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Depth First Search (DFS) Graph Traversal in Javascript
const nodes = [
{
links: [ 1 ], // node 0 is linked to node 1
visited: false
}, {
links: [ 0, 2 ], // node 1 is linked to node 0 and 2
visited: false
},
...
];
const dfs = start => {
const listToExplore = [ start ];
nodes[ start ].visited = true;
while ( listToExplore.length ) {
const nodeIndex = listToExplore.pop();
nodes[ nodeIndex ].links.forEach( childIndex => {
if ( !nodes[ childIndex ].visited ) listToExplore.push( childIndex );
nodes[ childIndex ].visited = true;
} );
}
};
dfs( 0 );
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DFS ---> Stack ---> By storing the vertices in a stack, the vertices are explored by lurching along a path, visiting a new adjacent vertex if there is one available.
BFS ----> Queue ----> By storing the vertices in a queue, the oldest unexplored vertices are explored first.

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great!

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