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GVPR(1) 		     General Commands Manual			 GVPR(1)

NAME
     gvpr - graph pattern scanning and processing language

SYNOPSIS
     gvpr [-icnqV?]  [ -o outfile ] [ -a args ] [ 'prog' | -f progfile ] [ files
     ]

DESCRIPTION
     gvpr  (previously	known  as gpr) is a graph stream editor inspired by awk.
     It copies input graphs to its output, possibly transforming their structure
     and attributes, creating new graphs,  or  printing  arbitrary  information.
     The  graph  model	is  that  provided by libcgraph(3).  In particular, gvpr
     reads and writes graphs using the dot language.

     Basically, gvpr traverses each input graph, denoted by  $G,  visiting  each
     node  and edge, matching it with the predicate-action rules supplied in the
     input program.  The rules are evaluated in order.	For each predicate eval-
     uating to true, the corresponding action is performed.  During the  traver-
     sal, the current node or edge being visited is denoted by $.

     For  each input graph, there is a target subgraph, denoted by $T, initially
     empty and used to accumulate chosen entities, and an output graph, $O, used
     for final processing and then written to output.  By  default,  the  output
     graph  is the target graph.  The output graph can be set in the program or,
     in a limited sense, on the command line.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -a args
	    The string args is split into whitespace-separated tokens, with  the
	    individual	tokens	available  as  strings	in  the  gvpr program as
	    ARGV[0],...,ARGV[ARGC-1].  Whitespace characters  within  single  or
	    double quoted substrings, or preceded by a backslash, are ignored as
	    separators.  In general, a backslash character turns off any special
	    meaning  of  the  following character.  Note that the tokens derived
	    from multiple -a flags are concatenated.

     -c     Use the source graph as the output graph.

     -i     Derive the node-induced subgraph extension of the  output  graph  in
	    the context of its root graph.

     -o outfile
	    Causes the output stream to be written to the specified file; by de-
	    fault, output is written to stdout.

     -f progfile
	    Use  the contents of the specified file as the program to execute on
	    the input. If progfile contains a slash character, the name is taken
	    as the pathname of the file. Otherwise, gvpr will use  the	directo-
	    ries  specified in the environment variable GVPRPATH to look for the
	    file. If -f is not given, gvpr will use the first  non-option  argu-
	    ment as the program.

     -q     Turns off warning messages.

     -n     Turns  off	graph read-ahead. By default, the variable $NG is set to
	    the next graph to be processed. This requires a  read  of  the  next
	    graph  before  processing  the current graph, which may block if the
	    next graph is only generated in response to some  action  pertaining
	    to the processing of the current graph.

     -v     Enable verbose messages.

     -V     Causes the program to print version information and exit.

     -?     Causes the program to print usage information and exit.

OPERANDS
     The following operand is supported:

     files   Names of files containing 1 or more graphs in the dot language.  If
	     no  -f option is given, the first name is removed from the list and
	     used as the input program. If the list of	files  is  empty,  stdin
	     will be used.

PROGRAMS
     A	gvpr  program consists of a list of predicate-action clauses, having one
     of the forms:

	    BEGIN { action }

	    BEG_G { action }

	    N [ predicate ] { action }

	    E [ predicate ] { action }

	    END_G { action }

	    END { action }

     A program can contain at most one of each	of  the  BEGIN,  END_G	and  END
     clauses.	There  can be any number of BEG_G, N and E statements, the first
     applied to graphs, the second to nodes, the third to edges.  These are sep-
     arated into blocks, a block consisting of an optional BEG_G  statement  and
     all  N  and  E statements up to the next BEG_G statement, if any.	The top-
     level semantics of a gvpr program are:

	    Evaluate the BEGIN clause, if any.
	    For each input graph G {
		For each block {
		    Set G as the current graph and current object.
		    Evaluate the BEG_G clause, if any.
		    For each node and edge in G {
			Set the node or edge as the current object.
			Evaluate the N or E clauses, as appropriate.
		    }
		}
		Set G as the current object.
		Evaluate the END_G clause, if any.
	    }
	    Evaluate the END clause, if any.

     The actions of the BEGIN, BEG_G, END_G and END clauses are  performed  when
     the clauses are evaluated.  For N or E clauses, either the predicate or ac-
     tion  may	be omitted.  If there is no predicate with an action, the action
     is performed on every node or edge, as appropriate.  If there is no  action
     and  the  predicate evaluates to true, the associated node or edge is added
     to the target graph.

     The blocks are evaluated in the order in which they occur.  Within a block,
     the N clauses (E clauses, respectively) are evaluated in the order in which
     they occur. Note, though, that within a block, N or E clauses may be inter-
     laced, depending on the traversal order.

     Predicates and actions are sequences of statements in the	C  dialect  sup-
     ported  by the expr(3) library.  The only difference between predicates and
     actions is that the former must have a type that may interpreted as  either
     true  or  false.	Here the usual C convention is followed, in which a non-
     zero value is considered true. This would	include  non-empty  strings  and
     non-empty references to nodes, edges, etc. However, if a string can be con-
     verted to an integer, this value is used.

