Graphs
Build a Graph as an Adjacency List
Represent an undirected graph as a per-vertex list of neighbours. For every
edge (u, v), append v to adj[u] and u to adj[v]. Neighbour lists
keep insertion order so the graph is a stable, deterministic fixture for the
search lessons.
Algorithm
The canonical fixture is 6 vertices [1..6] with undirected edges
(1,2), (1,3), (2,4), (3,4), (4,5), (5,6) inserted in that order. The
final adjacency list is
{1: [2, 3], 2: [1, 4], 3: [1, 4], 4: [2, 3, 5], 5: [4, 6], 6: [5]}.
This same graph drives graph-bfs, graph-dfs, and
graph-shortest-path-bfs.
Basic Implementation
basic.go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"sort"
"strconv"
"strings"
)
func main() {
edges := [][2]int{{1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 4}, {3, 4}, {4, 5}, {5, 6}}
adj := map[int][]int{}
for _, e := range edges {
adj[e[0]] = append(adj[e[0]], e[1])
adj[e[1]] = append(adj[e[1]], e[0])
}
keys := []int{}
for k := range adj {
keys = append(keys, k)
}
sort.Ints(keys)
parts := []string{}
for _, v := range keys {
nbrs := []string{}
for _, nb := range adj[v] {
nbrs = append(nbrs, strconv.Itoa(nb))
}
parts = append(parts, strconv.Itoa(v)+": ["+strings.Join(nbrs, ", ")+"]")
}
fmt.Println("{" + strings.Join(parts, ", ") + "}")
}
Complexity
- Build: O(V + E)
- Space: O(V + E)
Implementation notes
- Go: a
map[int][]intstores neighbours in edge order; keys are sorted withsort.Intsbefore printing because Go map iteration is unordered. - The replay shows the adjacency list after each edge is added, matching the lesson spec.
adjacency list
Each edge adds two directed entries, one in each direction.