skbio.tree.TreeNode.path#
- TreeNode.path(other, include_ends=False)[source]#
Return the list of nodes in the path from self to another node.
Added in version 0.6.3.
- Parameters:
- otherTreeNode
Final node of path.
- include_ends: bool, optional
Whether to include the initial (self) and final (other) nodes in the list. Default is False.
- Returns:
- list
List of TreeNode objects.
See also
Examples
>>> from skbio import TreeNode >>> tree = TreeNode.read(["((a,b)c,(d,e)f)root;"]) >>> print(tree.ascii_art()) /-a /c-------| | \-b -root----| | /-d \f-------| \-e
>>> node_1, node_2 = tree.find('a'), tree.find('d') >>> path = node_1.path(node_2) >>> print(len(path)) 3 >>> print('-'.join(x.name for x in path)) c-root-f >>> path_2 = node_1.path(node_2, include_ends=True) >>> print(len(path_2)) 5 >>> print('-'.join(x.name for x in path_2)) a-c-root-f-d