biom.table.Table.remove_empty

Table.remove_empty(axis='whole', inplace=True)

Remove empty samples or observations from the table

Parameters:

axis{‘whole’, ‘sample’, ‘observation’}, optional

The axis on which to operate.

inplacebool, optional

If True vectors are removed in self; if False the vectors are removed in a new table is returned.

Returns:

Table

A table object with the zero’d rows, or columns removed as specified by the axis parameter.

Raises:

UnknownAxisError

If the axis is not recognized.