phyloseq (version 1.16.2)

read_tree: Somewhat flexible tree-import function

Description

This function is a convenience wrapper around the read.tree (Newick-format) and read.nexus (Nexus-format) importers provided by the ape-package. This function attempts to return a valid tree if possible using either format importer. If it fails, it silently returns NULL by default, rather than throwing a show-stopping error.

Usage

read_tree(treefile, errorIfNULL=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

treefile

(Required). A character string implying a file connection (like a path or URL), or an actual connection. Must be a Newick- or Nexus-formatted tree.

errorIfNULL

(Optional). Logical. Should an error be thrown if no tree can be extracted from the connection? Default is FALSE, indicating that NULL will be SILENTLY returned, rather than an error. Be cautious about this behavior. Useful for phyloseq internals, but might be hard to track in your own code if you're not aware of this ``no error by default'' setting. If this is a problem, change this value to TRUE, and you can still use the function.

...

(Optional). Additional parameter(s) passed to the relevant tree-importing function.

Value

• If successful, returns a phylo-class object as defined in the ape-package. Returns NULL if neither tree-reading function worked.

See Also

read_tree_greengenes

phylo

read.tree read.nexus

Examples

read_tree(system.file("extdata", "esophagus.tree.gz", package="phyloseq"))
read_tree(system.file("extdata", "GP_tree_rand_short.newick.gz", package="phyloseq"))