How to change the vertex layout

Question

(Using V9 on Ubuntu)

Consider the following code, to create a graph.

f[x_] := Mod[x^11, 100]; 
NV = 22;
V = Table[i, {i, 1, NV}]
FV = Table[f[V[[i]]], {i, 1, NV}]
EV = Table[DirectedEdge[V[[i]], FV[[i]]], {i, 1, NV}]

The output is nice.

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From the Help we get a way to change the vertex layout:

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So I defined a function for circular layout and tried again:

circle[n_] := Table[{Cos[2 Pi/n u], Sin[2 Pi/n u]}, {u, 1, n}]
Graph[EV, VertexCoordinates -> circle[NV]]

but the output was only a list of points:

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What am I missing?

kglr · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-22 14:11:23Z

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vn = VertexCount[Graph[EV]]
(* 36 *)
Graph[EV, VertexCoordinates -> circle[vn]]

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answered Dec 22, 2014 at 14:11

kglr

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$\begingroup$ Do you know why is necessary to compute the vertex again? vn is not equal to NV! $\endgroup$
– Sigur
Dec 22, 2014 at 15:25
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$\begingroup$ @Sigur, a graph with EdgeList EV has nv (36) vertices, not NV (22); and the setting for the VertexCoordinates option should be a list of length 36 (a coordinate for each vertex). (BTW, you might want to change "vertex shape" in your post to "vertex layout" or to "vertex coordinates".) $\endgroup$
– kglr
Dec 22, 2014 at 15:52

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