Given a directed graph, check whether the graph contains a cycle or not. Your function should return true if the given graph contains at least one cycle, else return false.
Example:
Input: n = 4, e = 6
0 -> 1, 0 -> 2, 1 -> 2, 2 -> 0, 2 -> 3, 3 -> 3
Output: Yes
Explanation:
This diagram clearly shows a cycle 0 -> 2 -> 0.
Input:n = 4, e = 3
0 -> 1, 0 -> 2, 1 -> 2, 2 -> 3
Output:No
Explanation:
This diagram clearly shows no cycle.
Solution
Approach: Depth First Traversal can be used to detect cycle in a Graph. DFS for a connected graph produces a tree. There is a cycle in a graph only if there is a back edge present in the graph. A back edge is an edge that is from a node to itself (selfloop) or one of its ancestor in the tree produced by DFS. In the following graph, there are 3 back edges, marked with cross sign. It can be observed that these 3 back edges indicate 3 cycles present in the graph.
For a disconnected graph, we get the DFS forest as output. To detect cycle, we can check for cycle in individual trees by checking back edges.
In the previous post, we have discussed a solution that stores visited vertices in a separate array which stores vertices of the current recursion call stack.
In this post, a different solution is discussed. The solution is from CLRS book. The idea is to do DFS of a given graph and while doing traversal, assign one of the below three colours to every vertex.
WHITE : Vertex is not processed yet. Initially, all vertices are WHITE.
GRAY: Vertex is being processed (DFS for this vertex has started, but not finished which means that all descendants (in DFS tree) of this vertex are not processed yet (or this vertex is in the function call stack)
BLACK : Vertex and all its descendants are processed. While doing DFS, if an edge is encountered from current vertex to a GRAY vertex, then this edge is back edge and hence there is a cycle.
Algorithm:
- Create a recursive function that takes the edge and color array (this can be also kept as a global variable)
- Mark the current node as GREY.
- Traverse all the adjacent nodes and if any node is marked GREY then return true as a loop is bound to exist.
- If any adjacent vertex is WHITE then call the recursive function for that node. If the function returns true. Return true.
- If no adjacent node is grey or has not returned true then mark the current Node as BLACK and return false.
Implementation:
// A DFS based approach to find if there is a cycle // in a directed graph. This approach strictly follows // the algorithm given in CLRS book. #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std;
enum Color {WHITE, GRAY, BLACK};
// Graph class represents a directed graph using // adjacency list representation class Graph
{ int V; // No. of vertices
list< int >* adj; // adjacency lists
// DFS traversal of the vertices reachable from v
bool DFSUtil( int v, int color[]);
public :
Graph( int V); // Constructor
// function to add an edge to graph
void addEdge( int v, int w);
bool isCyclic();
}; // Constructor Graph::Graph( int V)
{ this ->V = V;
adj = new list< int >[V];
} // Utility function to add an edge void Graph::addEdge( int v, int w)
{ adj[v].push_back(w); // Add w to v's list.
} // Recursive function to find if there is back edge // in DFS subtree tree rooted with 'u' bool Graph::DFSUtil( int u, int color[])
{ // GRAY : This vertex is being processed (DFS
// for this vertex has started, but not
// ended (or this vertex is in function
// call stack)
color[u] = GRAY;
// Iterate through all adjacent vertices
list< int >::iterator i;
for (i = adj[u].begin(); i != adj[u].end(); ++i)
{
int v = *i; // An adjacent of u
// If there is
if (color[v] == GRAY)
return true ;
// If v is not processed and there is a back
// edge in subtree rooted with v
if (color[v] == WHITE && DFSUtil(v, color))
return true ;
}
// Mark this vertex as processed
color[u] = BLACK;
return false ;
} // Returns true if there is a cycle in graph bool Graph::isCyclic()
{ // Initialize color of all vertices as WHITE
int *color = new int [V];
for ( int i = 0; i < V; i++)
color[i] = WHITE;
// Do a DFS traversal beginning with all
// vertices
for ( int i = 0; i < V; i++)
if (color[i] == WHITE)
if (DFSUtil(i, color) == true )
return true ;
return false ;
} // Driver code to test above int main()
{ // Create a graph given in the above diagram
Graph g(4);
g.addEdge(0, 1);
g.addEdge(0, 2);
g.addEdge(1, 2);
g.addEdge(2, 0);
g.addEdge(2, 3);
g.addEdge(3, 3);
if (g.isCyclic())
cout << "Graph contains cycle" ;
else
cout << "Graph doesn't contain cycle" ;
return 0;
} |
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class GFG
{ // A DFS based approach to find if there is a cycle
// in a directed graph. This approach strictly follows
// the algorithm given in CLRS book.
