Quick Introduction

Tal Galili

2025-07-15

Start

Load:

library(dendextend) #

Create a dendrogram (if you don’t know what %>% is, read about it here ) :

dend <- c(1:5) %>% dist %>% hclust("ave") %>% as.dendrogram

Plot:

plot(dend)

Get/set labels

labels(dend)

## [1] 1 2 5 3 4

labels(dend) <- c("A", "B", "extend", "dend", "C")
labels(dend)

## [1] "A"      "B"      "extend" "dend"   "C"

Get/set labels’ colors

labels_colors(dend)

## NULL

labels_colors(dend) <- rainbow(5)
labels_colors(dend)

##         A         B    extend      dend         C 
## "#FF0000" "#CCFF00" "#00FF66" "#0066FF" "#CC00FF"

plot(dend)

Cut-tree, and color branches

cutree(dend, k = 2)

##      A      B   dend      C extend 
##      1      1      2      2      2

dend <- color_branches(dend, k = 2)
plot(dend)

Sort

dend2 <- sort(dend)
plot(dend2)

Compare

tanglegram( dend,  dend2  )

Cor

cor_cophenetic( dend,  dend2  )

## [1] 1

ggplot2

library(ggplot2)
ggplot(dend) 

Send to plot.ly

# library(plotly)
# set_credentials_file(...) 
# you'll need to get it from here: https://plot.ly/ggplot2/getting-started/

# ggplot(dend)
# py <- plotly()
# py$ggplotly()