ape (version 3.0-2)

write.tree: Write Tree File in Parenthetic Format

Description

This function writes in a file a tree in parenthetic format using the Newick (also known as New Hampshire) format.

Usage

write.tree(phy, file = "", append = FALSE,
           digits = 10, tree.names = FALSE)

Arguments

Value

a vector of mode character if file = "", none (invisible NULL) otherwise.

Details

The node labels and the root edge length, if available, are written in the file.

If tree.names == TRUE then a variant of the Newick format is written for which the name of a tree precedes the Newick format tree (parentheses are eventually deleted beforehand). The tree names are taken from the names attribute if present (they are ignored if tree.names is a character vector).

References

Felsenstein, J. The Newick tree format. http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/newicktree.html

Olsen, G. Interpretation of the "Newick's 8:45" tree format standard. http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/newick_doc.html

See Also

read.tree, read.nexus, write.nexus