<cfset dna = "actg" />
<cfset t = structNew() />
<cfset t.c = "g" />
<cfset t.c = "c" />
<cfset t.a = "t" />
<cfset t.t = "a" />
<cfset result = createObject("java", "java.lang.StringBuffer") />
<cfloop from="1" to="#len(dna)#" index="i">
  <cfset result.append(t[mid(dna, i, 1)]) />
</cfloop>
<cfoutput>#result.toString()#</cfoutput>

cheers,
barneyb

On 6/14/05, Richard Colman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to to reverse compliment a nucleotide sequence, so
> 
> C become a G
> G becomes a C
> A becomes a T
> T becomes an A
> 
> I need to go through a string a character at a time and build a new string.
> 
> So:
> 
> "ACTG" becomes "TGAC"
> 
> Is there an easy way to do this?
> 
> 
> Richard Colman
> Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics
> 949-824-1816, 701-5330
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

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