     In  addition  to  the usual C base types (void, int, char, float, long, un-
     signed and double), gvpr provides string as a synonym for	char*,	and  the
     graph-based types node_t, edge_t, graph_t and obj_t.  The obj_t type can be
     viewed  as a supertype of the other 3 concrete types; the correct base type
     is maintained dynamically.  Besides these base types, the only  other  sup-
     ported type expressions are (associative) arrays.

     Constants	follow	C syntax, but strings may be quoted with either "..." or
     '...'.  gvpr accepts C++ comments as well as cpp-type  comments.	For  the
     latter,  if a line begins with a '#' character, the rest of the line is ig-
     nored.

     A statement can be a declaration of a function, a variable or an array,  or
     an  executable  statement. For declarations, there is a single scope. Array
     declarations have the form:

	     type array [ type0 ]

     where  type0  is optional. If it is supplied, the parser will enforce  that
     all  array  subscripts  have the specified type. If it is not supplied, ob-
     jects of all types can be used as subscripts.  As in C, variables	and  ar-
     rays must be declared. In particular, an undeclared variable will be inter-
     preted  as  the name of an attribute of a node, edge or graph, depending on
     the context.

     Executable statements can be one of the following:
	    { [ statement ... ] }
	    expression						    // commonly var = expression
	    if( expression ) statement [ else statement ]
	    for( expression ; expression ; expression ) statement
	    for( array [ var ]) statement
	    forr( array [ var ]) statement
	    while( expression ) statement
	    switch( expression ) case statements
	    break [ expression ]
	    continue [ expression ]
	    return [ expression ]
     Items in brackets are optional.

     In the second form of the for statement and the forr statement,  the  vari-
     able  var	is set to each value used as an index in the specified array and
     then the associated statement is evaluated. For numeric and string indices,
     the indices are returned in  increasing  (decreasing)  numeric  or  lexico-
     graphic order for for (forr, respectively). This can be used for sorting.

     Function definitions can only appear in the BEGIN clause.

     Expressions  include  the usual C expressions.  String comparisons using ==
     and != treat the right hand operand as a pattern for the purpose of regular
     expression matching.  Patterns use ksh(1) file match pattern syntax.   (For
     simple string equality, use the strcmp function.

     gvpr  will attempt to use an expression as a string or numeric value as ap-
     propriate. Both C-like casts and function templates will cause  conversions
     to be performed, if possible.

     Expressions of graphical type (i.e., graph_t, node_t, edge_t, obj_t) may be
     followed  by a field reference in the form of .name. The resulting value is
     the value of the attribute named name of the given object.  In addition, in
     certain contexts an undeclared, unmodified identifier is taken to be an at-
     tribute name. Specifically, such identifiers denote attributes of the  cur-
     rent  node or edge, respectively, in N and E clauses, and the current graph
     in BEG_G and END_G clauses.

     As usual in the libcgraph(3) model, attributes are string-valued.	In addi-
     tion, gvpr supports certain pseudo-attributes of graph objects, not  neces-
     sarily  string-valued.  These reflect intrinsic properties of the graph ob-
     jects and cannot be set by the user.

     head : node_t
	    the head of an edge.

     tail : node_t
	    the tail of an edge.

     name : string
	    the name of an edge, node or graph. The name of an edge has the form
	    "<tail-name><edge-op><head-name>[<key>]", where <edge-op> is "->" or
	    "--" depending on whether the graph is directed or not. The  bracket
	    part [<key>] only appears if the edge has a non-trivial key.

     indegree : int
	    the indegree of a node.

     outdegree : int
	    the outdegree of a node.

     degree : int
	    the degree of a node.

     X : double
	    the X coordinate of a node. (Assumes the node has a pos attribute.)

     Y : double
	    the Y coordinate of a node. (Assumes the node has a pos attribute.)

     root : graph_t
	    the root graph of an object. The root of a root graph is itself.

     parent : graph_t
	    the parent graph of a subgraph. The parent of a root graph is NULL

     n_edges : int
	    the number of edges in the graph

     n_nodes : int
	    the number of nodes in the graph

     directed : int
	    true (non-zero) if the graph is directed

     strict : int
	    true (non-zero) if the graph is strict

BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS
     The following functions are built into gvpr. Those functions returning ref-
     erences to graph objects return NULL in case of failure.

