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networkx.readwrite.multiline_adjlist.write_multiline_adjlist

write_multiline_adjlist(G, path, delimiter=' ', comments='#', encoding='utf-8')

Write the graph G in multiline adjacency list format to path

Parameters:

• G (NetworkX graph)
• comments (string, optional) – Marker for comment lines
• delimiter (string, optional) – Separator for node labels
• encoding (string, optional) – Text encoding.

Examples

>>> G=nx.path_graph(4)
>>> nx.write_multiline_adjlist(G,"test.adjlist")

The path can be a file handle or a string with the name of the file. If a file handle is provided, it has to be opened in ‘wb’ mode.

>>> fh=open("test.adjlist",'wb')
>>> nx.write_multiline_adjlist(G,fh)

Filenames ending in .gz or .bz2 will be compressed.

>>> nx.write_multiline_adjlist(G,"test.adjlist.gz")

See also

read_multiline_adjlist()