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	This file is part of JavaNPST, a Java library of NonParametric
	Statistical Tests.

	Copyright (C) 2011
	
	J. Derrac (jderrac@decsai.ugr.es)
	S. Garcia (sglopez@ujaen.es)
	F. Herrera (herrera@decsai.ugr.es)

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package javanpst.data.writers.sequenceWriters;

import javanpst.utils.Files;
import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * A class for writing numeric and string sequences into a CSV file
 * 
 * @author Joaqu�n Derrac Rus (jderrac@decsai.ugr.es)
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class SequenceCSVWriter{

	/**
	 * Writes a string sequence in a file, in CSV format
	 * 
	 * @param seq sequence to write
	 * @param file path of the file
	 * @param commaSeparator true if "," is used as separator, false if ";" is used instead
	 */
	public static void writeStringSequence(ArrayList seq, String file, boolean commaSeparator){
	
		String text;
		
		text="";
		
		for (String s : seq){
			
			text+=s;
			
			if(commaSeparator){
				text+=",";
			}
			else{
				text+=";";
			}
        }
		
		//drop last separator
		text=text.substring(0, text.length()-2);
		
		Files.writeFile(file,text);
		
	}//end-method
	
	/**
	 * Writes a numeric sequence in a file, in CSV format
	 * 
	 * @param seq sequence to write
	 * @param file path of the file
	 * @param commaSeparator true if "," is used as separator, false if ";" is used instead
	 */
	public static void writeNumericSequence(ArrayList seq,String file, boolean commaSeparator){
	
		String text;
		
		text="";
		
		for (Double s : seq){
			
			text+=s;
			
			if(commaSeparator){
				text+=",";
			}
			else{
				text+=";";
			}
        }
		
		//drop last separator
		text=text.substring(0, text.length()-2);
		
		Files.writeFile(file,text);
		
	}//end-method
	
}//end-class