R: Flip leaves

flip_leaves {dendextend} | R Documentation

## Flip leaves

### Description

Rotate a branch in a tree so that the locations of two bundles of leaves are flipped.

### Usage

    flip_leaves(dend, leaves1, leaves2, ...)

### Arguments

`dend` | a dendrogram object
`leaves1` | a vector of leaves order value to flip.
`leaves2` | a (second) vector of leaves order value to flip.
`...` | not used

### Details

This function is based on a bunch of string manipulation functions. There may be a smarter/better way for doing it...

### Value

A dendrogram object with flipped leaves.

### See Also

tanglegram, match_order_by_labels, entanglement.

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    dend1 <- USArrests[1:5,] %>% dist %>% hclust %>% as.dendrogram
    dend2 <- flip_leaves(dend1, c(3,5), c(1,2))
    tanglegram(dend1,dend2)
    entanglement(dend1,dend2, L = 2) # 0.4

    ## End(Not run)

[Package dendextend version 1.8.0 Index]