Searching Sequence Databases

Calling Sequence:
SearchDb( $pat_{1}, pat_{2}, \ldots, pat_{k}$)
Parameters:

pati

:

{ string, set(string)}

Returns: An Entry structure.

Synopsis: The SearchDb function searches the sequence database currently assigned to system variable DB. When pat_i consists of a set of strings, the function returns the logical OR of the results (all entries containing at least one of the elements in the set pat_i. The comma symbol represents the logical AND of the arguments. In this case, SearchDb returns only those Entry that contain all such patterns.

Examples:

> DB := ReadDb('Sample/SH2');   # load the SH2 database & assign it to DB
> SearchDb('mouse');     # returns all Entry() which contain the pattern 'mouse'.
> SearchDb('SH3');
> SearchDb('mouse', 'SH3');       # return all Entry() which contain both
>                                 # 'mouse' and 'SH3'. Entry(64) and Entry(78) 
>                                 # contain mouse but not SH3.
> SearchDb({'mouse', 'human'});   # return all Entry() which contain
>                                 # human or mouse
> SearchDb('SH3', {'mouse', 'human'}); # return all Entry() which contain
>                                      # (SH3 and (mouse or human))