Number of Restricted Paths From First to Last Node — LeetCode 1786 Python Solution

MediumGraphTopological SortDynamic ProgrammingShortest PathHeap (Priority Queue)
Problem
#1786
Reading time
5 min

The problem

There is an undirected weighted connected graph. You are given a positive integer n which denotes that the graph has n nodes labeled from 1 to n, and an array edges where each edges[i] = [ui, vi, weighti] denotes that there is an edge between nodes ui and vi with weight equal to weighti.

Example

Input
n = 5, edges = [[1,2,3],[1,3,3],[2,3,1],[1,4,2],[5,2,2],[3,5,1],[5,4,10]]
Output
3
Explanation
Each circle contains the node number in black and its distanceToLastNode value in blue. The three restricted paths are:

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def countRestrictedPaths(self, n: int, edges: List[List[int]]) -> int:
        @cache
        def dfs(i):
            if i == n:
                return 1
            ans = 0
            for j, _ in g[i]:
                if dist[i] > dist[j]:
                    ans = (ans + dfs(j)) % mod
            return ans

        g = defaultdict(list)
        for u, v, w in edges:
            g[u].append((v, w))
            g[v].append((u, w))
        q = [(0, n)]
        dist = [inf] * (n + 1)
        dist[n] = 0
        mod = 10**9 + 7
        while q:
            _, u = heappop(q)
            for v, w in g[u]:
                if dist[v] > dist[u] + w:
                    dist[v] = dist[u] + w
                    heappush(q, (dist[v], v))
        return dfs(1)

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(n·m) (typical)
SpaceO(n·m) or optimized auxiliary

Pattern: Topological Sort

Order a set of tasks so that every dependency comes before the thing that needs it. LeetCode 1786. Number of Restricted Paths From First to Last Node is filed here because LeetCode tags it Topological Sort, which is the vocabulary this hub collects.

The topological sort guide has the Python template for the pattern and the 32 LeetCode problems that use it.

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