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.kt
fun main() {
val edges = listOf(listOf(1, 2), listOf(1, 3), listOf(2, 4), listOf(3, 4), listOf(4, 5), listOf(5, 6))
val adj = HashMap<Int, MutableList<Int>>()
for (e in edges) {
adj.getOrPut(e[0]) { mutableListOf() }.add(e[1])
adj.getOrPut(e[1]) { mutableListOf() }.add(e[0])
}
val parts = mutableListOf<String>()
for (v in adj.keys.sorted()) {
parts.add("$v: [" + adj[v]!!.joinToString(", ") + "]")
}
println(parts.joinToString(prefix = "{", postfix = "}"))
}
Complexity
- Build: O(V + E)
- Space: O(V + E)
Implementation notes
- Kotlin: a
HashMapstores neighbours viagetOrPut; keys are sorted before printing because a HashMap 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.