def updateVariants(variants, lcontig, strand, phased=True):

    new_variants = []
    is_positive = Genomics.IsPositiveStrand(strand)

    for variant in variants:

        pos = variant.pos
        genotype = bytes(variant.genotype)
        reference = bytes(variant.reference)

        # fix 1-ness of variants
        # pos -= 1

        if len(genotype) == 1:
            variantseqs = list(Genomics.decodeGenotype(genotype))
            has_wildtype = reference in variantseqs
            action = "="
            start, end = pos, pos + 1
        else:

            variantseqs = [x[1:] for x in genotype.split("/")]
            lvariant = max([len(x) for x in variantseqs])
            if not phased:
                variantseqs = [x for x in variantseqs if x]
            has_wildtype = "*" in genotype

            if "+" in genotype and "-" in genotype:
                # both insertion and deletion at position
                # the range is given by the deletion
                # see below for explanations
                if genotype.startswith("+"):
                    action = ">"
                    variantseqs[1] += "-" * (lvariant - len(variantseqs[1]))
                else:
                    action = "<"
                    variantseqs[0] += "-" * (lvariant - len(variantseqs[0]))

                start, end = pos + 1, pos + lvariant + 1

            elif "-" in genotype:
                action = "-"
                # samtools: deletions are after the base denoted by snp.position
                #   * <- deletion at 1
                # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
                #     - -
                # 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
                # deletion of 2+3 = (2,4)
                # on reverse: (7-4, 7-2) = (3,5)
                start, end = pos + 1, pos + lvariant + 1

                # deletions of unequal length are filled up with "-"
                # This is necessary to deal with negative strands:
                # -at/-atg on the positive strand deletes a t [g]
                # -at/-atg on the negative strand deletes [g] t a
                variantseqs = [x + "-" * (lvariant - len(x))
                               for x in variantseqs]

            elif "+" in genotype:
                action = "+"
                # indels are after the base denoted by position
                # as region use both flanking base so that negative strand
                # coordinates work
                # insertion between position 2 and 3
                #     * <- insection at pos 2
                # 0 1 2i3 4
                # 4 3 2i1 0
                # is insertion between 1 and 2 in reverse
                # including both flanking residues makes it work:
                # (2,3) = (5-3,5-2) = (2,3)
                # but:
                # (2,4) = (5-4,5-2) = (1,3)
                start, end = pos, pos + 2

        # revert strand
        if not is_positive:
            reference = Genomics.complement(reference)
            variantseqs = [Genomics.complement(x.upper()) for x in variantseqs]
            start, end = lcontig - end, lcontig - start

        new_variants.append(ExtendedVariant._make((
            start, end, reference.upper(), action, has_wildtype, variantseqs)))

    return new_variants
To get the value of a vim variable.
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