R: Delete vertices or edges from a graph

igraph-minus {igraph} | R Documentation

## Delete vertices or edges from a graph

### Description

Delete vertices or edges from a graph

### Usage

    ## S3 method for class 'igraph'
    e1 - e2

### Arguments

`e1` | Left argument, see details below.
`e2` | Right argument, see details below.

### Details

The minus operator (‘`-`’) can be used to remove vertices or edges from the graph. The operation performed is selected based on the type of the right hand side argument:

- If it is an igraph graph object, then the difference of the two graphs is calculated, see `difference`.

- If it is a numeric or character vector, then it is interpreted as a vector of vertex ids and the specified vertices will be deleted from the graph. Example:

        g <- make_ring(10)
      V(g)$name <- letters[1:10]
      g <- g - c("a", "b")

- If `e2` is a vertex sequence (e.g. created by the `V` function), then these vertices will be deleted from the graph.

- If it is an edge sequence (e.g. created by the `E` function), then these edges will be deleted from the graph.

- If it is an object created with the `vertex` (or the `vertices`) function, then all arguments of `vertices` are concatenated and the result is interpreted as a vector of vertex ids. These vertices will be removed from the graph.

- If it is an object created with the `edge` (or the `edges`) function, then all arguments of `edges` are concatenated and then interpreted as edges to be removed from the graph. Example:

        g <- make_ring(10)
      V(g)$name <- letters[1:10]
      E(g)$name <- LETTERS[1:10]
      g <- g - edge("e|f")
      g <- g - edge("H")

- If it is an object created with the `path` function, then all `path` arguments are concatenated and then interpreted as a path along which edges will be removed from the graph. Example:

        g <- make_ring(10)
      V(g)$name <- letters[1:10]
      g <- g - path("a", "b", "c", "d")

### Value

An igraph graph.

### See Also

Other functions for manipulating graph structure: `+.igraph()`, `add_edges()`, `add_vertices()`, `delete_edges()`, `delete_vertices()`, `edge()`, `path()`, `vertex()`

[Package igraph version 1.2.10 Index]