write.subtree: Write a sub-tree into a string

In bomeara/phybase: Basic functions for phylogenetic analysis

Description

write a tree or a sub-tree into a string in parenthetical format

Usage

write.subtree(inode, nodematrix,taxaname,root)

Arguments

inode	the root node of a sub-tree
nodematrix	a tree node matrix
taxaname	taxa names
root	the root node of a sub-tree

Details

If inode is the root of the tree, the function will write the whole tree into a string in parenthetical format. If inode is not the root node, the function will write the sub-tree into a string. The function works for both rooted trees and unrooted trees.

Value

The function returns a tree string in parenthetical format

Author(s)

Liang Liu [e-mail]

See Also

write.tree.string, read.tree.nodes

Examples

data(rooted.tree)
tree<-read.tree.nodes(rooted.tree[1])
tree$nodes
tree$names
write.subtree(7,tree$nodes,tree$names,7)

bomeara/phybase documentation built on May 12, 2019, 11:35 p.m.