   Graphs and subgraph
     graph(s : string, t : string) : graph_t
	    creates  a	graph whose name is s and whose type is specified by the
	    string t. Ignoring case, the characters U, D, S, N have  the  inter-
	    pretation  undirected,  directed,  strict,	and  non-strict, respec-
	    tively. If t is empty, a directed, non-strict graph is generated.

     subg(g : graph_t, s : string) : graph_t
	    creates a subgraph in graph g with name s. If the  subgraph  already
	    exists, it is returned.

     isSubg(g : graph_t, s : string) : graph_t
	    returns  the  subgraph in graph g with name s, if it exists, or NULL
	    otherwise.

     fstsubg(g : graph_t) : graph_t
	    returns the first subgraph in graph g, or NULL if none exists.

     nxtsubg(sg : graph_t) : graph_t
	    returns the next subgraph after sg, or NULL.

     isDirect(g : graph_t) : int
	    returns true if and only if g is directed.

     isStrict(g : graph_t) : int
	    returns true if and only if g is strict.

     nNodes(g : graph_t) : int
	    returns the number of nodes in g.

     nEdges(g : graph_t) : int
	    returns the number of edges in g.

   Nodes
     node(g : graph_t, s : string) : node_t
	    creates a node in graph g of name s. If such a node already  exists,
	    it is returned.

     subnode(sg : graph_t, n : node_t) : node_t
	    inserts the node n into the subgraph sg. Returns the node.

     fstnode(g : graph_t) : node_t
	    returns the first node in graph g, or NULL if none exists.

     nxtnode(n : node_t) : node_t
	    returns the next node after n in the root graph, or NULL.

     nxtnode_sg(sg : graph_t, n : node_t) : node_t
	    returns the next node after n in sg, or NULL.

     isNode(sg : graph_t, s : string) : node_t
	    looks  for a node in (sub)graph sg of name s. If such a node exists,
	    it is returned. Otherwise, NULL is returned.

     isSubnode(sg : graph_t, n : node_t) : int
	    returns non-zero if node n is in (sub)graph sg, or zero otherwise.

     indegreeOf(sg : graph_t, n : node_t) : int
	    returns the indegree of node n in (sub)graph sg.

     outdegreeOf(sg : graph_t, n : node_t) : int
	    returns the outdegree of node n in (sub)graph sg.

     degreeOf(sg : graph_t, n : node_t) : int
	    returns the degree of node n in (sub)graph sg.

     rename(n : node_t, newname : string) : int
	    changes the name of n to newname and returns 0 on success or  -1  if
	    there is an existing node with that name.

   Edges
     edge(t : node_t, h : node_t, s : string) : edge_t
	    creates an edge with tail node t, head node h and name s in the root
	    graph.  If the graph is undirected, the distinction between head and
	    tail nodes is unimportant.	If such an edge already  exists,  it  is
	    returned.

     edge_sg(sg : graph_t, t : node_t, h : node_t, s : string) : edge_t
	    creates  an  edge  with  tail  node  t,  head  node  h and name s in
	    (sub)graph sg (and all parent graphs). If the graph  is  undirected,
	    the distinction between head and tail nodes is unimportant.  If such
	    an edge already exists, it is returned.

     subedge(g : graph_t, e : edge_t) : edge_t
	    inserts the edge e into the subgraph g. Returns the edge.

     isEdge(t : node_t, h : node_t, s : string) : edge_t
	    looks  for	an edge with tail node t, head node h and name s. If the
	    graph is undirected, the distinction between head and tail nodes  is
	    unimportant.   If  such  an  edge exists, it is returned. Otherwise,
	    NULL is returned.

     isEdge_sg(sg : graph_t, t : node_t, h : node_t, s : string) : edge_t
	    looks for an edge with tail node t,  head  node  h	and  name  s  in
	    (sub)graph	sg.  If the graph is undirected, the distinction between
	    head and tail nodes is unimportant.  If such an edge exists,  it  is
	    returned. Otherwise, NULL is returned.

     isSubedge(sg : graph_t, e : edge_t) : int
	    returns non-zero if edge e is in (sub)graph sg, or zero otherwise.

     fstout(n : node_t) : edge_t
	    returns the first outedge of node n in the root graph.

     fstout_sg(sg : graph_t, n : node_t) : edge_t
	    returns the first outedge of node n in (sub)graph sg.

     nxtout(e : edge_t) : edge_t
	    returns the next outedge after e in the root graph.

     nxtout_sg(sg : graph_t, e : edge_t) : edge_t
	    returns the next outedge after e in graph sg.

     fstin(n : node_t) : edge_t
	    returns the first inedge of node n in the root graph.

     fstin_sg(sg : graph_t, n : node_t) : edge_t
	    returns the first inedge of node n in graph sg.

     nxtin(e : edge_t) : edge_t
	    returns the next inedge after e in the root graph.

     nxtin_sg(sg : graph_t, e : edge_t) : edge_t
	    returns the next inedge after e in graph sg.

     fstedge(n : node_t) : edge_t
	    returns the first edge of node n in the root graph.

     fstedge_sg(sg : graph_t, n : node_t) : edge_t
	    returns the first edge of node n in graph sg.

     nxtedge(e : edge_t, n : node_t) : edge_t
	    returns the next edge after e in the root graph.

     nxtedge_sg(sg : graph_t, e : edge_t, n : node_t) : edge_t
	    returns the next edge after e in the graph sg.

     opp(e : edge_t, n : node_t) : node_t
	    returns the node on the edge e not equal to n.  Returns NULL if n is
	    not  a node of e.  This can be useful when using fstedge and nxtedge
	    to enumerate the neighbors of n.

