rmSingletons: Detect and remove singletons

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) Examples

Description

A utility to detect and remove species represented only by singletons.

Usage

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Arguments

sppVector

Vector of species names. (see sppVector).

exclude

Logical. Should singletons be removed? Default of TRUE.

Details

When exclude = TRUE (the default), singletons are excluded and the vector returns the index of all non-singletons in the dataset. When exclude = FALSE, the indices of the singletons are presented.

Value

Returns a numeric vector giving the indices of the selected individuals.

Author(s)

Samuel Brown <s_d_j_brown@hotmail.com>

Examples

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data(anoteropsis)
anoDist <- dist.dna(anoteropsis)
anoSpp <- sapply(strsplit(dimnames(anoteropsis)[[1]], split="_"), 
    function(x) paste(x[1], x[2], sep="_"))

rmSingletons(anoSpp)
rmSingletons(anoSpp, exclude=FALSE)

data(dolomedes)
doloDist <- dist.dna(dolomedes)
doloSpp <- substr(dimnames(dolomedes)[[1]], 1, 5)

rmSingletons(doloSpp)
rmSingletons(doloSpp, exclude=FALSE)

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