffs+1));  
+
+                       }else{ alignment = NULL; } 
+                       
+                       //can you find the barcode
+                       int minDiff = 1e6;
+                       int minCount = 1;
+                       int minGroup = -1;
+                       int minPos = 0;
+                       
+                       for(map<string,int>::iterator it=barcodes.begin();it!=barcodes.end();it++){
+                               string oligo = it->first;
+//                             int length = oligo.length();
+                               
+                               if(rawSequence.length() < maxLength){   //let's just assume that the barcodes are the same length
+                                       success = bdiffs + 10;
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                               
+                               //use needleman to align first barcode.length()+numdiffs of sequence to each barcode
+                               alignment->align(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()+bdiffs));
+                               oligo = alignment->getSeqAAln();
+                               string temp = alignment->getSeqBAln();
+               
+                               int alnLength = oligo.length();
+                               
+                               for(int i=oligo.length()-1;i>=0;i--){
+                                       if(oligo[i] != '-'){    alnLength = i+1;        break;  }
+                               }
+                               oligo = oligo.substr(0,alnLength);
+                               temp = temp.substr(0,alnLength);
+                               
+                               int numDiff = countDiffs(oligo, temp);
+                               
+                               if(numDiff < minDiff){
+                                       minDiff = numDiff;
+                                       minCount = 1;
+                                       minGroup = it->second;
+                                       minPos = 0;
+                                       for(int i=0;i<alnLength;i++){
+                                               if(temp[i] != '-'){
+                                                       minPos++;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               else if(numDiff == minDiff){
+                                       minCount++;
+                               }
+
                        }
-                       else if(type == "barcode"){
-                               inOligos >> group;
-                               barcodes[oligo]=index++;
-                               groupVector.push_back(group);
-                                       
-                               if(allFiles){
-                                       outFASTAVec.push_back(new ofstream((getRootName(fastaFile) + group + ".fasta").c_str(), ios::ate));
+
+                       if(minDiff > bdiffs)    {       success = minDiff;              }       //no good matches
+                       else if(minCount > 1)   {       success = bdiffs + 100; }       //can't tell the difference between multiple barcodes
+                       else{                                                                                                   //use the best match
+                               group = minGroup;
+                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(minPos));
+                               
+                               if(qual.getName() != ""){
+                                       qual.trimQScores(minPos, -1);
                                }
+                               success = minDiff;
                        }
+                       
+                       if (alignment != NULL) {  delete alignment;  }
+                       
                }
+               
+               return success;
+               
        }
-       
-       inOligos.close();
-       
-       numFPrimers = forPrimer.size();
-       numRPrimers = revPrimer.size();
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "stripBarcode");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
 }
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
-bool TrimSeqsCommand::stripBarcode(Sequence& seq, int& group){
-       
-       string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
-       bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
-       
-       for(map<string,int>::iterator it=barcodes.begin();it!=barcodes.end();it++){
-               string oligo = it->first;
-               if(rawSequence.length() < oligo.length()){      //let's just assume that the barcodes are the same length
-                       success = 0;
-                       break;
+int TrimSeqsCommand::stripForward(Sequence& seq, QualityScores& qual, int& group){
+       try {
+               string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
+               int success = pdiffs + 1;       //guilty until proven innocent
+               
+               //can you find the primer
+               for(map<string,int>::iterator it=primers.begin();it!=primers.end();it++){
+                       string oligo = it->first;
+                       if(rawSequence.length() < oligo.length()){      //let's just assume that the primers are the same length
+                               success = pdiffs + 10;                                  //if the sequence is shorter than the barcode then bail out
+                               break;  
+                       }
+                       
+                       if(compareDNASeq(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()))){
+                               group = it->second;
+                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(oligo.length()));
+                               if(qual.getName() != ""){
+                                       qual.trimQScores(oligo.length(), -1);
+                               }
+                               success = 0;
+                               break;
+                       }
                }
+
+               //if you found the barcode or if you don't want to allow for diffs
+               if ((pdiffs == 0) || (success == 0)) { return success;  }
                
