fixed bug in read.tree updates help and validparameters strings, added ability for...

[mothur.git] / utilities.hpp

diff --git a/utilities.hpp b/utilities.hpp
index 90d10c1cc4e96f34561c37f81738015158957488..eea96bffafd5408b95ec87c2ed7630a16ad36167 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities.hpp
+++ b/utilities.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ string toString(const T&x){
 
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 
+template<typename T>
+string toHex(const T&x){
+       stringstream output;
+       
+       output << hex << x;
+
+    return output.str();
+}
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
 template<typename T>
 string toString(const T&x, int i){
        stringstream output;
@@ -286,6 +297,31 @@ inline void splitAtDash(string& estim, set<int>& container) {
 
 }
 /***********************************************************************/
+//This function parses the a string and puts peices in a vector
+inline void splitAtComma(string& estim, vector<string>& container) {
+       try {
+               string individual;
+               
+               while (estim.find_first_of(',') != -1) {
+                       individual = estim.substr(0,estim.find_first_of(','));
+                       if ((estim.find_first_of(',')+1) <= estim.length()) { //checks to make sure you don't have comma at end of string
+                               estim = estim.substr(estim.find_first_of(',')+1, estim.length());
+                               container.push_back(individual);
+                       }
+               }
+               //get last one
+               container.push_back(estim);
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               cout << "Standard Error: " << e.what() << " has occurred in the utilities class Function splitAtComma. Please contact Pat Schloss at pschloss@microbio.umass.edu." << "\n";
+               exit(1);
+       }
+       catch(...) {
+               cout << "An unknown error has occurred in the utilities class function splitAtComma. Please contact Pat Schloss at pschloss@microbio.umass.edu." << "\n";
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
 
 //This function splits up the various option parameters
 inline void splitAtComma(string& prefix, string& suffix){