changeCase

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / Sequence.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/Sequence.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/Sequence.java
index f593226..a960adf 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/Sequence.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/Sequence.java
@@ -638,4 +638,26 @@ public class Sequence implements SequenceI
       }\r
 \r
     }\r
+\r
+    public void changeCase(boolean toUpper, int start, int end)\r
+    {\r
+      StringBuffer newSeq = new StringBuffer();\r
+\r
+\r
+      if (start > 0)\r
+      {\r
+        newSeq.append(sequence.substring(0, start));\r
+      }\r
+\r
+      if (toUpper)\r
+        newSeq.append(sequence.substring(start, end).toUpperCase());\r
+      else\r
+        newSeq.append(sequence.substring(start, end).toLowerCase());\r
+\r
+      if (end < sequence.length())\r
+        newSeq.append(sequence.substring(end));\r
+\r
+      sequence = newSeq.toString();\r
+    }\r
+\r
 }\r