Graph.add_edges_from#

Graph.add_edges_from(ebunch_to_add, **attr)[source]#

Add all the edges in ebunch_to_add.

Parameters:

ebunch_to_addcontainer of edges: Each edge given in the container will be added to the graph. The edges must be given as 2-tuples (u, v) or 3-tuples (u, v, d) where d is a dictionary containing edge data.
attrkeyword arguments, optional: Edge data (or labels or objects) can be assigned using keyword arguments.

See also

add_edge: add a single edge
add_weighted_edges_from: convenient way to add weighted edges

Notes

Adding the same edge twice has no effect but any edge data will be updated when each duplicate edge is added.

Edge attributes specified in an ebunch take precedence over attributes specified via keyword arguments.

When adding edges from an iterator over the graph you are changing, a RuntimeError can be raised with message: RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration. This happens when the graph’s underlying dictionary is modified during iteration. To avoid this error, evaluate the iterator into a separate object, e.g. by using list(iterator_of_edges), and pass this object to G.add_edges_from.

Examples

>>> G = nx.Graph()  # or DiGraph, MultiGraph, MultiDiGraph, etc
>>> G.add_edges_from([(0, 1), (1, 2)])  # using a list of edge tuples
>>> e = zip(range(0, 3), range(1, 4))
>>> G.add_edges_from(e)  # Add the path graph 0-1-2-3

Associate data to edges

>>> G.add_edges_from([(1, 2), (2, 3)], weight=3)
>>> G.add_edges_from([(3, 4), (1, 4)], label="WN2898")

Evaluate an iterator over a graph if using it to modify the same graph

>>> G = nx.Graph([(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4)])
>>> # Grow graph by one new node, adding edges to all existing nodes.
>>> # wrong way - will raise RuntimeError
>>> # G.add_edges_from(((5, n) for n in G.nodes))
>>> # correct way - note that there will be no self-edge for node 5
>>> G.add_edges_from(list((5, n) for n in G.nodes))