How do display bipartite graphs with python networkX package?

Question

How does one display a bipartite graph in the python networkX package, with the nodes from one class in a column on the left and those from the other class on the right?

I can create a graph and display it like this

B = nx.Graph()
B.add_nodes_from([1,2,3,4], bipartite=0) # Add the node attribute "bipartite"
B.add_nodes_from(['a','b','c'], bipartite=1)
B.add_edges_from([(1,'a'), (1,'b'), (2,'b'), (2,'c'), (3,'c'), (4,'a')])
nx.draw(B)
plt.show()

But I want nodes 1,2,3,4 on the left in a column and the nodes 'a','b','c' in a column on the right, with edges going between them.

Answer 1

You need to set the positions for each node by yourself:

B = nx.Graph()
B.add_nodes_from([1,2,3,4], bipartite=0) # Add the node attribute "bipartite"
B.add_nodes_from(['a','b','c'], bipartite=1)
B.add_edges_from([(1,'a'), (1,'b'), (2,'b'), (2,'c'), (3,'c'), (4,'a')])

# Separate by group
l, r = nx.bipartite.sets(B)
pos = {}

# Update position for node from each group
pos.update((node, (1, index)) for index, node in enumerate(l))
pos.update((node, (2, index)) for index, node in enumerate(r))

nx.draw(B, pos=pos)
plt.show()