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NameNeedle

Using Needleman-Wunsch to Match Sample Names

v1.2.10 · Mar 13, 2026 · Apache License (== 2.0)

Description

The Needleman-Wunsch global alignment algorithm can be used to find approximate matches between sample names in different data sets. See Wang et al. (2010) <doi:10.4137/CIN.S5613>.

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OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 17, 2026
WARNING 11 OK · 0 NOTE · 3 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
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Rd cross-references

Missing link(s) in Rd file 'needles.Rd':
  ‘[Biostrings]{pairwiseAlignment}’

See section 'Cross-references' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.
WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

Rd cross-references

Missing link(s) in Rd file 'needles.Rd':
  ‘[Biostrings]{pairwiseAlignment}’

See section 'Cross-references' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.
WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

Rd cross-references

Missing link(s) in Rd file 'needles.Rd':
  ‘[Biostrings]{pairwiseAlignment}’

See section 'Cross-references' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.

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Version History

updated 1.2.10 ← 1.2.8 diff Mar 14, 2026
new 1.2.8 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.2.8 ← 1.2.7 diff Apr 7, 2025
updated 1.2.7 ← 1.2.6 diff Aug 18, 2023
updated 1.2.6 ← 1.2.4 diff Mar 22, 2020
new 1.2.4 Jul 10, 2017