GO::Utils(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					    GO::Utils(3pm)

NAME

       GO::Utils - utilities for GO modules

   rearrange()
	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

   get_param()
       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_duplicates
       remove duplicate items from an array

	usage: remove_duplicates(@arr)

       affects the array passed in, and returns the modified array

merge_hashes
       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.

get_method_ref
	returns a pointer to a particular objects method
	e.g.   my $length_f = get_method_ref($seq, 'length');
	       $len = &$length_f();

   pset2hash
	 Usage	 - my $h = pset2hash([{name=>"id", value=>"56"}, {name=>"name", value=>"jim"}]);
	 Returns - hashref
	 Args	 - arrayref of name/value keyed hashrefs

   spell_greek
       takes a word as a parameter and spells out any greek symbols encoded within (eg s/&agr;/alpha/g)

   check_obj_graph
	 Usage	 -
	 Returns - true if cycle detected
	 Args	 - any object

perl v5.14.2							    2013-02-07							    GO::Utils(3pm)