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Utilities
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.. contents:: `Contents`
   :depth: 2
   :local:


.. automodule:: networkx.utils
.. currentmodule:: networkx.utils

Helper Functions
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.. automodule:: networkx.utils.misc
.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   is_string_like
   flatten
   iterable
   is_list_of_ints
   make_str
   generate_unique_node
   default_opener
   pairwise
   groups


Data Structures and Algorithms
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.. automodule:: networkx.utils.union_find
.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   UnionFind.union

Random Sequence Generators
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.. automodule:: networkx.utils.random_sequence
.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   create_degree_sequence
   pareto_sequence
   powerlaw_sequence
   uniform_sequence
   cumulative_distribution
   discrete_sequence
   zipf_sequence
   zipf_rv
   random_weighted_sample
   weighted_choice

Decorators
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.. automodule:: networkx.utils.decorators
.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   open_file

Cuthill-Mckee Ordering
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.. automodule:: networkx.utils.rcm
.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   cuthill_mckee_ordering
   reverse_cuthill_mckee_ordering

Context Managers
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.. automodule:: networkx.utils.contextmanagers
.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   reversed