Dijkstra's algorithm in python

Question

I am trying to implement Dijkstra's algorithm in python using arrays. This is my implementation.

def extract(Q, w):
    m=0
    minimum=w[0]
    for i in range(len(w)):
        if w[i]<minimum:
            minimum=w[i]
            m=i
    return m, Q[m]

def dijkstra(G, s, t='B'):
    Q=[s]
    p={s:None}
    w=[0]
    d={}
    for i in G:
        d[i]=float('inf')
        Q.append(i)
        w.append(d[i])
    d[s]=0
    S=[]
    n=len(Q)
    while Q:
        u=extract(Q,w)[1]
        S.append(u)
        #w.remove(extract(Q, d, w)[0])
        Q.remove(u)
        for v in G[u]:
            if d[v]>=d[u]+G[u][v]:
                d[v]=d[u]+G[u][v]
                p[v]=u
    return d, p

B='B'
A='A'
D='D'
G='G'
E='E'
C='C'
F='F'
G={B:{A:5, D:1, G:2}, A:{B:5, D:3, E:12, F:5}, D:{B:1, G:1, E:1, A:3}, G:{B:2, D:1, C:2}, C:{G:2, E:1, F:16}, E:{A:12, D:1, C:1, F:2}, F:{A:5, E:2, C:16}}
print "Assuming the start vertex to be B:"
print "Shortest distances", dijkstra(G, B)[0]
print "Parents", dijkstra(G, B)[1]

I expect the answer to be:

Assuming the start vertex to be B:
Shortest distances {'A': 4, 'C': 4, 'B': 0, 'E': 2, 'D': 1, 'G': 2, 'F': 4}
Parents {'A': 'D', 'C': 'G', 'B': None, 'E': 'D', 'D': 'B', 'G': 'D', 'F': 'E'}

However, the answer that I get is this:

Assuming the start vertex to be B:
Shortest distances {'A': 4, 'C': 4, 'B': 0, 'E': 2, 'D': 1, 'G': 2, 'F': 10}
Parents {'A': 'D', 'C': 'G', 'B': None, 'E': 'D', 'D': 'B', 'G': 'D', 'F': 'A'}.

For the node F, the program gives the incorrect answer. Can someone please tell me why?

Answer 1

As others have pointed out, due to not using understandable variable names, it is almost impossible to debug your code.

Following the wiki article about Dijkstra's algorithm, one can implement it along these lines (and in a million other manners):

nodes = ('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G')
distances = {
    'B': {'A': 5, 'D': 1, 'G': 2},
    'A': {'B': 5, 'D': 3, 'E': 12, 'F' :5},
    'D': {'B': 1, 'G': 1, 'E': 1, 'A': 3},
    'G': {'B': 2, 'D': 1, 'C': 2},
    'C': {'G': 2, 'E': 1, 'F': 16},
    'E': {'A': 12, 'D': 1, 'C': 1, 'F': 2},
    'F': {'A': 5, 'E': 2, 'C': 16}}

unvisited = {node: None for node in nodes} #using None as +inf
visited = {}
current = 'B'
currentDistance = 0
unvisited[current] = currentDistance

while True:
    for neighbour, distance in distances[current].items():
        if neighbour not in unvisited: continue
        newDistance = currentDistance + distance
        if unvisited[neighbour] is None or unvisited[neighbour] > newDistance:
            unvisited[neighbour] = newDistance
    visited[current] = currentDistance
    del unvisited[current]
    if not unvisited: break
    candidates = [node for node in unvisited.items() if node[1]]
    current, currentDistance = sorted(candidates, key = lambda x: x[1])[0]

print(visited)

This code is more verbous than necessary and I hope comparing your code with mine you might spot some differences.

The result is:

{'E': 2, 'D': 1, 'G': 2, 'F': 4, 'A': 4, 'C': 3, 'B': 0}