Problem
There are a total of n courses you have to take, labeled from 0 to n - 1. Some courses may have prerequisites, for example to take course 0 you have to first take course 1, which is expressed as a pair: [0,1]. Given the total number of courses and a list of prerequisite pairs, is it possible for you to finish all courses?Examples
Given 2 and [[1,0]], there are a total of 2 courses to take. To take course 1 you should have finished course 0. So it is possible.Given 2 and [[1,0],[0,1]], there are a total of 2 courses to take. To take course 1 you should have finished course 0, and to take course 0 you should also have finished course 1. So it is impossible.
JavaScript Code
function canFinish(numCourses, prerequisites) { if(prerequisites == null){ return; } var len = prerequisites.length; if(numCourses == 0 || len == 0){ return true; } // counter for number of prerequisites var pCounter = []; for(var i=0; i<numCourses; i++){ pCounter[i] = 0; } for(var i=0; i<len; i++){ pCounter[prerequisites[i][0]]++; } //store courses that have no prerequisites var queue = []; for(var i=0; i<numCourses; i++){ if(pCounter[i]==0){ queue.push(i); } } // number of courses that have no prerequisites var numNoPre = queue.length; while(queue.length != 0){ var top = queue.shift(); for(var i=0; i<len; i++){ // if a course's prerequisite can be satisfied by a course in queue if(prerequisites[i][1]==top){ pCounter[prerequisites[i][0]]--; if(pCounter[prerequisites[i][0]]==0){ numNoPre++; queue.push(prerequisites[i][0]); } } } } return numNoPre == numCourses; } console.log(canFinish(2, [[1,0],[0,1]]));
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