skbio.sequence.DNA.is_reverse_complement¶
- DNA.is_reverse_complement(other)[source]¶
Determine if a sequence is the reverse complement of this sequence.
State: Stable as of 0.4.0.
- Parameters:
other (str, Sequence, or 1D np.ndarray (np.uint8 or '|S1')) – Sequence to compare to.
- Returns:
True
if other is the reverse complement of the nucleotide sequence.- Return type:
- Raises:
TypeError – If other is a
Sequence
object with a different type than the nucleotide sequence.
See also
Examples
>>> from skbio import DNA >>> DNA('TTCATT').is_reverse_complement('AATGAA') True >>> DNA('TTCATT').is_reverse_complement('AATGTT') False >>> DNA('ACGT').is_reverse_complement('ACGT') True