R: Find minimum/maximum depth of a dendrogram

min_depth {dendextend} | R Documentation

## Find minimum/maximum depth of a dendrogram

### Description

As the name implies. This can also work for non-dendrogram nested lists.

### Usage

    min_depth(dend, ...)

    max_depth(dend, ...)

### Arguments

`dend` | Any nested list object (including dendrogram).
`...` | unused at the moment.

### Value

Integer, the (min/max) number of nodes from the root to the leafs

### Examples

    hc <- hclust(dist(USArrests), "ave")
    (dend1 <- as.dendrogram(hc)) # "print()" method
    is.list(dend1)
    is.list(dend1[[1]][[1]][[1]])
    dend1[[1]][[1]][[1]]
    plot(dend1)
    min_depth(dend1)
    max_depth(dend1)

[Package dendextend version 1.8.0 Index]