Make Dijkstra take input from text file

[maso]

Hello, I am trying to change the Dijkstra algorithm to take input from the text file. I found this example (https://www.programiz.com/dsa/dijkstra-algorithm) for Dijkstra, which does exactly what I need - finds the shortest path between two nodes and prints it together with a cost.

But I am struggling to read the file into the vector. I was able to read it to simple structure, but this code uses vectors and I am just a beginner in c++ and got really confused.

Thus, how can I fill the graph (Node, Edge) from the text file?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Code example, updated to use decimal weights:

// Dijkstra's Algorithm in C++

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <limits.h>

using namespace std;

void DijkstrasTest();

int main() {
  DijkstrasTest();
  return 0;
}

class Node;
class Edge;

void Dijkstras();
vector<Node*>* AdjacentRemainingNodes(Node* node);
Node* ExtractSmallest(vector<Node*>& nodes);
double Distance(Node* node1, Node* node2);
bool Contains(vector<Node*>& nodes, Node* node);
void PrintShortestRouteTo(Node* destination);

vector<Node*> nodes;
vector<Edge*> edges;

class Node {
   public:
  Node(char id)
    : id(id), previous(NULL), distanceFromStart(INT_MAX) {
    nodes.push_back(this);
  }

   public:
  char id;
  Node* previous;
  double distanceFromStart;
};

class Edge {
   public:
  Edge(Node* node1, Node* node2, double distance)
    : node1(node1), node2(node2), distance(distance) {
    edges.push_back(this);
  }
  bool Connects(Node* node1, Node* node2) {
    return (
      (node1 == this->node1 &&
       node2 == this->node2) ||
      (node1 == this->node2 &&
       node2 == this->node1));
  }

   public:
  Node* node1;
  Node* node2;
  double distance;
};

///////////////////
void DijkstrasTest() {
  Node* a = new Node('a');
  Node* b = new Node('b');
  Node* c = new Node('c');
  Node* d = new Node('d');
  Node* e = new Node('e');
  Node* f = new Node('f');
  Node* g = new Node('g');

  Edge* e1 = new Edge(a, c, 1.74);
  Edge* e2 = new Edge(a, d, 2.156);
  Edge* e3 = new Edge(b, c, 2.516);
  Edge* e4 = new Edge(c, d, 1.321);
  Edge* e5 = new Edge(b, f, 3.51);
  Edge* e6 = new Edge(c, e, 3.11);
  Edge* e7 = new Edge(e, f, 2.2);
  Edge* e8 = new Edge(d, g, 1.1);
  Edge* e9 = new Edge(g, f, 1.5);

  a->distanceFromStart = 0;  // set start node
  Dijkstras();
  PrintShortestRouteTo(f);
}

///////////////////

void Dijkstras() {
  while (nodes.size() > 0) {
    Node* smallest = ExtractSmallest(nodes);
    vector<Node*>* adjacentNodes =
      AdjacentRemainingNodes(smallest);

    const int size = adjacentNodes->size();
    for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
      Node* adjacent = adjacentNodes->at(i);
      double distance = Distance(smallest, adjacent) +
               smallest->distanceFromStart;

      if (distance < adjacent->distanceFromStart) {
        adjacent->distanceFromStart = distance;
        adjacent->previous = smallest;
      }
    }
    delete adjacentNodes;
  }
}

// Find the node with the smallest distance,
// remove it, and return it.
Node* ExtractSmallest(vector<Node*>& nodes) {
  int size = nodes.size();
  if (size == 0) return NULL;
  int smallestPosition = 0;
  Node* smallest = nodes.at(0);
  for (int i = 1; i < size; ++i) {
    Node* current = nodes.at(i);
    if (current->distanceFromStart <
      smallest->distanceFromStart) {
      smallest = current;
      smallestPosition = i;
    }
  }
  nodes.erase(nodes.begin() + smallestPosition);
  return smallest;
}

// Return all nodes adjacent to 'node' which are still
// in the 'nodes' collection.
vector<Node*>* AdjacentRemainingNodes(Node* node) {
  vector<Node*>* adjacentNodes = new vector<Node*>();
  const int size = edges.size();
  for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    Edge* edge = edges.at(i);
    Node* adjacent = NULL;
    if (edge->node1 == node) {
      adjacent = edge->node2;
    } else if (edge->node2 == node) {
      adjacent = edge->node1;
    }
    if (adjacent && Contains(nodes, adjacent)) {
      adjacentNodes->push_back(adjacent);
    }
  }
  return adjacentNodes;
}

// Return distance between two connected nodes
double Distance(Node* node1, Node* node2) {
  const int size = edges.size();
  for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    Edge* edge = edges.at(i);
    if (edge->Connects(node1, node2)) {
      return edge->distance;
    }
  }
  return -1;  // should never happen
}

// Does the 'nodes' vector contain 'node'
bool Contains(vector<Node*>& nodes, Node* node) {
  const int size = nodes.size();
  for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    if (node == nodes.at(i)) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
}

///////////////////

void PrintShortestRouteTo(Node* destination) {
  Node* previous = destination;
  cout << "Distance from start: "
     << destination->distanceFromStart << endl;
  while (previous) {
    cout << previous->id << " ";
    previous = previous->previous;
  }
  cout << endl;
}

// these two not needed
vector<Edge*>* AdjacentEdges(vector<Edge*>& Edges, Node* node);
void RemoveEdge(vector<Edge*>& Edges, Edge* edge);

vector<Edge*>* AdjacentEdges(vector<Edge*>& edges, Node* node) {
  vector<Edge*>* adjacentEdges = new vector<Edge*>();

  const int size = edges.size();
  for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    Edge* edge = edges.at(i);
    if (edge->node1 == node) {
      cout << "adjacent: " << edge->node2->id << endl;
      adjacentEdges->push_back(edge);
    } else if (edge->node2 == node) {
      cout << "adjacent: " << edge->node1->id << endl;
      adjacentEdges->push_back(edge);
    }
  }
  return adjacentEdges;
}

void RemoveEdge(vector<Edge*>& edges, Edge* edge) {
  vector<Edge*>::iterator it;
  for (it = edges.begin(); it < edges.end(); ++it) {
    if (*it == edge) {
      edges.erase(it);
      return;
    }
  }
}

Fragment of the input file, number of lines is unknown:

source_id,target_id,weight
1,2,0.17
2,3,0.13
3,4,0.15
3,5,0.02
4,5,0.09
5,2,0.01

[lastchance]

If I read this correctly you are asking others to invest time in amending some (not very good) code that you didn't write yourself.

Well, you can change routine
void DijkstrasTest()

and some learning material to help is at
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/