skbio.stats.distance.DissimilarityMatrix.write

DissimilarityMatrix.write(file, format=None, **kwargs)

Write an instance of DissimilarityMatrix to a file.

This is a convenience method for skbio.io.registry.write(). For more information about the I/O system in scikit-bio, please see skbio.io.

Supported file formats include:

• 'binary_dm' (skbio.io.format.binary_dm)

• 'lsmat' (skbio.io.format.lsmat)

Parameters:

fileopenable (filepath, filehandle, etc.)

The location to write the given format into. Something that is understood by skbio.io.util.open(). Filehandles are not automatically closed, it is the responsibility of the caller.

formatstr, optional

The format to write the DissimilarityMatrix object as. The format must be a registered format name with a writer for DissimilarityMatrix. Default is 'lsmat'.

kwargsdict, optional

Additional arguments passed to the writer for DissimilarityMatrix.

See also

read

skbio.io.registry.write

skbio.io.util.open

skbio.io.format.binary_dm

skbio.io.format.lsmat