NAME

Bio::TreeIO::tabtree - A simple output format which displays a tree as an ASCII drawing

SYNOPSIS

use Bio::TreeIO;
my $in = new Bio::TreeIO(-file => 'input', -format => 'newick');
my $out = new Bio::TreeIO(-file => '>output', -format => 'tabtree');

while( my $tree = $in->next_tree ) {
    $out->write_tree($tree);
}

DESCRIPTION

This is a made up format just for outputting trees as an ASCII drawing.

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

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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::TreeIO::tabtree();
Function: Builds a new Bio::TreeIO::tabtree object 
Returns : Bio::TreeIO::tabtree
Args    :

write_tree

Title   : write_tree
Usage   : $treeio->write_tree($tree);
Function: Write a tree out to data stream in newick/phylip format
Returns : none
Args    : Bio::Tree::TreeI object

next_tree

Title   : next_tree
Usage   : 
Function: Sorry not possible with this format
Returns : none
Args    : none