skbio.tree.TreeNode.has_children¶

TreeNode.has_children()[source]¶

Returns True if the node has children.

State: Experimental as of 0.4.0.

Returns: True if the node has children.
Return type: bool

See also

is_tip(), is_root()

Examples

>>> from skbio import TreeNode
>>> tree = TreeNode.read(["((a,b)c);"])
>>> print(tree.has_children())
True
>>> print(tree.find('a').has_children())
False