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    15 <tr align="left" valign="top"><td width="33%" align="left"><a href="./GraphMatrix.html" title="GraphMatrix.html">Previous</a>  <a href="./index.html" title="Table of Contents">TOC</a>  <a href="./PathGraph.html" title="PathGraph.html">Next</a></td><td width="34%" align="middle"><strong>Graph::Path.pm</strong></td><td width="33%" align="right"><a href="././code/Path.html" title="View source code">Code</a> | <a href="./../pdf/Path.pdf" title="PDF US Letter Size">PDF</a> | <a href="./../pdfgreen/Path.pdf" title="PDF US Letter Size with narrow margins: www.changethemargins.com">PDFGreen</a> | <a href="./../pdfa4/Path.pdf" title="PDF A4 Size">PDFA4</a> | <a href="./../pdfa4green/Path.pdf" title="PDF A4 Size with narrow margins: www.changethemargins.com">PDFA4Green</a></td></tr>
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    20 <h2>NAME</h2>
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    21 <p>Path - Path class</p>
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    22 <p>
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    23 </p>
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    24 <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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    25 <p>use Graph::Path;</p>
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    26 <p>use Graph::Path qw(:all);</p>
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    27 <p>
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    28 </p>
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    29 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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    30 <p><strong>Path</strong> class provides the following methods:</p>
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    31 <p> <a href="#new">new</a>, <a href="#addvertex">AddVertex</a>, <a href="#addvertices">AddVertices</a>, <a href="#copy">Copy</a>, <a href="#getcommonvertices">GetCommonVertices</a>, <a href="#getedges">GetEdges</a>, <a href="#getendvertex">GetEndVertex</a>
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    32 , <a href="#getlength">GetLength</a>, <a href="#getstartvertex">GetStartVertex</a>, <a href="#getterminalvertices">GetTerminalVertices</a>, <a href="#getvertex">GetVertex</a>, <a href="#getvertices">GetVertices</a>, <a href="#iscycle">IsCycle</a>
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    33 , <a href="#isindependentcyclicpath">IsIndependentCyclicPath</a>, <a href="#isindependentpath">IsIndependentPath</a>, <a href="#ispath">IsPath</a>, <a href="#join">Join</a>, <a href="#joinatvertex">JoinAtVertex</a>, <a href="#popvertex">PopVertex</a>
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    34 , <a href="#pushvertex">PushVertex</a>, <a href="#pushvertices">PushVertices</a>, <a href="#reverse">Reverse</a>, <a href="#shiftvertex">ShiftVertex</a>, <a href="#stringifypath">StringifyPath</a>, <a href="#unshiftvertex">UnshiftVertex</a>
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    35 , <a href="#unshiftvertices">UnshiftVertices</a>
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    36 </p><p>Path is a sequential list of vertices with an edge between two successive vertices. The path
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    37 becomes a cycle when start vertex and end vertex are the same.</p>
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    38 <p>The following operators are overloaded:</p>
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    39 <div class="OptionsBox">
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    40     "" == eq</div>
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    41 <p>
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    42 </p>
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    43 <h2>METHODS</h2>
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    44 <dl>
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    45 <dt><strong><a name="new" class="item"><strong>new</strong></a></strong></dt>
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    46 <dd>
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    47 <div class="OptionsBox">
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    48     $NewPath = new Path();
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    49 <br/>    $NewPath = new Path(@VertexIDs);</div>
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    50 <p>Using specified <em>VertexIDs</em>, <strong>new</strong> method creates a new <strong>Path</strong> object and returns
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    51 newly created <strong>Path</strong> object.</p>
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    52 </dd>
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    53 <dt><strong><a name="addvertex" class="item"><strong>AddVertex</strong></a></strong></dt>
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    54 <dd>
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    55 <div class="OptionsBox">
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    56     $Path->AddVertex($VertexID);</div>
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    57 <p>Adds <em>VertexID</em> to <em>Path</em> and returns <em>Path</em>.</p>
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    58 </dd>
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    59 <dt><strong><a name="addvertices" class="item"><strong>AddVertices</strong></a></strong></dt>
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    60 <dd>
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    62     $Path->AddVertices(@VertexIDs);</div>
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    63 <p>Adds vertices using <em>VertexIDs</em> to <em>Path</em> and returns <em>Graph</em>.</p>
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    64 </dd>
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    65 <dt><strong><a name="copy" class="item"><strong>Copy</strong></a></strong></dt>
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    66 <dd>
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    68     $Return = $Path->Copy();</div>
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    69 <p>Copies <em>Path</em> and its associated data using <strong>Storable::dclone</strong> and returns a new
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    70 <strong>Path</strong> object.</p>
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    71 </dd>
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    72 <dt><strong><a name="getcommonvertices" class="item"><strong>GetCommonVertices</strong></a></strong></dt>
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    73 <dd>
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    75     @CommonVertices = $Path->GetCommonVertices($OtherPath);
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    76 <br/>    $NumOfCommonVertices = $Path->GetCommonVertices($OtherPath);</div>
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    77 <p>Returns an array containing common vertex IDs between two paths. In scalar context, number
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    78 of common vertices is returned.</p>
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    79 </dd>
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    80 <dt><strong><a name="getedges" class="item"><strong>GetEdges</strong></a></strong></dt>
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    81 <dd>
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    83     @EdgesVertexIDs = $Path->GetEdges();
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    84 <br/>    $NumOfEdges = $Path->GetEdges();</div>
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    85 <p>Returns an array containg successive paris of vertex IDs corresponding to all edges in <em>Path</em>.
