SplitsInBinaryTree: Maximum splits in an _n_-leaf tree

In TreeTools: Create, Modify and Analyse Phylogenetic Trees

Maximum splits in an n-leaf tree

Description

SplitsInBinaryTree() is a convenience function to calculate the number of splits in a fully-resolved (binary) tree with n leaves.

Usage

SplitsInBinaryTree(tree)

## S3 method for class 'list'
SplitsInBinaryTree(tree)

## S3 method for class 'multiPhylo'
SplitsInBinaryTree(tree)

## S3 method for class 'numeric'
SplitsInBinaryTree(tree)

## S3 method for class ''NULL''
SplitsInBinaryTree(tree)

## Default S3 method:
SplitsInBinaryTree(tree)

## S3 method for class 'Splits'
SplitsInBinaryTree(tree)

## S3 method for class 'phylo'
SplitsInBinaryTree(tree)

Arguments

tree	An object of a supported format that represents a tree or set of trees, from which the number of leaves will be calculated.

Value

SplitsInBinaryTree() returns an integer vector detailing the number of unique non-trivial splits in a binary tree with n leaves.

Author(s)

Martin R. Smith ([e-mail])

See Also

Other tree properties: ConsensusWithout(), MatchEdges(), NSplits(), NTip(), NodeNumbers(), PathLengths(), TipLabels(), TreeIsRooted()

Other Splits operations: LabelSplits(), NSplits(), NTip(), PolarizeSplits(), SplitFrequency(), Splits, TipLabels(), TipsInSplits(), match.Splits, xor()

Examples

tree <- BalancedTree(8)
SplitsInBinaryTree(tree)
SplitsInBinaryTree(as.Splits(tree))
SplitsInBinaryTree(8)
SplitsInBinaryTree(list(tree, tree))

TreeTools documentation built on Sept. 11, 2024, 8:27 p.m.