biom.table.Table.length¶

Table.length(axis='sample')¶

Return the length of an axis

Parameters:	axis : {‘sample’, ‘observation’}, optional The axis to operate on
Raises:	UnknownAxisError If provided an unrecognized axis.

Examples

>>> from biom import example_table
>>> print(example_table.length(axis='sample'))
3
>>> print(example_table.length(axis='observation'))
2