Code:networkx
The networkx library is a great tool for quick graph operations in python put together by the wonderful folks at Los Alamos National Labs. It uses a representation based on dictionaries of dictionaries.
A dictionary of sets is simpler, so I'll show that too. For both representations, each node is a dictionary key, and the value stores the names of its child nodes. So, a graph with nodes 1,2,3 connected in a triangle would look like:
<source lang="python"> G = {1: {2,3}, 2: {1,3}, 3: {1,2} } # dict-of-sets G = {1: {2:1,3:1}, 2: {1:1,3:1}, 3: {1:1,2:1} } # dict-of-dicts </source> The {} notation means create a set.
To test whether a node, u is parent to a node v, we can just write, <source lang="python"> def is_child(G, u, v):
return v in G[u] # both formats
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To add a node to a tree, I would need to create a new key in the dictionary -- like so: <source lang="python"> def add_node(G, u):
assert u not in G.keys()
G[u] = set() # dict-of-sets
G[u] = {} # dict-of-dicts
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To put in parent-child edges, I have to add members to the right set, <source lang="python"> def add_children(G, u, kids):
G[u] += kids # dict-of-set [G[u][k] = v for k,v in kids.iteritems()] # dict-of-dict
- e.g.
add_node(G, 4) add_children(G, 4, {1,2}) </source> This version of add_children makes a directed graph, since child to parent edges were not added.
Amongst other things, networkx can visualize graphs:
<source lang="python"> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import networkx as nx
nG=nx.from_dict_of_lists(G) # maybe works for dict-of-set nG=nx.from_dict_of_dicts(G) # for dict-of-dict nx.draw(nG) plt.show() </source>
