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NAME

Graph::Reader::TGF - Perl class for reading a graph from TGF format.

SYNOPSIS

my $obj = Graph::Reader::TGF->new;
my $graph = $obj->read_graph($tgf_file);

METHODS

new

my $obj = Graph::Reader::TGF->new;

Constructor.

This doesn't take any arguments.

Returns Graph::Reader::TGF object.

read_graph

my $graph = $obj->read_graph($tgf_file);

Read a graph from the specified file. The argument can either be a filename, or a filehandle for a previously opened file.

Returns Graph object.

TGF FILE FORMAT

TGF = Trivial Graph Format
TGF file format is described on L<English Wikipedia - Trivial Graph Format|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial_Graph_Format>
Example:
1 First node
2 Second node
#
1 2 Edge between the two

ERRORS

new():
Parameter 'edge_callback' isn't reference to code.
Parameter 'vertex_callback' isn't reference to code.

EXAMPLE1

use strict;
use File::Temp qw(tempfile);
use IO::Barf qw(barf);
# Example data.
my $data = <<'END';
1 First node
2 Second node
#
1 2 Edge between the two
END
# Temporary file.
my (undef, $tempfile) = tempfile();
# Save data to temp file.
barf($tempfile, $data);
# Reader object.
my $obj = Graph::Reader::TGF->new;
# Get graph from file.
my $g = $obj->read_graph($tempfile);
# Print to output.
print $g."\n";
# Clean temporary file.
unlink $tempfile;
# Output:
# 1-2

EXAMPLE2

use strict;
use File::Temp qw(tempfile);
use IO::Barf qw(barf);
# Example data.
my $data = <<'END';
1 Node #1
2 Node #2
3 Node #3
4 Node #4
5 Node #5
6 Node #6
7 Node #7
8 Node #8
9 Node #9
10 Node #10
#
1 2
1 3
1 5
1 6
1 10
3 4
6 7
6 8
6 9
END
# Temporary file.
my (undef, $tempfile) = tempfile();
# Save data to temp file.
barf($tempfile, $data);
# Reader object.
my $obj = Graph::Reader::TGF->new;
# Get graph from file.
my $g = $obj->read_graph($tempfile);
# Print to output.
print $g."\n";
# Clean temporary file.
unlink $tempfile;
# Output:
# 1-10,1-2,1-3,1-5,1-6,3-4,6-7,6-8,6-9

DEPENDENCIES

Encode, Error::Pure, Graph::Reader.

SEE ALSO

Graph::Reader

base class for Graph file format readers

Task::Graph::Reader

Install the Graph::Reader modules.

REPOSITORY

https://github.com/michal-josef-spacek/Graph-Reader-TGF

AUTHOR

Michal Josef Špaček mailto:skim@cpan.org

http://skim.cz

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

© Michal Josef Špaček 2014-2023

BSD 2-Clause License

VERSION

0.04