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kosaraju_strongly_connected_components

kosaraju_strongly_connected_components(G, source=None)[source]

Generate nodes in strongly connected components of graph.

Parameters:G (NetworkX Graph) – An directed graph.
Returns:comp – A genrator of sets of nodes, one for each strongly connected component of G.
Return type:generator of sets
Raises:NetworkXNotImplemented – If G is undirected.

Examples

Generate a sorted list of strongly connected components, largest first.

>>> G = nx.cycle_graph(4, create_using=nx.DiGraph())
>>> G.add_cycle([10, 11, 12])
>>> [len(c) for c in sorted(nx.kosaraju_strongly_connected_components(G),
...                         key=len, reverse=True)]
[4, 3]

If you only want the largest component, it’s more efficient to use max instead of sort.

>>> largest = max(nx.kosaraju_strongly_connected_components(G), key=len)

See also

connected_components(), weakly_connected_components()

Notes

Uses Kosaraju’s algorithm.