skbio.tree.TreeNode.remove

TreeNode.remove(node)[source]

Remove a node from self

State: Experimental as of 0.4.0.

Remove a node from self by identity of the node.

Parameters:node (TreeNode) – The node to remove from self’s children
Returns:True if the node was removed, False otherwise
Return type:bool

Examples

>>> from skbio import TreeNode
>>> tree = TreeNode.read(["(a,b)c;"])
>>> tree.remove(tree.children[0])
True