"""Non recursive implementation of a DFS algorithm.""" from __future__ import annotations def depth_first_search(graph: dict, start: str) -> set[int]: """Depth First Search on Graph :param graph: directed graph in dictionary format :param vertex: starting vertex as a string :returns: the trace of the search >>> G = { "A": ["B", "C", "D"], "B": ["A", "D", "E"], ... "C": ["A", "F"], "D": ["B", "D"], "E": ["B", "F"], ... "F": ["C", "E", "G"], "G": ["F"] } >>> start = "A" >>> output_G = list({'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G'}) >>> all(x in output_G for x in list(depth_first_search(G, "A"))) True >>> all(x in output_G for x in list(depth_first_search(G, "G"))) True """ explored, stack = set(start), [start] while stack: v = stack.pop() explored.add(v) # Differences from BFS: # 1) pop last element instead of first one # 2) add adjacent elements to stack without exploring them for adj in reversed(graph[v]): if adj not in explored: stack.append(adj) return explored G = { "A": ["B", "C", "D"], "B": ["A", "D", "E"], "C": ["A", "F"], "D": ["B", "D"], "E": ["B", "F"], "F": ["C", "E", "G"], "G": ["F"], } if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod() print(depth_first_search(G, "A"))