skbio.metadata.IntervalMetadata.add¶

IntervalMetadata.add(bounds, fuzzy=None, metadata=None)[source]¶

Create and add an Interval to this IntervalMetadata.

State: Experimental as of 0.5.1.

This method creates an Interval object and inserts it into the IntervalMetadata object.

Parameters:	bounds (iterable of tuple of ints) – Tuples representing start and end coordinates. It is zero-based numbering. It is always inclusive on start bound and exclusive on end bound. fuzzy (iterable of tuple of bool, optional) – Tuples representing the fuzziness of each bound coordinates. metadata (dict, optional) – A dictionary of key-value pairs associated with the `Interval` object.
Returns:	The `Interval` object added.
Return type:	Interval