skbio.tree.TreeNode.write#

TreeNode.write(file, format=None, **kwargs)[source]#

Write an instance of TreeNode to a file.

This is a convenience method for skbio.io.registry.write(). For more information about the I/O system in scikit-bio, please see skbio.io.

Supported file formats include:

Parameters:

fileopenable (filepath, filehandle, etc.): The location to write the given format into. Something that is understood by skbio.io.util.open(). Filehandles are not automatically closed, it is the responsibility of the caller.
formatstr, optional: The format to write the TreeNode object as. The format must be a registered format name with a writer for TreeNode. Default is 'newick'.
kwargsdict, optional: Additional arguments passed to the writer for TreeNode.