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.ts
const edges: [number, number][] = [[1, 2], [1, 3], [2, 4], [3, 4], [4, 5], [5, 6]];
const adj: Map<number, number[]> = new Map();
for (const [u, v] of edges) {
if (!adj.has(u)) adj.set(u, []);
if (!adj.has(v)) adj.set(v, []);
adj.get(u)!.push(v);
adj.get(v)!.push(u);
}
const parts: string[] = [];
for (const [v, nbrs] of adj) {
parts.push(`${v}: [${nbrs.join(", ")}]`);
}
console.log("{" + parts.join(", ") + "}");
Complexity
- Build: O(V + E)
- Space: O(V + E)
Implementation notes
- TypeScript: a typed
Map<number, number[]>preserves insertion order; each value is an array of neighbours. - 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.