""" .. _tutorials-shortest-paths: ============== Shortest Paths ============== This example demonstrates how to find the shortest distance between two vertices of a weighted or an unweighted graph. """ import igraph as ig import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # %% # To find the shortest path or distance between two nodes, we can use :meth:`igraph.GraphBase.get_shortest_paths`. If we're only interested in counting the unweighted distance, then we can do the following: g = ig.Graph( 6, [(0, 1), (0, 2), (1, 3), (2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 5), (4, 5)] ) results = g.get_shortest_paths(1, to=4, output="vpath") # results = [[1, 0, 2, 4]] # %% # We can print the result of the computation: if len(results[0]) > 0: # The distance is the number of vertices in the shortest path minus one. print("Shortest distance is: ", len(results[0])-1) else: print("End node could not be reached!") # %% # If the edges have weights, things are a little different. First, let's add # weights to our graph edges: g.es["weight"] = [2, 1, 5, 4, 7, 3, 2] # %% # To get the shortest paths on a weighted graph, we pass the weights as an # argument. For a change, we choose the output format as ``"epath"`` to # receive the path as an edge list, which can be used to calculate the length # of the path. results = g.get_shortest_paths(0, to=5, weights=g.es["weight"], output="epath") # results = [[1, 3, 5]] if len(results[0]) > 0: # Add up the weights across all edges on the shortest path distance = 0 for e in results[0]: distance += g.es[e]["weight"] print("Shortest weighted distance is: ", distance) else: print("End node could not be reached!") # %% # .. note:: # # - :meth:`igraph.GraphBase.get_shortest_paths` returns a list of lists becuase the `to` argument can also accept a list of vertex IDs. In that case, the shortest path to all each vertex is found and stored in the results array. # - If you're interested in finding *all* shortest paths, take a look at :meth:`igraph.GraphBase.get_all_shortest_paths`. # %% # In case you are wondering how the visualization figure was done, here's the code: g.es['width'] = 0.5 g.es[results[0]]['width'] = 2.5 fig, ax = plt.subplots() ig.plot( g, target=ax, layout='circle', vertex_color='steelblue', vertex_label=range(g.vcount()), edge_width=g.es['width'], edge_label=g.es["weight"], edge_color='#666', edge_align_label=True, edge_background='white' ) plt.show()