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+import numpy as np
+import igraph as ig
+import dionysus as d
+
+
+def wrcf(G, weight="weight"):
+    # Define filtration step 0 as the set of all nodes
+    filt = d.Filtration()
+    for v in G.vs:
+        filt.append(d.Simplex([v.index], 0))
+    # Rank all edge weights
+    distinct_weights = np.unique(G.es[weight])[::-1]
+    for t, w in enumerate(distinct_weights):
+        # At filtration step t, threshold the graph at weight[t]
+        subg = G.subgraph_edges(G.es(lambda e: e[weight] >= w))
+        # Find all maximal cliques and define them to be simplices
+        for clique in subg.maximal_cliques():
+            for s in d.closure([d.Simplex(clique)], len(clique)):
+                filt.append(d.Simplex(s, t+1))
+    filt.sort()
+    return(filt)