taxon_id {metacoder}

Taxon ID class

Description

Used to store taxon IDs, either arbitrary or from a taxonomy database. This is typically used to store taxon IDs in [taxon()] objects.

Usage

taxon_id(id, database = NULL)

Arguments

id

(character/integer/numeric) a taxonomic id, required

database

(database) database class object, optional

Value

An 'R6Class' object of class 'TaxonId'

See Also

Other classes: hierarchies(), hierarchy(), taxa(), taxmap(), taxon(), taxon_database(), taxon_name(), taxon_rank(), taxonomy()

Examples

(x <- taxon_id(12345))
x$id
x$database

(x <- taxon_id(
  12345,
  database_list$ncbi
))
x$id
x$database

# a null taxon_name object
taxon_name(NULL)