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# skbio.tree.TreeNode.count

`TreeNode.``count`(tips=False)

  Get the count of nodes in the tree

  State: Experimental as of 0.4.0.

  Parameters: | tips (bool) – If True, only return the count of the number of tips
  Returns: | The number of nodes or tips
  Return type: | int

  Examples

      >>> from skbio import TreeNode
      >>> tree = TreeNode.read(["((a,(b,c)d)e,(f,g)h)i;"])
      >>> print(tree.count())
      9
      >>> print(tree.count(tips=True))
      5