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CreateRandSeq

Function CreateRandSeq - create a random sequence

Calling Sequence  CreateRandSeq(len,F)
Parameters
NameTypeDescription

len posintsequence length
F array(numeric)character frequencies
Return Type  string
Synopsis Given a list of frequencies of length 4, this function creates a random nucleotide sequence of length len. When given a list of 20 (amino acid) frequencies, it generates a random amino acid sequence. A list of length 64 or 65 produces a random codon sequence without stop codons.
Examples
> CreateRandSeq(20, [0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.1]);
AGGCCCCCGGACAAGCGGGA
See also CreateRandPermutation,   Rand,   SetRand,   SetRandSeed,   Shuffle