public static byte[] encodeStringWithHyphen(final String str){
  return DnaUtils.encodeString(str.replace("-",""));
}

public static byte [ ] encodeStringWithHyphen ( final String str ) { return DnaUtils . encodeString ( str . replace ( "-" , "" ) ) ; }
transform a human - readable dna sequence into internal 0 . . 4 bytes . hyphens are ignored and can be used to space sequence data for readability in tests .
