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networkx.readwrite.nx_yaml.read_yaml

read_yaml(path)

Read graph in YAML format from path.

YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages [1].

Parameters:path (file or string) – File or filename to read. Filenames ending in .gz or .bz2 will be uncompressed. Returns:G Return type:NetworkX graph

Examples

>>> G=nx.path_graph(4)
>>> nx.write_yaml(G,'test.yaml')
>>> G=nx.read_yaml('test.yaml')

References

[1]	http://www.yaml.org