Command |
Setting |
Remark |
Example |
DataType |
Distance |
Specifies that the distance data is in the file |
DataType=distance |
NSeqs |
A count |
Number of sequences |
NSeqs=85 |
DataFormat |
Lowerleft, upperright |
Specifies whether the data is in lower left triangular matrix or the upper right triangular matrix |
DataFormat=lowerleft |
Examples below show the lower-left and the upper-right formats for a five-sequence dataset. Note that in each case the distances are organized in a different order.
Lower-left matrix |
Upper-right matrix |
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d12 |
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d12 |
d13 |
d14 |
d15 |
d13 |
d23 |
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d23 |
d24 |
d25 |
d14 |
d24 |
d34 |
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d34 |
d35 |
d15 |
d25 |
d35 |
d45 |
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d45 |