neat.MorphTree.getNearestLocinds

MorphTree.getNearestLocinds(locs, name, direction=0, check_siblings=True, pprint=False)

For each location in the input location list, find the index of the closest location in a set of locations stored under a given name. The search can go in the either go in the up or down direction or in both directions.

Parameters

• locs (list of dicts, tuples or neat.MorphLoc) – the locations for which the nearest location index has to be found

• name (string) – name under which the reference list is stored

• direction (int) – flag to indicate whether to search in both directions (0), only in the up direction (1) or in the down direction (2).

Returns

loc_indices – indices of the locations closest to the given locs

Return type

list of ints