4.3.2: Example - Genomic Sequence Generator

Given the pattern A(CG)G(AT), the Gene iterator will produce the sequence:

ACGA
AGGA
ACGT
AGGT

Strings within () represent possible permutations while strings outside () are static.

type gene struct {
    atEnd bool
    data  []interface{}
    cur   string
}

func Gene(pattern string) i.Forward {
    r := regexp.MustCompile("[()]")
    tokens := r.Split(pattern, -1)
    g := gene{atEnd: false, data: make([]interface{}, 0, len(tokens))}
    for i, v := range tokens {
        if math.Mod(float64(i), 2) == 0 {
            // constant
            if v != "" {
                g.data = append(g.data, v)
            }
        } else {
            // option
            if v != "" {
                option := make([]interface{}, 0, len(v)+1)
                option = append(option, 0)
                for _, c := range v {
                    option = append(option, string(c))
                }
                g.data = append(g.data, option)
            }
        }
    }
    g.Next()
    return &g
}

The state of the iteration is held in the data variable. The constructor accepts a pattern string a loops through it creating a datastructure such as:

A(GA)C => ['A',['G','A'],'C']

A string element represent a static element while a slice element represents the possible permuations that we need to loop through. Calling Next() creates the first permuation.

func (g *gene) Error() error {
    return nil
}

func (g *gene) Value() interface{} {
    return g.cur
}

func (g *gene) AtEnd() bool {
    return g.cur == ""
}

The only thing we need to talk about here is that the atEnd variable realy means that there are no more permuations to generate. But there is still a value to return as log as cur is not empty.

func (g *gene) Next() error {
    if g.atEnd {
        g.cur = ""
        return nil
    }
    finishedIncr := false
    var result bytes.Buffer
    for _, t := range g.data {
        if v, ok := t.(string); ok {
            result.WriteString(v)
        } else if v, ok := t.([]interface{}); ok {
            n := v[0].(int)
            result.WriteString(v[n+1].(string))
            if !finishedIncr {
                if n == len(v)-2 {
                    v[0] = 0
                } else {
                    v[0] = v[0].(int) + 1
                    finishedIncr = true
                }
            }
        }
    }
    g.atEnd = !finishedIncr
    g.cur = result.String()
    return nil
}

Next() starts by checking the atEnd variable, clearing cur and returning if it is true. AtEnd() will now return true.
Otherwise we loop through the data variable, generating the next value for the sequence.

i.Each(
    Gene(os.Args[1]),
    func(itr i.Iterator) bool {
        fmt.Println(itr.Value())
        return true
    })

The main loop is the same as before.
Get the source at GitHub.