dendextend (version 1.17.1)

flip_leaves: Flip leaves

Description

Rotate a branch in a tree so that the locations of two bundles of leaves are flipped.

Usage

flip_leaves(dend, leaves1, leaves2, ...)

Value

A dendrogram object with flipped leaves.

Arguments

dend

a dendrogram object

leaves1

a vector of leaves order value to flip.

leaves2

a (second) vector of leaves order value to flip.

...

not used

Details

This function is based on a bunch of string manipulation functions. There may be a smarter/better way for doing it...

See Also

tanglegram, match_order_by_labels, entanglement.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
dend1 <- USArrests[1:5, ] %>%
  dist() %>%
  hclust() %>%
  as.dendrogram()
dend2 <- flip_leaves(dend1, c(3, 5), c(1, 2))
tanglegram(dend1, dend2)
entanglement(dend1, dend2, L = 2) # 0.4
}