NAME

Bio::Search::BlastStatistics - An object for Blast statistics

SYNOPSIS

     # this is a wrapper to hold the statistics from a Blast report
my $bs = $result->get_statistics();
     # you can get a statistic generically, like this:
my $kappa  = $bs->get_statistic("kappa");
     # or specifically, like this:
my $kappa2 = $bs->get_kappa();

DESCRIPTION

This is a basic container to hold the statistics returned from a Blast.

FEEDBACK

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Reporting Bugs

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AUTHOR - Chad Matsalla

Email bioinformatics1 at dieselwurks dot com

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

get_statistic

Title   : get_statistic
Usage   : $statistic_object->get_statistic($statistic_name);
Function: Get the value of a statistic named $statistic_name
Returns : A scalar that should be a string
Args    : A scalar that should be a string

set_statistic

Title   : set_statistic
Usage   : $statistic_object->set_statistic($statistic_name => $statistic_value);
Function: Set the value of a statistic named $statistic_name to $statistic_value
Returns : Void
Args    : A hash containing name=>value pairs