skbio.tree.TreeNode.unrooted_deepcopy¶
- TreeNode.unrooted_deepcopy(parent=None)[source]¶
Walks the tree unrooted-style and returns a new copy
State: Experimental as of 0.4.0.
Perform a deepcopy of self and return a new copy of the tree as an unrooted copy. This is useful for defining new roots of the tree as the TreeNode.
This method calls TreeNode.unrooted_copy which is recursive.
- Parameters
parent (TreeNode or None) – Used to avoid infinite loops when performing the unrooted traverse
- Returns
A new copy of the tree
- Return type
See also
Examples
>>> from skbio import TreeNode >>> tree = TreeNode.read(["((a,(b,c)d)e,(f,g)h)i;"]) >>> new_tree = tree.find('d').unrooted_deepcopy() >>> print(new_tree) (b,c,(a,((f,g)h)e)d)root;