is_leaf: Test if taxa are leaves

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Test if taxa are leaves

Description

Test if taxa are leaves in a [taxonomy()] or [taxmap()] object. Leaves are taxa without subtaxa, typically species.

obj$is_leaf()
is_leaf(obj)

Arguments

obj	The [taxonomy()] or [taxmap()] object.

Value

A 'logical' of length equal to the number of taxa.

See Also

Other taxonomy data functions: classifications(), id_classifications(), is_branch(), is_internode(), is_root(), is_stem(), map_data_(), map_data(), n_leaves_1(), n_leaves(), n_subtaxa_1(), n_subtaxa(), n_supertaxa_1(), n_supertaxa(), taxon_ids(), taxon_indexes(), taxon_names(), taxon_ranks()

Examples

# Test which taxon IDs correspond to leaves
is_leaf(ex_taxmap)

# Filter out leaves
filter_taxa(ex_taxmap, ! is_leaf)

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