Keywords for Format Statement (Distance data)

 

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

d12

 

 

 

d12

d13

d14

d15

d13

d23

 

 

 

d23

d24

d25

d14

d24

d34

 

 

 

d34

d35

d15

d25

d35

d45

 

 

 

d45