get_taxonomic_level {LocaTT}

Get Specified Taxonomic Level from Taxonomic Strings

Description

Gets the specified taxonomic level from a vector of taxonomic strings.

Usage

get_taxonomic_level(taxonomies, level, full_names = TRUE, delimiter = ";")

Arguments

taxonomies

A character vector of taxonomic strings.

level

A numeric value representing the taxonomic level to be extracted. A value of 1 retrieves the highest taxonomic level (e.g., domain) from the input taxonomies, with each sequentially higher value retrieving sequentially lower taxonomic levels. 0 is a special value which retrieves the lowest taxonomic level available in the input taxonomies.

full_names

Logical. If TRUE (the default), then full taxonomies are returned down to the requested taxonomic level. If FALSE, then only the requested taxonomic level is returned.

delimiter

A character string of the delimiter between taxonomic levels in the input taxonomies. The default is ";".

Value

A character vector containing the requested taxonomic level for each element of the input taxonomies.

Examples

get_taxonomic_level(taxonomies=
   c("Eukaryota;Chordata;Amphibia;Caudata;Ambystomatidae;Ambystoma;Ambystoma_mavortium",
     "Eukaryota;Chordata;Amphibia;Anura;Bufonidae;Anaxyrus;Anaxyrus_boreas",
     "Eukaryota;Chordata;Amphibia;Anura;Ranidae;Rana;Rana_luteiventris"),
   level=5,
   full_names=TRUE,
   delimiter=";")