skbio.table.Table.length

Table.length(axis='sample')

Return the length of an axis

Parameters:

axis{‘sample’, ‘observation’}, optional

The axis to operate on

Raises:

UnknownAxisError

If provided an unrecognized axis.

Examples

>>> from biom import example_table
>>> print(example_table.length(axis='sample'))
3
>>> print(example_table.length(axis='observation'))
2