static int WHITE = 0 , GRAY = 1 , BLACK = 2 ;
// Graph class represents a directed graph using
// adjacency list representation
static class Graph
{
int V;
LinkedList<Integer>[] adjList;
// Constructor
Graph( int ver)
{
V = ver;
adjList = new LinkedList[V];
for ( int i = 0 ; i < V; i++)
adjList[i] = new LinkedList<>();
}
}
// Utility function to add an edge
static void addEdge(Graph g, int u, int v)
{
g.adjList[u].add(v); // Add v to u's list.
}
// Recursive function to find if there is back edge
// in DFS subtree tree rooted with 'u'
static boolean DFSUtil(Graph g, int u, int [] color)
{
// GRAY : This vertex is being processed (DFS
// for this vertex has started, but not
// ended (or this vertex is in function
// call stack)
color[u] = GRAY;
// Iterate through all adjacent vertices
for (Integer in : g.adjList[u])
{
// If there is
if (color[in] == GRAY)
return true ;
// If v is not processed and there is a back
// edge in subtree rooted with v
if (color[in] == WHITE && DFSUtil(g, in, color) == true )
return true ;
}
// Mark this vertex as processed
color[u] = BLACK;
return false ;
}
// Returns true if there is a cycle in graph
static boolean isCyclic(Graph g)
{
// Initialize color of all vertices as WHITE
int [] color = new int [g.V];
for ( int i = 0 ; i < g.V; i++)
{
color[i] = WHITE;
}
// Do a DFS traversal beginning with all
// vertices
for ( int i = 0 ; i < g.V; i++)
{
if (color[i] == WHITE)
{
if (DFSUtil(g, i, color) == true )
return true ;
}
}
return false ;
}
// Driver code to test above
public static void main(String args[])
{
// Create a graph given in the above diagram
Graph g = new Graph( 4 );
addEdge(g, 0 , 1 );
addEdge(g, 0 , 2 );
addEdge(g, 1 , 2 );
addEdge(g, 2 , 0 );
addEdge(g, 2 , 3 );
addEdge(g, 3 , 3 );
if (isCyclic(g))
System.out.println( "Graph contains cycle" );
else
System.out.println( "Graph doesn't contain cycle" );
}
} // This code is contributed by rachana soma |
# Python program to detect cycle in # a directed graph from collections import defaultdict
class Graph():
def __init__( self , V):
self .V = V
self .graph = defaultdict( list )
def addEdge( self , u, v):
self .graph[u].append(v)
def DFSUtil( self , u, color):
# GRAY : This vertex is being processed (DFS
# for this vertex has started, but not
# ended (or this vertex is in function
# call stack)
color[u] = "GRAY"
for v in self .graph[u]:
if color[v] = = "GRAY" :
return True
if color[v] = = "WHITE" and self .DFSUtil(v, color) = = True :
return True
color[u] = "BLACK"
return False
def isCyclic( self ):
color = [ "WHITE" ] * self .V
for i in range ( self .V):
if color[i] = = "WHITE" :
if self .DFSUtil(i, color) = = True :
return True
return False
# Driver program to test above functions g = Graph( 4 )
g.addEdge( 0 , 1 )
g.addEdge( 0 , 2 )
g.addEdge( 1 , 2 )
g.addEdge( 2 , 0 )
g.addEdge( 2 , 3 )
g.addEdge( 3 , 3 )
print ( "Graph contains cycle" if g.isCyclic() = = True \
else "Graph doesn't contain cycle" )
# This program is contributed by Divyanshu Mehta |
// A C# program to detect cycle in // an undirected graph using BFS. using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class GFG
{ // A DFS based approach to find if
// there is a cycle in a directed graph.