-               if(compareDNASeq(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()))){
-                       group = it->second;
-                       seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(oligo.length()));
-                       success = 1;
-                       break;
+               else { //try aligning and see if you can find it
+
+                       int maxLength = 0;
+
+                       Alignment* alignment;
+                       if (primers.size() > 0) {
+                               map<string,int>::iterator it=primers.begin();
+
+                               for(it;it!=primers.end();it++){
+                                       if(it->first.length() > maxLength){
+                                               maxLength = it->first.length();
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               alignment = new NeedlemanOverlap(-1.0, 1.0, -1.0, (maxLength+pdiffs+1));  
+
+                       }else{ alignment = NULL; } 
+                       
+                       //can you find the barcode
+                       int minDiff = 1e6;
+                       int minCount = 1;
+                       int minGroup = -1;
+                       int minPos = 0;
+                       
+                       for(map<string,int>::iterator it=primers.begin();it!=primers.end();it++){
+                               string oligo = it->first;
+//                             int length = oligo.length();
+                               
+                               if(rawSequence.length() < maxLength){   
+                                       success = pdiffs + 100;
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                               
+                               //use needleman to align first barcode.length()+numdiffs of sequence to each barcode
+                               alignment->align(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()+pdiffs));
+                               oligo = alignment->getSeqAAln();
+                               string temp = alignment->getSeqBAln();
+               
+                               int alnLength = oligo.length();
+                               
+                               for(int i=oligo.length()-1;i>=0;i--){
+                                       if(oligo[i] != '-'){    alnLength = i+1;        break;  }
+                               }
+                               oligo = oligo.substr(0,alnLength);
+                               temp = temp.substr(0,alnLength);
+                               
+                               int numDiff = countDiffs(oligo, temp);
+                               
+                               if(numDiff < minDiff){
+                                       minDiff = numDiff;
+                                       minCount = 1;
+                                       minGroup = it->second;
+                                       minPos = 0;
+                                       for(int i=0;i<alnLength;i++){
+                                               if(temp[i] != '-'){
+                                                       minPos++;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               else if(numDiff == minDiff){
+                                       minCount++;
+                               }
+
+                       }
+
+                       if(minDiff > pdiffs)    {       success = minDiff;              }       //no good matches
+                       else if(minCount > 1)   {       success = pdiffs + 10;  }       //can't tell the difference between multiple primers
+                       else{                                                                                                   //use the best match
+                               group = minGroup;
+                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(minPos));
+                               if(qual.getName() != ""){
+                                       qual.trimQScores(minPos, -1);
+                               }
+                               success = minDiff;
+                       }
+                       
+                       if (alignment != NULL) {  delete alignment;  }
+                       
                }
+               
+               return success;
+
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "stripForward");
+               exit(1);
        }
-       return success;
-       
 }
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
-bool TrimSeqsCommand::stripForward(Sequence& seq){
-       
-       string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
-       bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
-       
-       for(int i=0;i<numFPrimers;i++){
-               string oligo = forPrimer[i];
+bool TrimSeqsCommand::stripReverse(Sequence& seq, QualityScores& qual){
+       try {
+               string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
+               bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
                
-               if(rawSequence.length() < oligo.length()){
-                       success = 0;
-                       break;
-               }
+               for(int i=0;i<numRPrimers;i++){
+                       string oligo = revPrimer[i];
+                       
+                       if(rawSequence.length() < oligo.length()){
+                               success = 0;
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       
+                       if(compareDNASeq(oligo, rawSequence.substr(rawSequence.length()-oligo.length(),oligo.length()))){
+                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(0,rawSequence.length()-oligo.length()));
+                               if(qual.getName() != ""){
+                                       qual.trimQScores(-1, rawSequence.length()-oligo.length());
+                               }
+                               success = 1;
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }       
+               return success;
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "stripReverse");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
 
