write.tree {ape} | R Documentation |
This function writes in a file a tree in parenthetic format using the Newick or New Hampshire format.
write.tree(phy, file = "", append = FALSE, format = "Newick")
phy |
an object of class "phylo" . |
file |
a file name specified by either a variable of mode character,
or a double-quoted string; if file = "" (the default) then the
tree is written on the standard output connection. |
append |
a logical, if TRUE the tree is appended to the file
without erasing the data possibly existing in the file, otherwise
the file (if it exists) is overwritten (FALSE the default). |
format |
a character giving the format of the tree file; by
default "Newick" . Currently only "Newick" is available. |
The node labels and the root edge length, if available, are written in the file.
None (invisible `NULL').
Emmanuel Paradis paradis@isem.univ-montp2.fr
http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/newick_doc.html
http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/newicktree.html
read.tree
, read.nexus
,
write.nexus