skbio.sequence.Protein.matches

Protein.matches(other)[source]

Find positions that match with another 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:

Boolean vector where True at position i indicates a match between the sequences at their positions i.
Return type:

1D np.ndarray (bool)
Raises:
  • ValueError – If the sequences are not the same length.
  • TypeError – If other is a Sequence object with a different type than this sequence.

See also

mismatches()

Examples

>>> from skbio import Sequence
>>> s = Sequence('GGUC')
>>> t = Sequence('GAUU')
>>> s.matches(t)
array([ True, False,  True, False], dtype=bool)