-               if(compareDNASeq(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()))){
-                       seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(oligo.length()));
-                       success = 1;
-                       break;
+//***************************************************************************************************************
+
+bool TrimSeqsCommand::keepFirstTrim(Sequence& sequence, QualityScores& qscores){
+       try {
+               bool success = 1;
+               if(qscores.getName() != ""){
+                       qscores.trimQScores(-1, keepFirst);
                }
+               sequence.trim(keepFirst);
+               return success;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "keepFirstTrim", "countDiffs");
+               exit(1);
        }
        
-       return success;
-       
-}
+}      
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
-bool TrimSeqsCommand::stripReverse(Sequence& seq){
-       
-       string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
-       bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
-       
-       for(int i=0;i<numRPrimers;i++){
-               string oligo = revPrimer[i];
+bool TrimSeqsCommand::removeLastTrim(Sequence& sequence, QualityScores& qscores){
+       try {
+               bool success = 0;
                
-               if(rawSequence.length() < oligo.length()){
-                       success = 0;
-                       break;
-               }
+               int length = sequence.getNumBases() - removeLast;
                
-               if(compareDNASeq(oligo, rawSequence.substr(rawSequence.length()-oligo.length(),oligo.length()))){
-                       seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(rawSequence.length()-oligo.length()));
+               if(length > 0){
+                       if(qscores.getName() != ""){
+                               qscores.trimQScores(-1, length);
+                       }
+                       sequence.trim(length);
                        success = 1;
-                       break;
                }
-       }       
-       return success;
+               else{
+                       success = 0;
+               }
+
+               return success;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "removeLastTrim", "countDiffs");
+               exit(1);
+       }
        
-}
+}      
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
 bool TrimSeqsCommand::cullLength(Sequence& seq){
+       try {
        
-       int length = seq.getNumBases();
-       bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
-       
-       if(length >= minLength && maxLength == 0)                       {       success = 1;    }
-       else if(length >= minLength && length <= maxLength)     {       success = 1;    }
-       else                                                                                            {       success = 0;    }
+               int length = seq.getNumBases();
+               bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
+               
+               if(length >= minLength && maxLength == 0)                       {       success = 1;    }
+               else if(length >= minLength && length <= maxLength)     {       success = 1;    }
+               else                                                                                            {       success = 0;    }
+               
+               return success;
        
-       return success;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "cullLength");
+               exit(1);
+       }
        
 }
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
 bool TrimSeqsCommand::cullHomoP(Sequence& seq){
-       
-       int longHomoP = seq.getLongHomoPolymer();
-       bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
-       
-       if(longHomoP <= maxHomoP){      success = 1;    }
-       else                                    {       success = 0;    }
-       
-       return success;
+       try {
+               int longHomoP = seq.getLongHomoPolymer();
+               bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
+               
+               if(longHomoP <= maxHomoP){      success = 1;    }
+               else                                    {       success = 0;    }
+               
+               return success;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "cullHomoP");
+               exit(1);
+       }
        
 }
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
 bool TrimSeqsCommand::cullAmbigs(Sequence& seq){
-       
-       int numNs = seq.getAmbigBases();
-       bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
-       
-       if(numNs <= maxAmbig)   {       success = 1;    }
-       else                                    {       success = 0;    }
-       
-       return success;
+       try {
+               int numNs = seq.getAmbigBases();
+               bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
+               
+               if(numNs <= maxAmbig)   {       success = 1;    }
+               else                                    {       success = 0;    }
+               
+               return success;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "cullAmbigs");
+               exit(1);
+       }
        
