skbio.tree.TreeNode.distance#

TreeNode.distance(other)[source]#

Return the distance between self and other.

This method can be used to compute the distances between two tips, however, it is not optimized for computing pairwise tip distances.

Parameters:

otherTreeNode: The node to compute a distance to

Returns:

float: The distance between two nodes

Raises:

NoLengthError: A NoLengthError will be raised if a node without length is encountered

See also

tip_tip_distances
accumulate_to_ancestor
compare_tip_distances
get_max_distance

Examples

>>> from skbio import TreeNode
>>> tree = TreeNode.read(["((a:1,b:2)c:3,(d:4,e:5)f:6)root;"])
>>> tip_a = tree.find('a')
>>> tip_d = tree.find('d')
>>> tip_a.distance(tip_d)
14.0