Generic function SCORE

Package:

CLARITY

Syntax:

  score char1 char2
  

Arguments and Values:

char-1---a character

char-2---a character

Description:

The generic function score is used to compute the score of two characters during alignment using the string-alignment function. It takes two parameters char-1 and char-2, the characters being scored.

Known Methods:

•   score (char-1 character) (char-2 character)
    

Examples:

cl-prompt: (clarity:score #\D #\I)
cl-prompt: -1

Affected By:

None.

Exceptional Situations:

None.

See Also:

STRING-ALIGNMENT

Notes:

This is the function that should be edited if you would like to alter the scoring.

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• 2006-07-26
  Completed description.