networkx.drawing.nx_pydot.read_dot¶
-
read_dot
(path)[source]¶ Returns a NetworkX
MultiGraph
orMultiDiGraph
from the dot file with the passed path.If this file contains multiple graphs, only the first such graph is returned. All graphs _except_ the first are silently ignored.
- Parameters
path (str or file) – Filename or file handle.
- Returns
G – A
MultiGraph
orMultiDiGraph
.- Return type
Notes
Use
G = nx.Graph(read_dot(path))
to return aGraph
instead of aMultiGraph
.