| Calling Sequence
| SPCommonName(entry)
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| Parameters
| | Name | Type | Description |
|
| entry
| anything | any description of an entry or entry number |
|
| Return Type
| string |
| Synopsis
| SPCommonName finds the common name of the species
of the given entry. If the input is the scientific name of a
species, SPCommonName will try to locate an entry with that
name to use it. The common name is found within parenthesis
in the OS entry in SwissProt databases. If the database in DB
does not conform to this rule, the function may not work properly.
If no common name is found, it returns the species name.
If no species name is found, it returns the AC or ID or "no name".
This function is useful to provide simple labels for plots. |
| Examples
| > SPCommonName(AC(P13475));
Slime mold
> SPCommonName('Raphicerus campestris');
Steenbok
> SPCommonName(AC(P00083));
Rhodopseudomonas viridis
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| See also
| DbToDarwin, GetEntryInfo, SearchAC, SearchID, SP_Species, Species_Entry |