networkx.classes.function.set_node_attributes¶

set_node_attributes(G, values, name=None)[source]¶

Sets node attributes from a given value or dictionary of values.

Warning

The call order of arguments values and name switched between v1.x & v2.x.

Parameters:

G (NetworkX Graph)
values (scalar value, dict-like) – What the node attribute should be set to. If values is not a dictionary, then it is treated as a single attribute value that is then applied to every node in G. This means that if you provide a mutable object, like a list, updates to that object will be reflected in the node attribute for every node. The attribute name will be name.

If values is a dict or a dict of dict, it should be keyed by node to either an attribute value or a dict of attribute key/value pairs used to update the node’s attributes.
name (string (optional, default=None)) – Name of the node attribute to set if values is a scalar.

Examples

After computing some property of the nodes of a graph, you may want to assign a node attribute to store the value of that property for each node:

>>> G = nx.path_graph(3)
>>> bb = nx.betweenness_centrality(G)
>>> isinstance(bb, dict)
True
>>> nx.set_node_attributes(G, bb, 'betweenness')
>>> G.nodes[1]['betweenness']
1.0

If you provide a list as the second argument, updates to the list will be reflected in the node attribute for each node:

>>> G = nx.path_graph(3)
>>> labels = []
>>> nx.set_node_attributes(G, labels, 'labels')
>>> labels.append('foo')
>>> G.nodes[0]['labels']
['foo']
>>> G.nodes[1]['labels']
['foo']
>>> G.nodes[2]['labels']
['foo']

If you provide a dictionary of dictionaries as the second argument, the outer dictionary is assumed to be keyed by node to an inner dictionary of node attributes for that node:

>>> G = nx.path_graph(3)
>>> attrs = {0: {'attr1': 20, 'attr2': 'nothing'}, 1: {'attr2': 3}}
>>> nx.set_node_attributes(G, attrs)
>>> G.nodes[0]['attr1']
20
>>> G.nodes[0]['attr2']
'nothing'
>>> G.nodes[1]['attr2']
3
>>> G.nodes[2]
{}