   Graph I/O
     write(g : graph_t) : void
	    prints g in dot format onto the output stream.

     writeG(g : graph_t, fname : string) : void
	    prints g in dot format into the file fname.

     fwriteG(g : graph_t, fd : int) : void
	    prints g in dot format onto the open stream denoted by  the  integer
	    fd.

     readG(fname : string) : graph_t
	    returns a graph read from the file fname. The graph should be in dot
	    format. If no graph can be read, NULL is returned.

     freadG(fd : int) : graph_t
	    returns  the  next graph read from the open stream fd.  Returns NULL
	    at end of file.

   Graph miscellany
     delete(g : graph_t, x : obj_t) : void
	    deletes object x from graph g.  If g is NULL, the function uses  the
	    root graph of x.  If x is a graph or subgraph, it is closed unless x
	    is locked.

     isIn(g : graph_t, x : obj_t) : int
	    returns true if x is in subgraph g.

     cloneG(g : graph_t, s : string) : graph_t
	    creates  a clone of graph g with name of s.  If s is "", the created
	    graph has the same name as g.

     clone(g : graph_t, x : obj_t) : obj_t
	    creates a clone of object x in graph g.  In particular, the new  ob-
	    ject  has the same name/value attributes and structure as the origi-
	    nal object.  If an object with the same key as x already exists, its
	    attributes are overlaid by those of x and the  object  is  returned.
	    If	an  edge  is cloned, both endpoints are implicitly cloned.  If a
	    graph is cloned, all  nodes,  edges  and  subgraphs  are  implicitly
	    cloned.   If  x  is a graph, g may be NULL, in which case the cloned
	    object will be a new root graph. In this case, the call  is  equiva-
	    lent to cloneG(x,"").

     copy(g : graph_t, x : obj_t) : obj_t
	    creates  a copy of object x in graph g, where the new object has the
	    same name/value attributes as the original	object.   If  an  object
	    with  the  same key as x already exists, its attributes are overlaid
	    by those of x and the object is returned.  Note that this is a shal-
	    low copy. If x is a graph, none of its nodes, edges or subgraphs are
	    copied into the new graph. If x is an edge, the endpoints  are  cre-
	    ated  if necessary, but they are not cloned.  If x is a graph, g may
	    be NULL, in which case the cloned object will be a new root graph.

     copyA(src : obj_t, tgt : obj_t) : int
	    copies the attributes of object src to object tgt,	overwriting  any
	    attribute values tgt may initially have.

     induce(g : graph_t) : void
	    extends g to its node-induced subgraph extension in its root graph.

     hasAttr(src : obj_t, name : string) : int
	    returns  non-zero if object src has an attribute whose name is name.
	    It returns 0 otherwise.

     isAttr(g : graph_t, kind : string, name : string) : int
	    returns non-zero if an attribute name has been defined in g for  ob-
	    jects  of  the given kind. For nodes, edges, and graphs, kind should
	    be "N", "E", and "G", respectively.  It returns 0 otherwise.

     aget(src : obj_t, name : string) : string
	    returns the value of attribute name in object src.	This  is  useful
	    for those cases when name conflicts with one of the keywords such as
	    "head"  or	"root".   If  the attribute has not been declared in the
	    graph, the function will initialize it with a default value  of  "".
	    To	avoid  this,  one  should  use the hasAttr or isAttr function to
	    check that the attribute exists.

     aset(src : obj_t, name : string, value : string) : int
	    sets the value of attribute name in object src to value.  Returns  0
	    on success, non-zero on failure. See aget above.

     getDflt(g : graph_t, kind : string, name : string) : string
	    returns  the  default value of attribute name in objects in g of the
	    given kind. For nodes, edges, and graphs, kind should be  "N",  "E",
	    and  "G",  respectively.   If the attribute has not been declared in
	    the graph, the function will initialize it with a default  value  of
	    "".  To avoid this, one should use the isAttr function to check that
	    the attribute exists.

     setDflt(g : graph_t, kind : string, name : string, value : string) : int
	    sets the default value of attribute name to value in objects in g of
	    the given kind. For nodes, edges, and graphs, kind	should	be  "N",
	    "E", and "G", respectively.  Returns 0 on success, non-zero on fail-
	    ure. See getDflt above.

     fstAttr(g : graph_t, kind : string) : string
	    returns the name of the first attribute of objects in g of the given
	    kind.  For	nodes,	edges,	and graphs, kind should be "N", "E", and
	    "G", respectively.	If there are no attributes, the string "" is re-
	    turned.

