#ifndef __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_LFOLD_H__
#define __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_LFOLD_H__

/**
 *  \file Lfold.h
 *  \brief Predicting local MFE structures of large sequences
 */

/**
 *  \brief The local analog to fold().
 * 
 *  Computes the minimum free energy structure including only base pairs
 *  with a span smaller than 'maxdist'
 * 
 *  \param string
 *  \param structure
 *  \param maxdist
 */
float Lfold(const char *string, char *structure, int maxdist);

/**
 *  \brief
 * 
 *  \param strings
 *  \param structure
 *  \param maxdist
 *  \return
 */
float aliLfold(const char **strings, char *structure, int maxdist);

/**
 *  \brief
 * 
 *  \param string
 *  \param structure
 *  \param maxdist
 *  \param zsc
 *  \param min_z
 */
float Lfoldz(const char *string, char *structure, int maxdist, int zsc, double min_z);

#endif