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rustworkx.read_matrix_market

read_matrix_market(contents)

Read a graph from Matrix Market format string contents.

Matrix Market is a human-readable ASCII file format for storing sparse matrices as coordinate format (row, column, value) triplets. This function parses Matrix Market formatted string contents and converts it to a graph representation.

For more information about Matrix Market format, see: https://math.nist.gov/MatrixMarket/formats.html

Parameters:

contents (str) – The Matrix Market formatted string contents to parse.

Returns:

A graph object constructed from the Matrix Market data. Returns a PyDiGraph for directed matrices or a PyGraph for undirected matrices.

Return type:

PyGraph or PyDiGraph

Raises:

ValueError – when the Matrix Market string contains invalid data or format.