skbio.tree.TreeNode.pop

TreeNode.pop(index=-1)

Remove and return a child node by its index position from self.

Parameters:

indexint

The index position in children to pop.

Returns:

TreeNode

The popped child node.

See also

remove

remove_deleted

Notes

All node lookup caches are invalidated, and the parent reference for the popped node will be set to None.

Examples

>>> from skbio import TreeNode
>>> tree = TreeNode.read(["(a,b)c;"])
>>> print(tree.pop(0))
a;