single_target_shortest_path#

single_target_shortest_path(G, target, cutoff=None)[source]#

Compute shortest path to target from all nodes that reach target.

Parameters:
GNetworkX graph
targetnode label

Target node for path

cutoffinteger, optional

Depth to stop the search. Only paths of length <= cutoff are returned.

Returns:
pathsdictionary

Dictionary, keyed by target, of shortest paths.

See also

shortest_path, single_source_shortest_path

Notes

The shortest path is not necessarily unique. So there can be multiple paths between the source and each target node, all of which have the same ‘shortest’ length. For each target node, this function returns only one of those paths.

Examples

>>> G = nx.path_graph(5, create_using=nx.DiGraph())
>>> path = nx.single_target_shortest_path(G, 4)
>>> path[0]
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]