nwtranspose

Transpose a network

Syntax

nwtranspose 
[netname]
[,
generate(newnetname)
name(newnetname)
replace]

generate(newnetname)	Save transpose as new network (alias: name(), matching the rest of this group)
replace	if a network named newnetname already exists, drop it and use this name anyway

Description

Simply transposes a network, i.e. a directed tie from node i to node j is transformed in a directed tie from node j to node i. By default, nwtranspose replaces a network, but you can specify that it should create a new network instead with generate().

Examples

• . nwclear
• . nwrandom 5, prob(.3) name(net)

• . nwsummarize net, matonly

• 1 2 3 4 5
• hline 21

• 1 c	0 0 1 0 0 c

• 2 c	1 0 0 0 0 c

• 3 c	0 0 0 1 0 c

• 4 c	1 1 0 0 1 c

• 5 c	0 0 1 0 0 c

• hline 21

• . nwtranspose net, generate(net_transp)

• . nwsummarize net_transp, matonly

• 1 2 3 4 5
• hline 21

• 1 c	0 1 0 1 0 c

• 2 c	0 0 0 1 0 c

• 3 c	1 0 0 0 1 c

• 4 c	0 0 1 0 0 c

• 5 c	0 0 0 1 0 c

• hline 21

• last certified : 24 Aug 2026

Supported network types

Binary: yes. Directed: yes - this command’s entire purpose is transposing a network’s adjacency matrix (a no-op for a genuinely symmetric undirected network). Weighted: yes, tie values are transposed along with tie presence. Signed: yes, values (including negative) are preserved as-is. Two-mode: not applicable - transposing a bipartite incidence structure would swap its two modes, which is exactly what nw2project and the nw2toedge/nw2fromedge family are for instead.