Class DoubleMinute
The class DoubleMinute serves for the description of Double Minutes.
Overview
Programming Language
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Microsoft Visual Basic .Net.
Availability
Constructors
Public Sub New()
Instantiates a new DoubleMinute object.
Parameters
Remarks
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This constructor is meant for COM compatibility only. For other purposes,
its use is not recommended.
Public Sub New(ByVal Description As String)
Instantiates a new DoubleMinute object.
Parameters
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Description: a textual description of the double minutes according
to the ISCN.
Exceptions
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ArgumentException:
If the textual description of the double minutes does not meet the patterns
(regular expressions) used to recognize its constituents, an ArgumentException
containing a description of the problem is thrown.
Remarks
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A "-" instead of an "~" sign will be also accepted.
Examples
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myDMin = New DoubleMinute("9~34dmin") initializes a DoubleMinute
object representing a range of 9 to 34 double minutes.
Public Sub New(ByVal MinCount As Integer, ByVal MaxCount
As Integer)
Instantiates a new DoubleMinute object.
Parameters
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MinCount: the minimum copy number of double minutes found.
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MaxCount: the maximum copy number of double minutes found.
Examples
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myDMin = New DoubleMinute(9,34) initializes a DoubleMinute object
representing a range of 9 to 34 double minutes.
Interfaces
ICloneable
is implemented with the
clone function.
Enumerations
The class does not provide enumerations.
Properties
Approximate As Boolean
Gets or sets a value indicating if the copy number of double minutes is
an approximate number.
Property Value
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a value indicating if the copy number of double minutes is an approximate
number.
Remarks
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this proeprty is useful when no range for the number of double minutes
can be given and the value is an estimation only.
MaximumCount As Integer
Gets or sets a value indicating the maximum copy number of double minutes.
Property Value
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a value indicating the maximum copy number of double minutes.
Remarks
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if no range was specified, MaximumCount and MinimumCount will return the
same value.
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when the MaximumCount property is changed later, no actions are taken to
enforce that MaximumCount is not less than MinimumCount.
Examples
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With myDMin = New DoubleMinute("9~34dmin"), MaximumCount
is 34.
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With myDMin = New DoubleMinute("~11dmin"), MaximumCount
is 11.
MinimumCount As Integer
Gets or sets a value indicating the minimum copy number of double minutes.
Property Value
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a value indicating the minimum copy number of double minutes.
Remarks
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if no range was speified, MaximumCount and MinimumCount will return the
same value.
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when the MinimumCount property is changed later, no actions are taken to
enforce that MinimumCount is not greater than MaximumCount.
Examples
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With myDMin = New DoubleMinute("9~34dmin"), MinimumCount
is 9.
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With myDMin = New DoubleMinute("~11dmin"), MinimumCount
is 11.
Public Property Metaphases() As Integer
Gets or sets the number of metaphases / cells the double minutes were found
in.
Property Value
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the number of metaphases the double minutes were found in.
Remarks
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The number of metaphases an abnormality was found in is an optional value
according to the ISCN manual (chapter 11.1.6).
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It follows after the aberration proper in square brackets, e.g. "~10dmin[7]".
Methods
Public Function clone() As Object Implements ICloneable.Clone
Returns a copy of the DoubleMinute object.
Return Value
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A copy of the DoubleMinute object.
Implements
Remarks
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The DoubleMinute object does not contain data of reference type, cloning
is done by copying all its class wide variables.
Public Shadows Function toString() As String
Returns a textual description of the double minutes according to the ISCN.
Return Value
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a textual description of the double minutes.
Interaction with other classes
Classes using DoubleMinute
The DoubleMinute class is used by the
Karyotype
class only.
