calour.amplicon_experiment.AmpliconExperiment.filter_samples¶

AmpliconExperiment.filter_samples(field, values, negate=False, inplace=False)[source]¶

Shortcut for filtering samples.

Parameters:	field (str) – the column name of the sample metadata tables values – keep the samples with the values in the given field negate (bool, optional) – discard instead of keep the samples if set to True inplace (bool, optional) – return the filtering on the original Experiment object or a copied one.
Returns:	the filtered object
Return type:	Experiment