NAME

       Bio::LiveSeq::ChainI - Double linked chain data structure

SYNOPSIS

         #documentation needed

DESCRIPTION

       This class generates and manipulates generic double linked list, chain, that can be used
       to manage biological sequences.

       The advantages over strings or plain arrays is the ease of tracking changes (mutations) in
       the elements (sequence). The other side of the coin is that these structures need
       consideraly more memory, but that is cheap and constantly inceasing resource in computers.

FEEDBACK

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       participation is much appreciated.

         bioperl-l@bioperl.org                  - General discussion
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   Support
       Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

       bioperl-l@bioperl.org

       rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will
       be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description
       of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

   Reporting Bugs
       Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their
       resolution.  Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

         https://redmine.open-bio.org/projects/bioperl/

AUTHOR - Joseph A.L. Insana

       Email:  Insana@ebi.ac.uk, jinsana@gmx.net

APPENDIX

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

   new
         Title   : new
         Usage   : $chain = Bio::LiveSeq::ChainI->new(-string => "thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog",
                                                    -offset => 3 );
                OR $chain = Bio::LiveSeq::ChainI->new(-array => \@array,
                                                    -offset => 3 );
         Function: generates a new Bio::LiveSeq:ChainI
         Returns : a new Chain
         Args    : string
                OR arrayreference
               AND optional offset to create element labels