R: Fix rank of leaves order values in a dendrogram

rank_order.dendrogram {dendextend} | R Documentation

## Fix rank of leaves order values in a dendrogram

### Description

Generally, leaves order value should be a sequence of integer values. From 1 to nleaves(dend). This function fixes trees by using rank on existing leaves order values.

### Usage

    rank_order.dendrogram(dend, ...)

### Arguments

`dend` | a dendrogram object
`...` | not used

### Value

A dendrogram, after fixing its leaves order values.

### See Also

prune

### Examples

    # define dendrogram object to play with:
    dend <- USArrests[1:4,] %>% dist %>% hclust(method = "ave") %>% as.dendrogram
    # plot(dend)
    order.dendrogram(dend)
    dend2 <- prune(dend, "Alaska")
    order.dendrogram(dend2)
    order.dendrogram(rank_order.dendrogram(dend2))

[Package dendextend version 1.8.0 Index]