R: Trims one leaf from a dendrogram

prune_leaf {dendextend} | R Documentation

## Trims one leaf from a dendrogram

### Description

Trims (prunes) one leaf from a dendrogram.

### Usage

    prune_leaf(dend, leaf_name, ...)

### Arguments

`dend` | dendrogram object
`leaf_name` | a character string as the label of the tip we wish to prune
`...` | passed on

### Details

Used through prune

### Value

A dendrogram with a leaf pruned

### Examples

    hc <- hclust(dist(USArrests[1:5,]), "ave")
    dend <- as.dendrogram(hc)

    par(mfrow = c(1,2))
    plot(dend, main = "original tree")
    plot(prune_leaf(dend , "Alaska"), main = "tree without Alaska")

[Package dendextend version 1.8.0 Index]