def recursive_dfs(graph, start, path=[]):
'''recursive depth first search from start'''
path=path+[start]
for node in graph[start]:
if not node in path:
path=recursive_dfs(graph, node, path)
return path
def iterative_dfs(graph, start, path=[]):
'''iterative depth first search from start'''
q=[start]
while q:
v=q.pop(0)
if v not in path:
path=path+[v]
q=graph[v]+q
return path
def iterative_bfs(graph, start, path=[]):
'''iterative breadth first search from start'''
q=[start]
while q:
v=q.pop(0)
if not v in path:
path=path+[v]
q=q+graph[v]
return path
'''
+---- A
| / \
| B--D--C
| \ | /
+---- E
'''
graph = {'A':['B','C'],'B':['D','E'],'C':['D','E'],'D':['E'],'E':['A']}
print 'recursive dfs ', recursive_dfs(graph, 'A')
print 'iterative dfs ', iterative_dfs(graph, 'A')
print 'iterative bfs ', iterative_bfs(graph, 'A')