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| 1 | +/* |
| 2 | +Breadth-first search is an algorithm for traversing a graph. It's discovers all nodes reachable from the starting position by exploring all of the neighbor nodes at the present depth prior to moving on to the nodes at the next depth level. |
| 3 | +(description adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadth-first_search ) |
| 4 | +(see also: https://www.koderdojo.com/blog/breadth-first-search-and-shortest-path-in-csharp-and-net-core ) |
| 5 | +*/ |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +/* |
| 8 | +Doctests |
| 9 | +> Array.from(breadthFirstSearch(graph, "C")) |
| 10 | +[ 'C', 'D', 'A', 'B', 'E' ] |
| 11 | +> Array.from(breadthFirstSearch(graph, "A")) |
| 12 | +[ 'A', 'B', 'D', 'E' ] |
| 13 | +> Array.from(breadthFirstSearch(graph, "F")) |
| 14 | +[ 'F', 'G' ] |
| 15 | +*/ |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +function breadthFirstSearch (graph, startingNode) { |
| 18 | + // visited keeps track of all nodes visited |
| 19 | + const visited = new Set() |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | + // queue contains the nodes to be explored in the future |
| 22 | + const queue = [startingNode] |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | + while (queue.length > 0) { |
| 25 | + // start with the queue's first node |
| 26 | + const node = queue.shift() |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + if (!visited.has(node)) { |
| 29 | + // mark the node as visited |
| 30 | + visited.add(node) |
| 31 | + const neighbors = graph[node] |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + // put all its neighbors into the queue |
| 34 | + for (let i = 0; i < neighbors.length; i++) { |
| 35 | + queue.push(neighbors[i]) |
| 36 | + } |
| 37 | + } |
| 38 | + } |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + return visited |
| 41 | +} |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +const graph = { |
| 44 | + A: ['B', 'D'], |
| 45 | + B: ['E'], |
| 46 | + C: ['D'], |
| 47 | + D: ['A'], |
| 48 | + E: ['D'], |
| 49 | + F: ['G'], |
| 50 | + G: [] |
| 51 | +} |
| 52 | +/* |
| 53 | + A <-> B |
| 54 | + ʌ | |
| 55 | + | | |
| 56 | + v v |
| 57 | +C --> D <-- E |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +F --> G |
| 60 | +*/ |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +console.log(breadthFirstSearch(graph, 'C')) |
| 63 | +console.log(breadthFirstSearch(graph, 'A')) |
| 64 | +console.log(breadthFirstSearch(graph, 'F')) |
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