print "number of vertices: ".$G->vertices."\n";
print "number of edges: ".$G->edges."\n";
print "vertices: ".join (':',$G->vertices)."\n";
print "edges: ".join (':',$G->edges)."\n";

# set attribute name to "A" for edge E1 -> E2
$G->set_attribute("name","E1","E2","A") or die "error setting attribute to edge: $!\n";
print "Name of edge E1->E2 is ".$G->get_attribute("name","E1","E2")."\n";
print "Name of edge E2->E3 is ".
      (defined $G->get_attribute("name","E2","E3") ? $G->get_attribute("name","E2","E3") : "<undef>") ."\n";