[R] igraph and plotting connected components

[Gabor Csardi]

Dieter,

there are a couple of ways to do this in igraph, eg.
you can decompose the graph into separate components with

g <- erdos.renyi.game(100, 1/100)
graphs <- decompose.graph(g)

and then you will have a list of graphs. If you assign some vertex 
ids as vertex attributes then you can keep track of which vertex is 
in which component:

V(g)$label <- seq(vcount(g))
graphs <- decompose.graph(g)

and eg. to plot the largest component:

largest <- which.max(sapply(graphs, vcount))
plot(graphs[[largest]], layout=layout.fruchterman.reingold)

Or you can use a layout algorithm which is not troubled by the
unconnected graph, like Fruchterman-Reingold:

plot(g, layout=layout.fruchterman.reingold)

Gabor

On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 05:27:52PM -0700, Dieter Best wrote:
> Hello there,
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>   I am using the igraph package to build graphs from my data. If I plot a graph though, it's not easy for me to see what's going on. Does anybody know how to rearrange a graph to get a plot without too many crossing lines? Maybe other packages?
>    
>   Thanks a lot in advance for any pointers,
>    
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