// This approach strictly follows the
// algorithm given in CLRS book.
static int WHITE = 0, GRAY = 1, BLACK = 2;
// Graph class represents a directed graph
// using adjacency list representation
public class Graph
{
public int V;
public List< int >[] adjList;
// Constructor
public Graph( int ver)
{
V = ver;
adjList = new List< int >[V];
for ( int i = 0; i < V; i++)
adjList[i] = new List< int >();
}
}
// Utility function to add an edge
static void addEdge(Graph g, int u, int v)
{
g.adjList[u].Add(v); // Add v to u's list.
}
// Recursive function to find if there is back edge
// in DFS subtree tree rooted with 'u'
static bool DFSUtil(Graph g, int u, int [] color)
{
// GRAY : This vertex is being processed (DFS
// for this vertex has started, but not
// ended (or this vertex is in function
// call stack)
color[u] = GRAY;
// Iterate through all adjacent vertices
foreach ( int iN in g.adjList[u])
{
// If there is
if (color[iN] == GRAY)
return true ;
// If v is not processed and there is a back
// edge in subtree rooted with v
if (color[iN] == WHITE &&
DFSUtil(g, iN, color) == true )
return true ;
}
// Mark this vertex as processed
color[u] = BLACK;
return false ;
}
// Returns true if there is a cycle in graph
static bool isCyclic(Graph g)
{
// Initialize color of all vertices as WHITE
int [] color = new int [g.V];
for ( int i = 0; i < g.V; i++)
{
color[i] = WHITE;
}
// Do a DFS traversal beginning with all
// vertices
for ( int i = 0; i < g.V; i++)
{
if (color[i] == WHITE)
{
if (DFSUtil(g, i, color) == true )
return true ;
}
}
return false ;
}
// Driver Code
public static void Main(String []args)
{
// Create a graph given in the above diagram
Graph g = new Graph(4);
addEdge(g, 0, 1);
addEdge(g, 0, 2);
addEdge(g, 1, 2);
addEdge(g, 2, 0);
addEdge(g, 2, 3);
addEdge(g, 3, 3);
if (isCyclic(g))
Console.WriteLine( "Graph contains cycle" );
else
Console.WriteLine( "Graph doesn't contain cycle" );
}
} // This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992 |
<script> // A Javascript program to detect cycle in // an undirected graph using BFS. // A DFS based approach to find if // there is a cycle in a directed graph. // This approach strictly follows the // algorithm given in CLRS book. var WHITE = 0, GRAY = 1, BLACK = 2;
// Graph class represents a directed graph // using adjacency list representation class Graph { // Constructor
constructor(ver)
{
this .V = ver;
this .adjList = Array.from(
Array( this .V), () => Array( this .V));
}
} // Utility function to add an edge function addEdge(g, u, v)
{ // Push v to u's list.
g.adjList[u].push(v);
} // Recursive function to find if there is back edge // in DFS subtree tree rooted with 'u' function DFSUtil(g, u, color)
{ // GRAY : This vertex is being processed (DFS
// for this vertex has started, but not
// ended (or this vertex is in function
// call stack)
color[u] = GRAY;
// Iterate through all adjacent vertices
for ( var iN of g.adjList[u])
{
// If there is
if (color[iN] == GRAY)
return true ;
// If v is not processed and there is a back
// edge in subtree rooted with v
if (color[iN] == WHITE &&
DFSUtil(g, iN, color) == true )
return true ;
}
// Mark this vertex as processed
color[u] = BLACK;
return false ;
} // Returns true if there is a cycle in graph function isCyclic(g)
{ // Initialize color of all vertices as WHITE
var color = Array(g.V);
for ( var i = 0; i < g.V; i++)
{
color[i] = WHITE;
}
// Do a DFS traversal beginning with all
// vertices
for ( var i = 0; i < g.V; i++)
{
if (color[i] == WHITE)
{
if (DFSUtil(g, i, color) == true )
return true ;
}
}
return false ;
} // Driver Code // Create a graph given in the above diagram var g = new Graph(4);
addEdge(g, 0, 1); addEdge(g, 0, 2); addEdge(g, 1, 2); addEdge(g, 2, 0); addEdge(g, 2, 3); addEdge(g, 3, 3); if (isCyclic(g))
document.write( "Graph contains cycle" );
else document.write( "Graph doesn't contain cycle" );
// This code is contributed by rrrtnx </script> |
Graph contains cycle
Complexity Analysis:
- Time complexity: O(V + E), where V is the number of vertices and E is the number of edges in the graph.
-
Space Complexity :O(V).
Since an extra color array is needed of size V.