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# generate_gexf

generate_gexf(G, encoding='utf-8', prettyprint=True, version='1.2draft')

  Generate lines of GEXF format representation of G.

  “GEXF (Graph Exchange XML Format) is a language for describing complex networks structures, their associated data and dynamics” [1].

  Parameters:
    G graph
    A NetworkX graph
    encoding string (optional, default: ‘utf-8’)
    Encoding for text data.
    prettyprint bool (optional, default: True)
    If True use line breaks and indenting in output XML.
    version string (default: 1.2draft)
    Version of GEFX File Format (see http://gexf.net/schema.html)
    Supported values: “1.1draft”, “1.2draft”

  Notes

  This implementation does not support mixed graphs (directed and undirected edges together).

  The node id attribute is set to be the string of the node label. If you want to specify an id use set it as node data, e.g. node[‘a’][‘id’]=1 to set the id of node ‘a’ to 1.

  References

  [1]

  GEXF File Format, https://gephi.org/gexf/format/

  Examples

      >>> G = nx.path_graph(4)
      >>> linefeed = chr(10)  # linefeed=

      >>> s = linefeed.join(nx.generate_gexf(G))
      >>> for line in nx.generate_gexf(G):
      ...     print(line)