TABLE 2.

Pseudocode for normalizing scoring matrix (algorithm 1)^a

Step	Description
1	M ← scoring matrix
2	for row, column in M do
3	$M_{\text{row,column}}\leftarrow M_{\text{row,column}}/\text{max[abs}(M)]$
4	end

^aPseudocode operators “for,” “do,” and “end” are highlighted in bold for clarity.