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grokking_algorithms/06_breadth-first_search/ruby/01_breadth-first_search.rb
2019-12-08 13:31:33 +01:00

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def person_is_seller?(name)
name[-1] == "m"
end
class Graph < Hash
def search(name)
search_queue = []
search_queue += self[name]
# The "searched" Hash is how you keep track of which people you've searched before. We use a hash because hash lookups are fast!
searched = {}
until search_queue.empty?
person = search_queue.shift
# Only search this person if you haven't already searched them.
next if searched[person]
return person if yield person
search_queue += self[person]
# Marks this person as searched
searched[person] = true
end
false
end
end
# %w(string1 string2 ...) is a shorter way to define arrays of strings
graph = Graph.new
graph["you"] = %w(alice bob claire)
graph["bob"] = %w(anuj peggy)
graph["alice"] = %w(peggy)
graph["claire"] = %w(thom jonny)
graph["anuj"] = []
graph["peggy"] = []
graph["thom"] = []
graph["jonny"] = []
# we begin the search from vertex "you" and pass the match criterion in the block, then we tap the search result
graph.search("you"){|person| person_is_seller?(person)}.tap{|person| puts "#{person} is a mango seller!" if person}