networkx.algorithms.components.connected_components¶

connected_components(G)[source]¶

Generate connected components.

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

Examples

Generate a sorted list of connected components, largest first.

>>> G = nx.path_graph(4)
>>> nx.add_path(G, [10, 11, 12])
>>> [len(c) for c in sorted(nx.connected_components(G), key=len, reverse=True)]
[4, 3]

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

>>> largest_cc = max(nx.connected_components(G), key=len)

To create the induced subgraph of each component use:

>>> S = [G.subgraph(c).copy() for c in nx.connected_components(G)]