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ggphylo (version 0.1)

as.character.phylo: Turns a phylo object into a Newick format string representation, including NHX annotations if the tree contains any tags.

Description

Turns a phylo object into a Newick format string representation, including NHX annotations if the tree contains any tags.

Usage

"as.character" (phylo, digits = 10, ignore.tags = F)

Arguments

phylo
input phylo object
digits
integer, the number of digits to output when formatting branch lengths
ignore.tags
boolean, whether or not to ignore tags when creating the Newick / NHX string. When FALSE, tags will be included in the string as NHX annotations.

Value

character string representing the phylo object