How can I build a graph from a 2D array?

algorithm, arrays, graph

Solution

for this purpose I wrote this javascript, it converts a matrix (array of array) in a unweight graph. It starts to navigate in the 4 directions (up/down/right/left) without walking where it already goes.

Then, it will use DFS to find the shortest path.

const wall = 0
const flat = 1
const target = 9

// no diagonals
const possibleMoves = [
  [-1, 0], // nord
  [0, +1],
  [+1, 0], // sud
  [0, -1],
]

function pathFinder(map) {
  const gridW = map[0].length
  const gridH = map.length
  const start = buildNode([0, 0], map)
  const tree = buildTreeMap(start, map, [start])
  const path = navigateTree(tree)
  console.log(path.map(_ => _.point));
  return path.length


  // Depth-first search (DFS)
  function navigateTree(node) {
    const dfp = (acc, _) => {
      if (_.value === target) {
        acc.push(_)
        return acc
      }
      const targetInMyChildren = _.children.reduce(dfp, [])
      if (targetInMyChildren.length > 0) {
        targetInMyChildren.unshift(_)
        return targetInMyChildren
      }
      return acc
    }

    return node.children.reduce(dfp, [])
  }

  function buildTreeMap(node, map2d, visited) {
    const [x, y] = node.point
    node.children = possibleMoves
      .map((([incx, incy]) => [x + incx, y + incy]))
      .filter(([nx, ny]) => {
    /**
     * REMOVE
     * + out of grid
     * + walls
     * + already visited points
     */
        if (nx < 0 || nx >= gridW
          || ny < 0 || ny >= gridH
          || map2d[ny][nx] === wall) {
          return false
        }

        return visited.findIndex(vis => vis.point[0] === nx && vis.point[1] === ny) === -1
      })
      .map(_ => {
        const newNode = buildNode(_, map2d)
        visited.push(newNode)
        return newNode
      })
    node.children.forEach(_ => buildTreeMap(_, map2d, visited))
    return node
  }

}

function buildNode(point, map) {
  const value = map[point[1]][point[0]]
  return {
    point,
    value,
    children: []
  }
}



const stepsCount = pathFinder([
  [1, 1, 1, 1],
  [0, 1, 1, 0],
  [0, 1, 1, 0],
  [0, 1, 0, 0],
  [0, 1, 1, 1],
  [0, 1, 1, 1],
  [9, 0, 1, 1],
  [1, 1, 1, 1],
  [1, 0, 1, 0],
  [1, 1, 1, 1]
])
console.log(stepsCount);

Problem

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