Method compressHomoPolymers

src/rnabloom/util/SeqUtils.java:1708–1730

(String seq)

    }
    
    public static String compressHomoPolymers(String seq) {
        if (seq.isEmpty()) {
            return seq;
        }
        
        int len = seq.length();
        
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(len);
        
        char lastN = seq.charAt(0);
        sb.append(lastN);
        
        char n;
        for (int i=1; i<len; ++i) {
            n = seq.charAt(i);
            if (n != lastN) {
                sb.append(n);
                lastN = n;
            }
        }
        
        return sb.toString();
    }
    
    public static String getMinimizerChainString(String seq, MinimizerHashIterator itr) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();