skbio.tree.TreeNode.remove_deleted

TreeNode.remove_deleted(func)

Delete nodes in which func(node) evaluates True.

Remove all descendants from self that evaluate True from func. This has the potential to drop clades.

Parameters:

funca function

A function that evaluates True when a node should be deleted

See also

pop

remove

Examples

>>> from skbio import TreeNode
>>> tree = TreeNode.read(["(a,b)c;"])
>>> tree.remove_deleted(lambda x: x.name == 'b')
>>> print(tree)
(a)c;