Bio.IO.BAM.BAMFormatter.GetEncodedCIGAR C# (CSharp) Method

        private static IList<uint> GetEncodedCIGAR(string cigar)
        {
            List<uint> encodedValues = new List<uint>();
            if (cigar.Equals("*"))
            {
                return encodedValues;
            }

            uint value;
            cigar = cigar.ToUpperInvariant();
            string intvalue = string.Empty;
            foreach (char ch in cigar)
            {
                if (Char.IsDigit(ch))
                {
                    intvalue += ch;
                }
                else
                {
                    value = uint.Parse(intvalue, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                    value = value << 4;
                    value = value | GetEncodedCIGAROperation(ch);
                    intvalue = string.Empty;
                    encodedValues.Add(value);
                }
            }

            return encodedValues;
        }