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SelfLoopStyle

is an option for GraphPlot and related functions that specifies how to draw self-loops that connect a vertex to itself.

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SelfLoopStyle

SelfLoopStyle

is an option for GraphPlot and related functions that specifies how to draw self-loops that connect a vertex to itself.

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  • Typical settings for SelfLoopStyle include:
  • Automaticdraw self-loops for graphs given by explicit rules
    Allalways draw self-loops
    Nonenever draw self-loops
    ddraw self-loops as loops of radius d
  • With SelfLoopStyle->Automatic, self-loops are not drawn for graphs specified by adjacency matrices.
  • SelfLoopStyle->1 makes self-loops have diameters roughly equal to the average edge length in GraphPlot graphs.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Show self-loops:

Wolfram Language code: GraphPlot[{1 -> 4, 1 -> 5, 2 -> 3, 2 -> 5, 3 -> 5, 4 -> 5, 5 -> 5}]

Show self-loops for a graph specified by its adjacency matrix:

Wolfram Language code: GraphPlot[SparseArray[{{1, 4}, {1, 5}, {4, 5}, {5, 5}, {2, 3}, {2, 5}, {3, 5}} -> 1, {5, 5}], SelfLoopStyle -> All]

Scope  (3)

Draw self-loops with a specified scaled diameter:

Wolfram Language code: Table[GraphPlot[{1 -> 4, 1 -> 5, 2 -> 3, 2 -> 5, 3 -> 5, 4 -> 5, 5 -> 5}, SelfLoopStyle -> s], {s, {0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.}}]

Draw multiple self-loops:

Wolfram Language code: GraphPlot[{1 -> 4, 1 -> 5, 2 -> 3, 2 -> 5, 3 -> 5, 4 -> 5, 5 -> 5, 5 -> 5, 5 -> 5}]

Draw multiple self-loops for a graph specified by its adjacency matrix:

Wolfram Language code: GraphPlot[SparseArray[{{1, 4} -> 1, {1, 5} -> 1, {4, 5} -> 1, {5, 5} -> 4, {2, 3} -> 1, {2, 5} -> 1, {3, 5} -> 1}, {5, 5}], SelfLoopStyle -> All]
Wolfram Research (2007), SelfLoopStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelfLoopStyle.html.

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Wolfram Research (2007), SelfLoopStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelfLoopStyle.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "SelfLoopStyle." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelfLoopStyle.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). SelfLoopStyle. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelfLoopStyle.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_selfloopstyle, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SelfLoopStyle}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelfLoopStyle.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_selfloopstyle, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SelfLoopStyle}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelfLoopStyle.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}