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This function can be used to add or delete edges that form a path.

Usage

path(...)

Arguments

...

See details below.

Value

A special object that can be used together with igraph graphs and the plus and minus operators.

Details

When adding edges via +, all unnamed arguments are concatenated, and each element of a final vector is interpreted as a vertex in the graph. For a vector of length n+1, n edges are then added, from vertex 1 to vertex 2, from vertex 2 to vertex 3, etc. Named arguments will be used as edge attributes for the new edges.

When deleting edges, all attributes are concatenated and then passed to delete_edges().

Examples

# Create a (directed) wheel
g <- make_star(11, center = 1) + path(2:11, 2)
plot(g)


g <- make_empty_graph(directed = FALSE, n = 10) %>%
  set_vertex_attr("name", value = letters[1:10])

g2 <- g + path("a", "b", "c", "d")
plot(g2)


g3 <- g2 + path("e", "f", "g", weight = 1:2, color = "red")
E(g3)[[]]
#> + 5/5 edges from 75ce3ff (vertex names):
#>   tail head tid hid weight color
#> 1    a    b   1   2     NA  <NA>
#> 2    b    c   2   3     NA  <NA>
#> 3    c    d   3   4     NA  <NA>
#> 4    e    f   5   6      1   red
#> 5    f    g   6   7      2   red

g4 <- g3 + path(c("f", "c", "j", "d"), width = 1:3, color = "green")
E(g4)[[]]
#> + 8/8 edges from 3498faf (vertex names):
#>   tail head tid hid weight color width
#> 1    a    b   1   2     NA  <NA>    NA
#> 2    b    c   2   3     NA  <NA>    NA
#> 3    c    d   3   4     NA  <NA>    NA
#> 4    e    f   5   6      1   red    NA
#> 5    f    g   6   7      2   red    NA
#> 6    c    f   3   6     NA green     1
#> 7    c    j   3  10     NA green     2
#> 8    d    j   4  10     NA green     3