UNItoGLS {HLAtools}

Translate UNIFORMAT to GL String

Description

A wrapper function for UNtoGL() which translates strings from UNIFORMAT format to GL String format.

Usage

UNItoGLS(uniformat, prefix = "HLA-", pre = TRUE)

Arguments

uniformat

A character string of HLA allele names and operators in the UNIFORMAT format signifying their relation with one another.

prefix

A character string of the desired gene-system prefix (default is "HLA-").

pre

A logical that indicates whether returned allele names should contain 'prefix' (TRUE), or if 'prefix' should be excluded from returned names (FALSE).

Value

An version of 'uniformat' converted to GL String format, or FALSE if 'uniformat' is invalid.

Note

This function does not return the "?" operator, as the "?" operator has no cognate in UNIFORMAT.

References

Nunes Tissue Antigens 2007;69(s1):203-205 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00808.x

Mack et al. HLA 2023;102(2):206-212 https://doi.org/10.1111/tan.15126

Examples

UNItoGLS("A*02:01,A*03:01|A*02:01,A*03:02|A*02:02,A*03:01|A*02:02,A*03:02")
UNItoGLS("A,B|A,C~D G|E W,X|W,Y Z,J J,Z")