rank_names {phyloseq} | R Documentation

## Retrieve the names of the taxonomic ranks

### Description

This is a simple accessor function to make it more convenient to determine the taxonomic ranks that are available in a given `phyloseq-class` object.

### Usage

    rank_names(physeq, errorIfNULL=TRUE)

### Arguments

`physeq` | (Required). `taxonomyTable-class`, or `phyloseq-class`.
`errorIfNULL` | (Optional). Logical. Should the accessor stop with an error if the slot is empty (`NULL`)? Default `TRUE`.

### Value

Character vector. The names of the available taxonomic ranks.

### See Also

`get_taxa` `taxa_names` `sample_names`

### Examples

    data(enterotype)
    rank_names(enterotype)

[Package phyloseq version 1.26.1 Index]