Method: #identify_potential_charges

Defined in:
lib/ms/isoelectric_calc.rb

#identify_potential_charges(str) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/ms/isoelectric_calc.rb', line 34

def identify_potential_charges(str)
  string = str.upcase
  first = string[0]; last = string[-1]
  puts string if first.nil? or last.nil?
  begin
    out = PepCharges.new(string, ResidueTable[first.to_sym][0], ResidueTable[last.to_sym][1], 0, 0, 0 ,0 ,0 ,0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
  rescue NoMethodError
    abort string
  end
  string.chars.each do |letter|
    case letter
    when "Y" 
      out.y_num += 1 
    when "C"
      out.c_num += 1
    when "K"
      out.k_num += 1 
    when "H"
      out.h_num += 1
    when "R"
      out.r_num += 1
    when "D"
      out.d_num += 1
    when "E"
      out.e_num += 1
    when "U"
      out.u_num += 1
    when "S", "T", "N", "Q"
      out.polar_num += 1
    when "A", "V", "I", "L", "M", "F", "W", "G", "P"
      out.hydrophobic_num += 1
    end
  end
  out
end