Bio::Tree::NodeNHX.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2008-01-11 (mandriva - 01/05/08)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

Bio::Tree::NodeNHX - A Simple Tree Node with support for NHX tags

SYNOPSIS

     use Bio::Tree::NodeNHX;
     my $nodeA = new Bio::Tree::NodeNHX();
     my $nodeL = new Bio::Tree::NodeNHX();
     my $nodeR = new Bio::Tree::NodeNHX();
 
 
     my $node = new Bio::Tree::NodeNHX();
     $node->add_Descendents($nodeL);
     $node->add_Descendents($nodeR);
 
 
     print "node is not a leaf \n" if( $node->is_leaf);
 
 

DESCRIPTION

Makes a Tree Node with NHX tags, suitable for building a Tree. See Bio::Tree::Node for a full list of functionality.

FEEDBACK


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Reporting Bugs

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   http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/
 
 

AUTHOR - Aaron Mackey

Email amackey@virginia.edu

CONTRIBUTORS

The NHX (New Hampshire eXtended) format was created by Chris Zmasek, and is described at:
   http://www.genetics.wustl.edu/eddy/forester/NHX.html
 
 

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

new

  Title   : new
  Usage   : my $obj = new Bio::Tree::NodeNHX();
  Function: Builds a new Bio::Tree::NodeNHX object
  Returns : Bio::Tree::NodeNHX
  Args    : -left          => pointer to Left descendent (optional)
            -right         => pointer to Right descenent (optional)
            -branch_length => branch length [integer] (optional)
            -bootstrap     => bootstrap value (string)
            -description   => description of node
            -id            => unique id for node
            -nhx           => hashref of NHX tags and values
 
 

nhx_tag

  Title   : nhx_tag
  Usage   : my $tag = $nodenhx->nhx_tag(%tags);
  Function: Set tag-value pairs for NHX nodes
  Returns : none
  Args    : hashref to update the tags/value pairs
            OR 
            with a scalar value update the bootstrap value by default