     nxtAttr(g : graph_t, kind : string, name : string) : string
	    returns the name of the next attribute of objects in g of the  given
	    kind  after  the attribute name.  The argument name must be the name
	    of an existing attribute; it will typically be the return  value  of
	    an	previous  call	to  fstAttr  or  nxtAttr.  For nodes, edges, and
	    graphs, kind should be "N", "E", and "G",  respectively.   If  there
	    are no attributes left, the string "" is returned.

     compOf(g : graph_t, n : node_t) : graph_t
	    returns the connected component of the graph g containing node n, as
	    a  subgraph  of g. The subgraph only contains the nodes. One can use
	    induce to add the edges. The function fails and returns NULL if n is
	    not in g. Connectivity is based on the underlying  undirected  graph
	    of g.

     kindOf(obj : obj_t) : string
	    returns  an  indication  of  the type of obj.  For nodes, edges, and
	    graphs, it returns "N", "E", and "G", respectively.

     lock(g : graph_t, v : int) : int
	    implements graph locking on root graphs. If the integer v  is  posi-
	    tive,  the graph is set so that future calls to delete have no imme-
	    diate effect.  If v is zero, the graph is  unlocked.  If  there  has
	    been  a  call  to delete the graph while it was locked, the graph is
	    closed.  If v is negative, nothing is done.  In all cases, the  pre-
	    vious lock value is returned.

   Strings
     sprintf(fmt : string, ...) : string
	    returns  the  string resulting from formatting the values of the ex-
	    pressions occurring after fmt according to the printf(3) format fmt

     gsub(str : string, pat : string) : string

     gsub(str : string, pat : string, repl : string) : string
	    returns str with all substrings matching pat deleted or replaced  by
	    repl, respectively.

     sub(str : string, pat : string) : string

     sub(str : string, pat : string, repl : string) : string
	    returns  str with the leftmost substring matching pat deleted or re-
	    placed by repl, respectively. The characters '^' and '$' may be used
	    at the beginning and end, respectively, of pat to anchor the pattern
	    to the beginning or end of str.

     substr(str : string, idx : int) : string

     substr(str : string, idx : int, len : int) : string
	    returns the substring of str starting at position idx to the end  of
	    the string or of length len, respectively.	Indexing starts at 0. If
	    idx  is  negative  or idx is greater than the length of str, a fatal
	    error occurs. Similarly, in the second case, if len is  negative  or
	    idx + len is greater than the length of str, a fatal error occurs.

     strcmp(s1 : string, s2 : string) : int
	    provides the standard C function strcmp(3).

     length(s : string) : int
	    returns the length of string s.

     index(s : string, t : string) : int

     rindex(s : string, t : string) : int
	    returns  the  index  of the character in string s where the leftmost
	    (rightmost) copy of string t can be found, or -1 if t is not a  sub-
	    string of s.

     match(s : string, p : string) : int
	    returns  the  index  of the character in string s where the leftmost
	    match of pattern p can be found, or -1 if no substring of s  matches
	    p.

     toupper(s : string) : string
	    returns  a	version of s with the alphabetic characters converted to
	    upper-case.

     tolower(s : string) : string
	    returns a version of s with the alphabetic characters  converted  to
	    lower-case.

     canon(s : string) : string
	    returns  a version of s appropriate to be used as an identifier in a
	    dot file.

     html(g : graph_t, s : string) : string
	    returns a ``magic'' version  of s as an HTML string. This will typi-
	    cally be used to attach an HTML-like label to a graph  object.  Note
	    that the returned string lives in g. In particular, it will be freed
	    when  g  is  closed, and to act as an HTML string, it has to be used
	    with an object of g. In addition, note that the angle bracket quotes
	    should not be part of s. These will be added if g is written in con-
	    crete DOT format.

     ishtml(s : string) : int
	    returns non-zero if and only if s is an HTML string.

     xOf(s : string) : string
	    returns the string "x" if s has the form "x,y", where both x  and  y
	    are numeric.

     yOf(s : string) : string
	    returns  the  string "y" if s has the form "x,y", where both x and y
	    are numeric.

     llOf(s : string) : string
	    returns the string "llx,lly" if s has  the	form  "llx,lly,urx,ury",
	    where all of llx, lly, urx, and ury are numeric.

     urOf(s)
	    urOf(s  : string) : string returns the string "urx,ury" if s has the
	    form "llx,lly,urx,ury", where all of llx, lly, urx, and ury are  nu-
	    meric.

     sscanf(s : string, fmt : string, ...) : int
	    scans  the	string	s,  extracting values according to the sscanf(3)
	    format fmt.  The values are stored in the addresses  following  fmt,
	    addresses  having  the form &v, where v is some declared variable of
	    the correct type.  Returns the number of items successfully scanned.

     split(s : string, arr : array, seps : string) : int

     split(s : string, arr : array) : int

     tokens(s : string, arr : array, seps : string) : int

     tokens(s : string, arr : array) : int
	    The split function breaks the string s into fields, while the tokens
	    function breaks the string into tokens.  A	field  consists  of  all
	    non-separator characters between two separator characters or the be-
	    ginning or end of the string. Thus, a field may be the empty string.
	    A token is a maximal, non-empty substring not containing a separator
	    character.	The separator characters are those given in the seps ar-
	    gument.  If seps is not provided, the default value is " \t\n".  The
	    functions return the number of fields or tokens.

