Cheapest Flights Within K Stops
Detailed guide and Python implementation for the 'Cheapest Flights Within K Stops' problem.
Problem Statement
There are n cities connected by some number of flights. You are given an array flights where flights[i] = [from_i, to_i, price_i] indicates that there is a flight from city from_i to city to_i with cost price_i.
You are also given three integers src, dst, and k, return the cheapest price from src to dst with at most k stops. If there is no such route, return -1.
Write a function findCheapestPrice(n: int, flights: List[List[int]], src: int, dst: int, k: int) -> int.
- •1 <= n <= 100
- •0 <= len(flights) <= (n * (n - 1) / 2)
- •flights[i].length == 3
- •0 <= from_i, to_i < n
- •1 <= price_i <= 10^4
- •0 <= src, dst < n
- •src != dst
- •0 <= k < n
Examples
n = 4, flights = [[0,1,100],[1,2,100],[2,0,100],[1,3,600],[2,3,200]], src = 0, dst = 3, k = 1
700
The cheapest path from city 0 to city 3 with at most 1 stop is 0 -> 1 -> 3 with cost 100 + 600 = 700.
n = 3, flights = [[0,1,100],[1,2,100],[0,2,500]], src = 0, dst = 2, k = 1
200
Cheapest path is 0 -> 1 -> 2 with cost 200, which has exactly 1 stop.
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Edge Cases to Watch
- Empty input structures
- Single element inputs
- Large numerical bounds
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