It's been a long time since I wrote any Perl.  I'm trying to use some old code, but adapt it as part of a different program.  I have to open input and output files and couldn't remember how to do it at all.  Not a good sign.  I think this is going to take a little longer than I originally thought with all the other programs I'm going to have to ( Read more... )

I'm a TA again this fall for BNFO 601: Introduction to Bioinformatics.  This year we have 16 students in a computer lab designed for 12.  It's a little crazy.  I'm trying to get the students to turn in problem sets (optional) so that we have a better idea of how students are doing.  The first one was due today.  So far 5 students turned it in and ( Read more... )

When they work and do cool things, computers are great.  Most of the time, not so much ( Read more... )

So, I know several of you have used Perl. Anyone have any familiarity with using it with rounding? It doesn't have any built-in functions for it and I'd rather not use any more packages than I'd have to (have to limit dependencies). I'm thinking of doing something like ( Read more... )

Sometimes I actually feel triumphant when I figure some programming thing out. Today is one of those days. I've been struggling to get Perl to call R to write a graphic to a file for about a week and I finally figured it out. In case anyone is curious, the R commands to use in Perl are ( Read more... )