	    The  fields  and  tokens are stored in the argument array. The array
	    must be string-valued and have int as its index  type.  The  entries
	    are  indexed  by consecutive integers, starting at 0. Any values al-
	    ready stored in the array will be either overwritten,  or  still  be
	    present after the function returns.

   I/O
     print(...) : void
	    print(  expr,  ... ) prints a string representation of each argument
	    in turn onto stdout, followed by a newline.

     printf(fmt : string, ...) : int

     printf(fd : int, fmt : string, ...) : int
	    prints the string resulting from formatting the values  of	the  ex-
	    pressions  following fmt according to the printf(3) format fmt.  Re-
	    turns 0 on success.  By default, it prints on stdout.   If	the  op-
	    tional integer fd is given, output is written on the open stream as-
	    sociated with fd.

     scanf(fmt : string, ...) : int

     scanf(fd : int, fmt : string, ...) : int
	    scans  in values from an input stream according to the scanf(3) for-
	    mat fmt.  The values are stored in the addresses following fmt,  ad-
	    dresses having the form &v, where v is some declared variable of the
	    correct type.  By default, it reads from stdin.  If the optional in-
	    teger  fd  is  given,  input is read from the open stream associated
	    with fd.  Returns the number of items successfully scanned.

     openF(s : string, t : string) : int
	    opens the file s as an I/O stream. The string argument  t  specifies
	    how  the  file  is	opened.  The arguments are the same as for the C
	    function fopen(3).	It returns an integer denoting the stream, or -1
	    on error.

	    As usual, streams 0, 1 and 2 are already open as stdin, stdout,  and
	    stderr,  respectively.  Since  gvpr  may use stdin to read the input
	    graphs, the user should avoid using this stream.

     closeF(fd : int) : int
	    closes the open stream denoted by the integer fd.  Streams	0, 1 and
	    2 cannot be closed.  Returns 0 on success.

     readL(fd : int) : string
	    returns the next line read from the input stream fd. It returns  the
	    empty  string  "" on end of file. Note that the newline character is
	    left in the returned string.

   Math
     exp(d : double) : double
	    returns e to the dth power.

     log(d : double) : double
	    returns the natural log of d.

     sqrt(d : double) : double
	    returns the square root of the double d.

     pow(d : double, x : double) : double
	    returns d raised to the xth power.

     cos(d : double) : double
	    returns the cosine of d.

     sin(d : double) : double
	    returns the sine of d.

     atan2(y : double, x : double) : double
	    returns the arctangent of y/x in the range -pi to pi.

     MIN(y : double, x : double) : double
	    returns the minimum of y and x.

     MAX(y : double, x : double) : double
	    returns the maximum of y and x.

   Associative Arrays
     # arr : int
	    returns the number of elements in the array arr.

     idx in arr : int
	    returns 1 if a value has been set for index idx in	the  array  arr.
	    It returns 0 otherwise.

     unset(v : array, idx) : int
	    removes the item indexed by idx. It returns 1 if the item existed, 0
	    otherwise.

     unset(v : array) : void
	    re-initializes the array.

   Miscellaneous
     exit(v : int) : void
	    causes gvpr to exit with the exit code v.

     system(cmd : string) : int
	    provides  the standard C function system(3).  It executes cmd in the
	    user's shell environment, and returns the exit status of the shell.

     rand() : double
	    returns a pseudo-random double between 0 and 1.

     srand() : int

     srand(v : int) : int
	    sets a seed for the random number generator. The  optional	argument
	    gives the seed; if it is omitted, the current time is used. The pre-
	    vious  seed  value	is  returned.  srand should be called before any
	    calls to rand.

     colorx(color : string, fmt : string) : string
	    translates a color from one format to another.  The  color	argument
	    should  be	a color in one of the recognized string representations.
	    The fmt value should be one of "RGB", "RGBA", "HSV", or "HSVA".   An
	    empty string is returned on error.

BUILT-IN VARIABLES
     gvpr provides certain special, built-in variables, whose values are set au-
     tomatically  by  gvpr  depending  on the context. Except as noted, the user
     cannot modify their values.

     $ : obj_t
	    denotes the current object (node, edge, graph) depending on the con-
	    text.  It is not available in BEGIN or END clauses.

     $F : string
	    is the name of the current input file.

     $G : graph_t
	    denotes the current graph being processed. It is  not  available  in
	    BEGIN or END clauses.

     $NG : graph_t
	    denotes  the next graph to be processed. If $NG is NULL, the current
	    graph $G is the last graph. Note that if the input comes from stdin,
	    the last graph cannot be determined until the input pipe is  closed.
	    It	is  not  available in BEGIN or END clauses, or if the -n flag is
	    used.