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    86 In scalar context, the number of edges is returned.</p>
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    87 </dd>
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    88 <dt><strong><a name="getendvertex" class="item"><strong>GetEndVertex</strong></a></strong></dt>
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    89 <dd>
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    91     $VertexID = $Path->GetEndVertex();</div>
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    92 <p>Returns <strong>VertexID</strong> of end vertex in <em>Path</em>.</p>
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    93 </dd>
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    94 <dt><strong><a name="getlength" class="item"><strong>GetLength</strong></a></strong></dt>
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    95 <dd>
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    97     $Length = $Path->GetLength();</div>
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    98 <p>Returns <strong>Length</strong> of <em>Path</em> corresponding to number of vertices in <em>Path</em>.</p>
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    99 </dd>
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   100 <dt><strong><a name="getstartvertex" class="item"><strong>GetStartVertex</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   101 <dd>
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   103     $VertexID = $Path->GetStartVertex();</div>
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   104 <p>Returns <strong>VertexID</strong> of start vertex in <em>Path</em>.</p>
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   105 </dd>
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   106 <dt><strong><a name="getterminalvertices" class="item"><strong>GetTerminalVertices</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   107 <dd>
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   109     ($StartVertexID, $EndVertexID) = $Path->GetTerminalVertices();</div>
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   110 <p>Returns vertex IDs of start and end vertices in <em>Path</em>.</p>
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   111 </dd>
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   112 <dt><strong><a name="getvertex" class="item"><strong>GetVertex</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   113 <dd>
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   115     $VertexID = $Path->GetVertex($Index);</div>
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   116 <p>Returns specific vertex ID from <em>Path</em> corresponding to <em>Index</em> with indicies starting from 0.</p>
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   117 </dd>
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   118 <dt><strong><a name="getvertices" class="item"><strong>GetVertices</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   119 <dd>
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   121     @Vertices = $Path->GetVertices();
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   122 <br/>    $NumOfVertices = $Path->GetVertices();</div>
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   123 <p>Returns an array containing all vertex IDs in <em>Path</em>. In scalar context, number of vertices
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   124 is returned.</p>
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   125 </dd>
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   126 <dt><strong><a name="iscycle" class="item"><strong>IsCycle</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   127 <dd>
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   129     $Status = $Path->IsCycle();</div>
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   130 <p>Returns 1 or 0 based on whether <em>Path</em> is a <strong>CyclicPath</strong> which has the same start and
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   131 end vertex IDs.</p>
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   132 </dd>
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   133 <dt><strong><a name="isindependentcyclicpath" class="item"><strong>IsIndependentCyclicPath</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   134 <dd>
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   136     $Status = $Path->IsIndependentCyclicPath();</div>
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   137 <p>Returns 1 or 0 based on whether <em>Path</em> is an independent <strong>CyclicPath</strong>. For a <em>Path</em> to be
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   138 an independent cyclic path, it must be a cyclic path and have unique vertices.</p>
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   139 </dd>
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   140 <dt><strong><a name="isindependentpath" class="item"><strong>IsIndependentPath</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   141 <dd>
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   143     $Status = $Path->IsIndependentPath();</div>
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   144 <p>Returns 1 or 0 based on whether <em>Path</em> is an independent <strong>Path</strong>. For a <em>Path</em> to be
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   145 an independent path, it must have unique vertices.</p>
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   146 </dd>
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   147 <dt><strong><a name="ispath" class="item"><strong>IsPath</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   148 <dd>
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   150     $Status = Graph::Path::IsPath();</div>
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   151 <p>Returns 1 or 0 based on whether <em>Object</em> is a <strong>Path</strong> object</p>
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   152 </dd>
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   153 <dt><strong><a name="join" class="item"><strong>Join</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   156     $NewPath = $Path->Join($OtherPath);
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   157 <br/>    $NewPath = $Path->Join(@VertexIDs);</div>
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   158 <p>Joins existing <em>Path</em> with a new path specified as a <em>OtherPath</em> object or an array of <em>VertexIDs</em>
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   159 and returns <em>NewPath</em>.</p>
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   160 <p>In order to successfully join two paths, terminal vertices must have a common vertex. Based on the
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   161 common terminal vertex found, additional path vertices are added to the current <em>Path</em> in one of
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   162 the following four ways:</p>
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   164     . EndVertex = NewStartVertex: New path at end of current path with
