networkx.readwrite.gpickle.write_gpickle¶

write_gpickle(G, path, protocol=4)[source]¶

Write graph in Python pickle format.

Pickles are a serialized byte stream of a Python object 1. This format will preserve Python objects used as nodes or edges.

Parameters

G (graph) – A NetworkX graph
path (file or string) – File or filename to write. Filenames ending in .gz or .bz2 will be compressed.
protocol (integer) – Pickling protocol to use. Default value: pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL.

Examples

>>> G = nx.path_graph(4)
>>> nx.write_gpickle(G, "test.gpickle")

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