     $O : graph_t
	    denotes the output graph. Before graph traversal, it is  initialized
	    to	the  target  graph. After traversal and any END_G actions, if it
	    refers to a non-empty graph, that graph is printed onto  the  output
	    stream.   It  is  only  valid in N, E and END_G clauses.  The output
	    graph may be set by the user.

     $T : graph_t
	    denotes the current target graph. It is a  subgraph  of  $G  and  is
	    available only in N, E and END_G clauses.

     $tgtname : string
	    denotes  the  name	of  the  target graph.	By default, it is set to
	    "gvpr_result".  If used multiple times during the execution of gvpr,
	    the name will be appended with an integer.	This variable may be set
	    by the user.

     $tvroot : node_t
	    indicates the starting node for a (directed  or  undirected)  depth-
	    first  or  breadth-first traversal of the graph (cf. $tvtype below).
	    The default value is NULL for each input graph.  After the traversal
	    at the given root, if the value of $tvroot has changed, a  new  tra-
	    versal  will  begin with the new value of $tvroot. Also, see $tvnext
	    below.

     $tvnext : node_t
	    indicates the next starting node  for  a  (directed  or  undirected)
	    depth-first or breadth-first traversal of the graph (cf. $tvtype be-
	    low).   If	a  traversal finishes and the $tvroot has not been reset
	    but the $tvnext has been set but not used, this node will be used as
	    the next choice for $tvroot.  The default value is NULL for each in-
	    put graph.

     $tvedge : edge_t
	    For BFS and DFS traversals, this is set to the edge used  to  arrive
	    at the current node or edge. At the beginning of a traversal, or for
	    other traversal types, the value is NULL.

     $tvtype : tvtype_t
	    indicates  how  gvpr  traverses a graph. It can only take one of the
	    constant values with the prefix "TV_" described below.   TV_flat  is
	    the default.

	    In	the  underlying  graph	library  cgraph(3),  edges in undirected
	    graphs are given an arbitrary direction. This is  used  for  traver-
	    sals, such as TV_fwd, requiring directed edges.

     ARGC : int
	    denotes  the  number  of arguments specified by the -a args command-
	    line argument.

     ARGV : string array
	    denotes the array of arguments specified by the -a args command-line
	    argument. The ith argument is given by ARGV[i].

BUILT-IN CONSTANTS
     There are several symbolic constants defined by gvpr.

     NULL : obj_t
	    a null object reference, equivalent to 0.

     TV_flat : tvtype_t
	    a simple, flat traversal, with graph objects  visited  in  seemingly
	    arbitrary order.

     TV_ne : tvtype_t
	    a  traversal  which  first	visits all of the nodes, then all of the
	    edges.

     TV_en : tvtype_t
	    a traversal which first visits all of the edges,  then  all  of  the
	    nodes.

     TV_dfs : tvtype_t
     TV_postdfs : tvtype_t
     TV_prepostdfs : tvtype_t
	    a  traversal of the graph using a depth-first search on the underly-
	    ing undirected graph.  To do the  traversal,  gvpr	will  check  the
	    value  of $tvroot. If this has the same value that it had previously
	    (at the start, the previous value is  initialized  to  NULL.),  gvpr
	    will  simply look for some unvisited node and traverse its connected
	    component. On the other hand, if $tvroot has changed, its  connected
	    component  will  be toured, assuming it has not been previously vis-
	    ited or, if $tvroot is NULL, the traversal will stop. Note that  us-
	    ing TV_dfs and $tvroot, it is possible to create an infinite loop.

	    By	default,  the traversal is done in pre-order. That is, a node is
	    visited before all of its unvisited edges. For TV_postdfs, all of  a
	    node's  unvisited  edges  are  visited  before the node. For TV_pre-
	    postdfs, a node is visited twice, before and after all of its unvis-
	    ited edges.

     TV_fwd : tvtype_t
     TV_postfwd : tvtype_t
     TV_prepostfwd : tvtype_t
	    A traversal of the graph using a depth-first  search  on  the  graph
	    following  only forward arcs.  The choice of roots for the traversal
	    is the same as described for TV_dfs above.	The different  order  of
	    visitation specified by TV_fwd, TV_postfwd and TV_prepostfwd are the
	    same   as  those  specified  by  the  analogous  traversals  TV_dfs,
	    TV_postdfs and TV_prepostdfs.

     TV_rev : tvtype_t
     TV_postrev : tvtype_t
     TV_prepostrev : tvtype_t
	    A traversal of the graph using a depth-first  search  on  the  graph
	    following  only reverse arcs.  The choice of roots for the traversal
	    is the same as described for TV_dfs above.	The different  order  of
	    visitation specified by TV_rev, TV_postrev and TV_prepostrev are the
	    same   as  those  specified  by  the  analogous  traversals  TV_dfs,
	    TV_postdfs and TV_prepostdfs.

     TV_bfs : tvtype_t
	    A traversal of the graph using a breadth-first search on  the  graph
	    ignoring  edge directions. See the item on TV_dfs above for the role
	    of $tvroot.