 }
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
 bool TrimSeqsCommand::compareDNASeq(string oligo, string seq){
-       
-       bool success = 1;
-       int length = oligo.length();
-       
-       for(int i=0;i<length;i++){
-               
-               if(oligo[i] != seq[i]){
-                       if(oligo[i] == 'A' || oligo[i] == 'T' || oligo[i] == 'G' || oligo[i] == 'C')    {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if((oligo[i] == 'N' || oligo[i] == 'I') && (seq[i] == 'N'))                                {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'R' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'Y' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'M' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'K' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'W' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'S' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'B' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'D' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'H' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'C'))   {       success = 0;    }
-                       else if(oligo[i] == 'V' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       success = 0;    }                       
-                       
-                       if(success == 0)        {       break;  }
-               }
-               else{
-                       success = 1;
+       try {
+               bool success = 1;
+               int length = oligo.length();
+               
+               for(int i=0;i<length;i++){
+                       
+                       if(oligo[i] != seq[i]){
+                               if(oligo[i] == 'A' || oligo[i] == 'T' || oligo[i] == 'G' || oligo[i] == 'C')    {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if((oligo[i] == 'N' || oligo[i] == 'I') && (seq[i] == 'N'))                                {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'R' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'Y' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'M' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'K' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'W' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'S' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'B' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'D' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'H' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'C'))   {       success = 0;    }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'V' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       success = 0;    }                       
+                               
+                               if(success == 0)        {       break;   }
+                       }
+                       else{
+                               success = 1;
+                       }
                }
+               
+               return success;
        }
-       
-       return success;
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "compareDNASeq");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
 }
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
-bool TrimSeqsCommand::stripQualThreshold(Sequence& seq, ifstream& qFile){
-       
-       string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
-       int seqLength = rawSequence.length();
-       string name;
-       
-       qFile >> name;
-       if(name.substr(1) != seq.getName())     {       cout << "sequence name mismatch btwn fasta and qual file" << endl;      }
-       while (!qFile.eof())    {       char c = qFile.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){  break;  }       }
-       
-       int score;
-       int end = seqLength;
-       
-       for(int i=0;i<seqLength;i++){
-               qFile >> score;
+int TrimSeqsCommand::countDiffs(string oligo, string seq){
+       try {
 
-               if(score <= qThreshold){
-                       end = i;
-                       break;
+               int length = oligo.length();
+               int countDiffs = 0;
+               
+               for(int i=0;i<length;i++){
+                                                               
+                       if(oligo[i] != seq[i]){
+                               if(oligo[i] == 'A' || oligo[i] == 'T' || oligo[i] == 'G' || oligo[i] == 'C' || oligo[i] == '-' || oligo[i] == '.')      {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if((oligo[i] == 'N' || oligo[i] == 'I') && (seq[i] == 'N'))                                {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'R' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'Y' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'M' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'K' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'W' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'S' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'B' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'D' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'H' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'C'))   {       countDiffs++;   }
+                               else if(oligo[i] == 'V' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       countDiffs++;   }       
+                       }
+                       
                }
+               
+               return countDiffs;
        }
-       for(int i=end+1;i<seqLength;i++){
-               qFile >> score;
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimSeqsCommand", "countDiffs");
+               exit(1);
        }
 
-       seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(0,end));
-
-       return 1;
-}
-
-//***************************************************************************************************************
-
-bool TrimSeqsCommand::cullQualAverage(Sequence& seq, ifstream& qFile){
-       
-       string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
-       int seqLength = seq.getNumBases();
-       bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
-       string name;
-       
-       qFile >> name;
-       if(name.substr(1) != seq.getName())     {       cout << "sequence name mismatch btwn fasta and qual file" << endl;      }
-       while (!qFile.eof())    {       char c = qFile.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){  break;  }       }
-       
-       float score;    
-       float average = 0;
-       
-       for(int i=0;i<seqLength;i++){
-               qFile >> score;
-               average += score;
-       }
-       average /= seqLength;
-       
-       if(average >= qAverage) {       success = 1;    }
-       else                                    {       success = 0;    }
-       
-       return success;
 }
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
-
-