Heavy Metal Umlaut

Example using unicode strings as graph labels.

Also shows creative use of the Heavy Metal Umlaut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_umlaut

Out:

['Hüsker Dü', 'Motörhead', 'Mötley Crüe', 'Spın̈al Tap', 'Blue Öyster Cult', 'Deathtöngue', 'Queensrÿche']

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import networkx as nx

hd = "H" + chr(252) + "sker D" + chr(252)
mh = "Mot" + chr(246) + "rhead"
mc = "M" + chr(246) + "tley Cr" + chr(252) + "e"
st = "Sp" + chr(305) + "n" + chr(776) + "al Tap"
q = "Queensr" + chr(255) + "che"
boc = "Blue " + chr(214) + "yster Cult"
dt = "Deatht" + chr(246) + "ngue"

G = nx.Graph()
G.add_edge(hd, mh)
G.add_edge(mc, st)
G.add_edge(boc, mc)
G.add_edge(boc, dt)
G.add_edge(st, dt)
G.add_edge(q, st)
G.add_edge(dt, mh)
G.add_edge(st, mh)

# write in UTF-8 encoding
fh = open("edgelist.utf-8", "wb")
nx.write_multiline_adjlist(G, fh, delimiter="\t", encoding="utf-8")

# read and store in UTF-8
fh = open("edgelist.utf-8", "rb")
H = nx.read_multiline_adjlist(fh, delimiter="\t", encoding="utf-8")

for n in G.nodes():
    if n not in H:
        print(False)

print(list(G.nodes()))

pos = nx.spring_layout(G)
nx.draw(G, pos, font_size=16, with_labels=False)
for p in pos:  # raise text positions
    pos[p][1] += 0.07
nx.draw_networkx_labels(G, pos)
plt.show()