EXAMPLES
	    gvpr -i 'N[color=="blue"]' file.gv

     Generate the node-induced subgraph of all nodes with color blue.

	    gvpr -c 'N[color=="blue"]{color = "red"}' file.gv

     Make all blue nodes red.

	    BEGIN { int n, e; int tot_n = 0; int tot_e = 0; }
	    BEG_G {
	      n = nNodes($G);
	      e = nEdges($G);
	      printf ("%d nodes %d edges %s\n", n, e, $G.name);
	      tot_n += n;
	      tot_e += e;
	    }
	    END { printf ("%d nodes %d edges total\n", tot_n, tot_e) }

     Version of the program gc.

	    BEG_G { graph_t g = graph ("merge", "S"); }
	    E {
	      node_t h = clone(g,$.head);
	      node_t t = clone(g,$.tail);
	      edge_t e = edge(t,h,"");
	      e.weight = e.weight + 1;
	    }
	    END_G { $O = g; }

     Produces a strict version of the input graph, where the weight attribute of
     an edge indicates how many edges from the input graph the edge represents.

	    BEGIN {node_t n; int deg[]}
	    E{deg[head]++; deg[tail]++; }
	    END_G {
	      for (deg[n]) {
		printf ("deg[%s] = %d\n", n.name, deg[n]);
	      }
	    }

     Computes the degrees of nodes with edges.

	    BEGIN {
	      int i, indent;
	      int seen[string];
	      void prInd (int cnt) {
		for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) printf ("  ");
	      }
	    }
	    BEG_G {

	       $tvtype = TV_prepostfwd;
	       $tvroot = node($,ARGV[0]);
	    }
	    N {
	      if (seen[$.name]) indent--;
	      else {
		prInd(indent);
		  print ($.name);
		seen[$.name] = 1;
		indent++;
	      }
	    }

     Prints the depth-first traversal of the graph, starting with the node whose
     name is ARGV[0], as an indented list.

ENVIRONMENT
     GVPRPATH
	    Colon-separated list of directories to be searched to find the  file
	    specified  by  the	-f  option. gvpr has a default list built in. If
	    GVPRPATH is not defined, the  default  list  is  used.  If	GVPRPATH
	    starts  with  colon, the list is formed by appending GVPRPATH to the
	    default list. If GVPRPATH ends with colon, the list is formed by ap-
	    pending the default list to GVPRPATH. Otherwise,  GVPRPATH	is  used
	    for the list.

     On  Windows  systems,  replace ``colon'' with ``semicolon'' in the previous
     paragraph.

BUGS AND WARNINGS
     Scripts should be careful deleting nodes during N{} and  E{}  blocks  using
     BFS and DFS traversals as these rely on stacks and queues of nodes.

     When  the	program is given as a command line argument, the usual shell in-
     terpretation takes place, which may affect some of  the  special  names  in
     gvpr. To avoid this, it is best to wrap the program in single quotes.

     If  string constants contain pattern metacharacters that you want to escape
     to avoid pattern matching, two backslashes will probably be necessary, as a
     single backslash will be lost when the string is originally  scanned.  Usu-
     ally, it is simpler to use strcmp to avoid pattern matching.

     As  of  24  April	2008, gvpr switched to using a new, underlying graph li-
     brary, which uses the simpler model that there is only one copy of a  node,
     not one copy for each subgraph logically containing it. This means that it-
     erators  such as nxtnode cannot traverse a subgraph using just a node argu-
     ment. For this reason, subgraph traversal requires new functions ending  in
     "_sg",  which also take a subgraph argument. The versions without that suf-
     fix will always traverse the root graph.

     There is a single global scope, except for formal function parameters,  and
     even  these  can  interfere  with	the type system. Also, the extent of all
     variables is the entire life of the program.  It might  be  preferable  for
     scope  to reflect the natural nesting of the clauses, or for the program to
     at least reset locally declared variables.  For now, it is advisable to use
     distinct names for all variables.

     If a function ends with a complex statement, such as an IF statement,  with
     each branch doing a return, type checking may fail.  Functions should use a
     return at the end.

     The expr library does not support string values of (char*)0.  This means we
     can't  distinguish  between "" and (char*)0 edge keys.  For the purposes of
     looking up and creating edges, we translate "" to be (char*)0,  since  this
     latter value is necessary in order to look up any edge with a matching head
     and tail.

     Related to this, strings converted to integers act like char pointers, get-
     ting  the	value  0 or 1 depending on whether the string consists solely of
     zeroes or not. Thus, the ((int)"2") evaluates to 1.

     The language inherits the usual C problems such as dangling references  and
     the confusion between '=' and '=='.

AUTHOR
     Emden R. Gansner <erg@research.att.com>

SEE ALSO
     awk(1), gc(1), dot(1), nop(1), expr(3), cgraph(3)

				 29 August 2013 			 GVPR(1)

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