# Local MFE structure Prediction and Z-scores
[Predicting Locally stable structures of large sequences, Calculating Minimum Free Energy (MFE) Structures]

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## Functions
float | Lfold (const char *string, char *structure, int maxdist)
| The local analog to fold().
float | Lfoldz (const char *string, char *structure, int maxdist, int zsc, double min_z)

## Function Documentation

float Lfold | ( | const char * | string,
|  | char * | structure,
|  | int | maxdist |
| ) |  |  |

The local analog to fold().

Computes the minimum free energy structure including only base pairs with a span smaller than 'maxdist'

Parameters:

  | string |
  | structure |
  | maxdist |

float Lfoldz | ( | const char * | string,
|  | char * | structure,
|  | int | maxdist,
|  | int | zsc,
|  | double | min_z |
| ) |  |  |

Parameters:

  | string |
  | structure |
  | maxdist |
  | zsc |
  | min_z |