--- branches/new_design/OOPSE-3.0/src/utils/next_combination.hpp	2004/11/06 05:21:55	1720
+++ branches/new_design/OOPSE-3.0/src/utils/next_combination.hpp	2004/12/02 02:23:45	1823
@@ -130,62 +130,6 @@ bool next_combination(IteratorContainer<RandomAccessIt
     }
 } //end next_combination
 
-/**
- * @brief iteratively replace the sequence with wild cards
- * @return true if more combination sequence is avaliable, otherwise return true
- * @param cont iterator container, if expect the whole series of combinations,  pass an empty iterator 
- * container. The user should not modify this iterator container
- * @param sequence the whole sequence used to generate combination
- * @param result a possible combination sequence which is set on return
- * @param wildCard the wild card string. Its value is "X" by default
- * @note since next_combination never returns an empty sequence, replaceWildCard will not generate 
- * one special combination, which is n identical wild cards (n is equal to the size of the passing sequence)
- * 
- * @code
- * std::vector<std::string> sv;
- * std::vector<std::vector<std::string>::iterator> sic;
- * std::vector<std::string> resultString;
- * sv.push_back("H");
- * sv.push_back("C");
- * sv.push_back("N");
-
- * while (replaceWithWildCard(sic, sv, resultString)) {   
- *     for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = resultString.begin(); i != resultString.end(); ++i) {
- *         std::cout << *i << "\t";
- *     }
- *     std::cout << std::endl;
- * }
- * //output
- * //H X X
- * //X C X
- * //X X N
- * //H C X
- * //H X N
- * //X C N
- * //H C N
- * @endcode
- */
-bool replaceWithWildCard(std::vector<std::vector<std::string>::iterator>& cont,
-                                             std::vector<std::string>& sequence, std::vector<std::string>& result,
-                                             const std::string& wildCard = "X") {
-    if (cont.size() > sequence.size()) {
-        std::cerr << "the size of iterator container is greater than the size of sequence";
-    }
-
-    bool hasMoreCombination = next_combination(cont, sequence.begin(), sequence.end());
-    if (hasMoreCombination) {
-        result.clear();
-        result.insert(result.begin(), sequence.size(), wildCard);
-        std::vector<std::vector<std::string>::iterator>::iterator i;
-        for ( i = cont.begin(); i != cont.end(); i++){
-            result[*i - sequence.begin()] = **i;
-        }
-    }
-
-     return hasMoreCombination;
-    
-}//end replaceWildCard
-
 } //end namespace oopse
 #endif //UTILS_NEXT_COMBINATION_HPP