Breadth-First Search pattern

Graphs Overview

BFS finds the shortest path (fewest edges). Watch it run step by step, then write your own pseudocode and get it checked by AI.

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Breadth-First Search

Concept lesson

The approach

  1. 01 BFS shortest paths O(V + E)O(V) space
Played step by step, with its time and space.

What you will learn

  • The idea behind Breadth-First Search, drawn one step at a time
  • BFS shortest paths: O(V + E) time, O(V) space
  • The pseudocode for each approach, its line lit as the animation runs

More Breadth-First Search

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