get.treepos: Get position or node of a plotted tree interactively

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get.treeposR Documentation

Get position or node of a plotted tree interactively

Description

Return the phylogenetic position of a mouse click on a plotted tree.

Usage

get.treepos(message=TRUE, ...)
getnode(...)

Arguments

message

for get.treepos, a logical value indicating whether or not to print an instructional message.

...

optional arguments.

Details

Both get.treepos and getnode are primarily meant for internal use in other phytools functions.

get.treepos returns the index of the node at the end of the selected edge, along with the branch distance to that node.

getnode simply returns the closest node to the user mouse click.

Value

A list for get.treepos and a node number for getnode.

Author(s)

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

References

Revell, L. J. (2024) phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things). PeerJ, 12, e16505.


phytools documentation built on June 22, 2024, 10:39 a.m.