graph:which-component
List of: Scheme Extensions
Subjects: Graph Theory
Contents: Kernel

Action: Returns the number of the component that a given graph element belongs to.

Filename: kern/kern_scm/graph_scm.cxx

Syntax: (graph:which-component in-graph in-object)

Arg Types: in-graph graph

in-object string | entity

Returns: integer

Description: This extension is useful if the given in-graph has multiple components. It determines which component a given in-object is part of and returns its component number. The graph:component command then creates a new graph from just the elements of a single component.


in-graph specifies a graph.


in-object specifies a component. The component is selected by providing a string which is the name of an element of the component or an entity which is associated with an element of the component.

Example: ; graph:which-component

; Create a simple example

(define g1 (graph "me-you us-them


we-they them-they


FIDO-SPOT SPOT-KING SPOT-PETEY"))

;; g1

; CAREFUL: The order of the graph output may

; not be the same each time.

(graph:components g1)

;; 3

(graph:which-component g1 "me")

;; 2

(define g2 (graph:component g1 2))

;; g2

(define g3 (graph:component g1 "me"))

;; g3
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