| GO::Utils(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | GO::Utils(3pm) |
GO::Utils - utilities for GO modules
Usage : n/a
Function : Rearranges named parameters to requested order.
Returns : @params - an array of parameters in the requested order.
Argument : $order : a reference to an array which describes the desired
order of the named parameters.
@param : an array of parameters, either as a list (in
which case the function simply returns the list),
or as an associative array (in which case the
function sorts the values according to @{$order}
and returns that new array.
Exceptions : carps if a non-recognised parameter is sent
Usage : get_param('name',(-att1=>'ben',-name=>'the_name'))
Function : Fetches a named parameter. Returns : The value of the requested
parameter. Argument : $name : The name of the the
parameter desired
@param : an array of parameters, as an associative
array Exceptions : carps if a non-recognised parameter is sent
Based on rearrange(), which is originally from CGI.pm by Lincoln Stein and BioPerl by Richard Resnick. See rearrange() for details.
remove duplicate items from an array
usage: remove_duplicates(\@arr)
affects the array passed in, and returns the modified array
joins two hashes together
usage: merge_hashes(\%h1, \%h2);
%h1 will now contain the key/val pairs of %h2 as well. if there are key conflicts, %h2 values will take precedence.
returns a pointer to a particular objects method
e.g. my $length_f = get_method_ref($seq, 'length');
$len = &$length_f();
Usage - my $h = pset2hash([{name=>"id", value=>"56"}, {name=>"name", value=>"jim"}]);
Returns - hashref
Args - arrayref of name/value keyed hashrefs
takes a word as a parameter and spells out any greek symbols encoded within (eg s/&agr;/alpha/g)
Usage - Returns - true if cycle detected Args - any object
| 2021-01-09 | perl v5.32.0 |