Recently I saw a video about biotechnology idea to store data in moss. link here Well it sounded to me like a crazy idea. But one thing got my attention the way of coding binary data into chromosomes. I came up with idea that it is excellent exercise to develop programming skill, or even maybe task for job interview.
So the problem is: we are given a integer number [uint8], and we need to convert its value to set of DNA's chromosomes.
Here is my solution. Freely share your own concept of solving this task by folking my repository.
| bits pair | chromosome |
|---|---|
| 00 | A |
| 01 | G |
| 10 | C |
| 11 | T |
Example: 66 = (..0)(0)1|00|00|10 = AGAAC
step 1 : set shift variable x to its max (value = 8)
step 2: shift right data's bytes by x positions
step 3: getting pair of bits - use & operation on shifted data and value 3 (0b00000011)
step 4: search in map key value that is equal to result of "&" operation, get its value
step 5: use string builder to append given value as substring to string
step 6: set x = x - 2
step 8: go to step 2 until x is greater or equal 0