metacoder (version 0.3.7)

n_subtaxa: Get number of subtaxa

Description

Get number of subtaxa for each taxon in an object of type [taxonomy()] or [taxmap()]

obj$n_subtaxa()
n_subtaxa(obj)

Value

numeric

Arguments

obj

([taxonomy()] or [taxmap()])

See Also

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

Examples

# Count number of subtaxa within each taxon
n_subtaxa(ex_taxmap)

# Filter taxa based on number of subtaxa
#  (this command removed all leaves or "tips" of the tree)
filter_taxa(ex_taxmap, n_subtaxa > 0)