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I have constructed a random graph with Mathematica using the RandomGraph command. Now I would like to convert this graph to a matrix, but I don't know how. The command //MatrixForm just shows the same with "//MatrixForm" so that doesn't help to much either.

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Tried AdjacencyMatrix ? Also posting your code would be really useful. – Vitaliy Kaurov Aug 30 '12 at 14:53
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Vitaliy is right on. Just remember to use Normal if you want to convert the Sparse matrix to normal matrix Normal@AdjacencyMatrix[RandomGraph[{5, 6}]] – Nasser Aug 30 '12 at 15:00
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MatrixForm is meant for pretty printing things that are already matrices. – Sjoerd C. de Vries Aug 30 '12 at 15:20
@Nasser, on the other hand, Normal[] might not always be a good idea, if the matrix has particularly large dimensions... – J. M.♦ Aug 30 '12 at 15:27

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Please see Graphs and Matrices guide page for related functionality. Below is usage summary.

This is creates a random graph with 9 vertexes and edge 0.4 probability. SeedRandom allows to reproduce the graph across multiple evaluations.

SeedRandom[3]; g = RandomGraph[BernoulliGraphDistribution[9, 0.4], 
  VertexLabels -> Placed["Name", Center], VertexSize -> .3]

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And these are matrix types that you can get from your graph:

Labeled[MatrixForm[#[g]], #] & /@ {AdjacencyMatrix, IncidenceMatrix, KirchhoffMatrix}

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There is also WeightedAdjacencyMatrix for graphs with weighted edges.

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