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   165       same vertices order</div>
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   167     . EndVertex = NewEndVertex: New path at end of current path with
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   168       reversed vertices order</div>
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   170     . StartVertex = NewEndVertex: New path at front of current path
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   171       with same vertices order</div>
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   173     . StartVertex = NewStartVertex: New path at front of current path
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   174       with reversed vertices order</div>
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   175 </dd>
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   176 <dt><strong><a name="joinatvertex" class="item"><strong>JoinAtVertex</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   177 <dd>
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   179     $NewPath = $Path->JoinAtVertex($OtherPath, $CenterVertexID);</div>
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   180 <p>Joins existing <em>Path</em> with <em>OtherPath</em> at a specified <em>CeterVertexID</em> and returns a <em>NewPath</em>.</p>
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   181 </dd>
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   182 <dt><strong><a name="popvertex" class="item"><strong>PopVertex</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   183 <dd>
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   185     $Path->PopVertex();</div>
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   186 <p>Removes end vertex from <em>Path</em> and returns <em>Path</em>.</p>
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   187 </dd>
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   188 <dt><strong><a name="pushvertex" class="item"><strong>PushVertex</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   189 <dd>
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   191     $Path->PushVertex($VertexID);</div>
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   192 <p>Adds <em>VertexID</em> to <em>Path</em> after end vertex and returns <em>Path</em>.</p>
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   193 </dd>
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   194 <dt><strong><a name="pushvertices" class="item"><strong>PushVertices</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   195 <dd>
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   197     $Path->PushVertices(@VertexIDs);</div>
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   198 <p>Adds <em>VertexIDs</em> to <em>Path</em> after end vertex and returns <em>Path</em>.</p>
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   199 </dd>
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   200 <dt><strong><a name="reverse" class="item"><strong>Reverse</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   201 <dd>
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   203     $Path->Reverse();</div>
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   204 <p>Reverses order of vertices in <em>Path</em> and returns <em>Path</em>.</p>
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   205 </dd>
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   206 <dt><strong><a name="shiftvertex" class="item"><strong>ShiftVertex</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   207 <dd>
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   209     $Path->ShiftVertex();</div>
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   210 <p>Removes start vertex from <em>Path</em> and returns <em>Path</em>.</p>
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   211 </dd>
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   212 <dt><strong><a name="stringifypath" class="item"><strong>StringifyPath</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   213 <dd>
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   215     $String = $Path->StringifyPath();</div>
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   216 <p>Returns a string containing information about <em>Path</em> object.</p>
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   217 </dd>
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   218 <dt><strong><a name="unshiftvertex" class="item"><strong>UnshiftVertex</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   219 <dd>
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   221     $Path->UnshiftVertex($VertexID);</div>
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   222 <p>Adds <em>VertexID</em> to <em>Path</em> before start vertex and returns <em>Path</em>.</p>
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   223 </dd>
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   224 <dt><strong><a name="unshiftvertices" class="item"><strong>UnshiftVertices</strong></a></strong></dt>
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   225 <dd>
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   227     $Path->UnshiftVertices(@VertexIDs);</div>
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   228 <p>Adds <em>VertexIDs</em> to <em>Path</em> before start vertex and returns <em>Path</em>.</p>
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   229 </dd>
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   230 </dl>
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   231 <p>
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   232 </p>
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   233 <h2>AUTHOR</h2>
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   234 <p><a href="mailto:msud@san.rr.com">Manish Sud</a></p>
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   235 <p>
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   236 </p>
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   237 <h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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   238 <p><a href="./PathGraph.html">PathGraph.pm</a>, <a href="./PathsTraversal.html">PathsTraversal.pm</a>
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   239 </p>
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   240 <p>
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   241 </p>
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   242 <h2>COPYRIGHT</h2>
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   243 <p>Copyright (C) 2015 Manish Sud. All rights reserved.</p>
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   244 <p>This file is part of MayaChemTools.</p>
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   245 <p>MayaChemTools is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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   246 the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
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   247 Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
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   248 any later version.</p>
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