Minimum Spanning Tree - Prim's Algorithm in C
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Here it is the code snippet for what I tried to explain on the previous page:
int Prim(int at)
{
int i = 0;
memset(tree, 0, (n+1)*sizeof(int));
tree[at] = 1;
ancient[at] = 0 ;
// sort the edge list
qsort((void*)edges,m,sizeof(Edge),compareEdges);
// build up the tree
for (i = 0; i < m; ++i)
{
distanceMatrix[edges[i].from][edges[i].to ] = i;
distanceMatrix[edges[i].to ][edges[i].from] = i;
if (edges[i].from == at || edges[i].to == at)
{
edges[i].inTheCut = true;
}
else
{
edges[i].inTheCut = false;
}
}
int overallWeight = 0;
int curent = 0;
int addedVertex = 1;
int neighborVertex = 0;
int neighborEdge = 0;
pListIt p = NULL;
int j = 0;
for(i = 1; i < n; ++i)
{
for ( j =0 ; j < m; ++j)
{
if (edges[j].inTheCut)
{
curent = j;
break;
}
}
printf( " %d) %d ~ %d -> %d n",
i, edges[curent].from, edges[curent].to, edges[curent].weight);
overallWeight += edges[curent].weight;
if (tree[edges[curent].from] == 1)
{
addedVertex = edges[curent].to;
ancient[addedVertex] = edges[curent].from;
}
tree[addedVertex] = 1;
for (p = adjacencyList[addedVertex]; p != NULL;
p = p -> p_next)
{
neighborVertex = p->value;
neighborEdge = distanceMatrix[addedVertex][neighborVertex];
if (tree[neighborVertex] == 1)
// reset if both ends are there
edges[neighborEdge].inTheCut = false; else
// set if only one is there
edges[neighborEdge].inTheCut = true;
}
}
printf( "nn The overall Weight: %d " , overallWeight);
return 0;
}
From the following link you can see this encapsulated into a working C file that, after you compile it you can execute it, test it and see if you can improve it. It is painlessly commented, so if you feel like doing some homework in coding, you'll be able to understand it with no effort, even without this article.
-->Minimum Spanning Tree.zip<--
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