Python/sorts/topological_sort.py
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"""Topological Sort."""
from __future__ import print_function
# a
# / \
# b c
# / \
# d e
edges = {'a': ['c', 'b'], 'b': ['d', 'e'], 'c': [], 'd': [], 'e': []}
vertices = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
def topological_sort(start, visited, sort):
"""Perform topolical sort on a directed acyclic graph."""
current = start
# add current to visited
visited.append(current)
neighbors = edges[current]
for neighbor in neighbors:
# if neighbor not in visited, visit
if neighbor not in visited:
sort = topological_sort(neighbor, visited, sort)
# if all neighbors visited add current to sort
sort.append(current)
# if all vertices haven't been visited select a new one to visit
if len(visited) != len(vertices):
for vertice in vertices:
if vertice not in visited:
sort = topological_sort(vertice, visited, sort)
# return sort
return sort
if __name__ == '__main__':
sort = topological_sort('a', [], [])
print(sort)