R: Remove nodes from a tree

rmNodes {treeman} | R Documentation

## Remove nodes from a tree

### Description

Returns a tree with a node ID(s) removed

### Usage

    rmNodes(tree, nids, progress = "none")

### Arguments

`tree` | `TreeMan` object
`nids` | internal node IDs
`progress` | name of the progress bar to use, see `create_progress_bar`

### Details

Removes nodes in a tree. Joins the nodes following to the nodes preceding the node to be removed. Creates polytomies. Warning: do not use this function to remove tip nodes, this create a corrupted tree.

### See Also

`addTip`, `rmTips`, https://github.com/DomBennett/treeman/wiki/manip-methods

### Examples

    library(treeman)
    tree <- randTree(10)
    tree <- rmNodes(tree, 'n3')
    summary(tree)  # tree is now polytmous

[Package treeman version 1.1.4 Index]