BFS: Expansion Vector

Now that you have expanded the cells until you've reached the goal, you are asked to print the order in which each cell was expanded. For that, you’ll need to modify the search function and create a 2D expansion vector that is equal in size to the map. Each cell in the expansion vector will store the order at which it was expanded. Some of the cells were never expanded, and should show a value of -1 .

Hint

Take a look at the expansion list generated after running the code:

You can see that we started with the first cell and ended at the goal cell which was expanded after 20 iterations. All the obstacles and some cells were never expanded and thus are showing a value of -1 .

Now, go ahead and modify the search function to generate and print the expansion 2D vector.

Start Quiz:

main.cpp solution.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

// Map class
class Map {
public:
    const static int mapWidth = 6;
    const static int mapHeight = 5;
    vector<vector<int> > grid = {
        { 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
        { 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
        { 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
        { 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
        { 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0 }
    };
};

// Planner class
class Planner : Map {
public:
    int start[2] = { 0, 0 };
    int goal[2] = { mapHeight - 1, mapWidth - 1 };
    int cost = 1;

    string movements_arrows[4] = { "^", "<", "v", ">" };

    vector<vector<int> > movements{
        { -1, 0 },
        { 0, -1 },
        { 1, 0 },
        { 0, 1 }
    };
};

// Template function to print 2D vectors of any type
template <typename T>
void print2DVector(T Vec)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < Vec.size(); ++i) {
        for (int j = 0; j < Vec[0].size(); ++j) {
            cout << Vec[i][j] << ' ';
        }
        cout << endl;
    }
}

/* #### TODO: Modify the search function to generate and print the expansion 2D vector #### */
void search(Map map, Planner planner)
{
    // Create a closed 2 array filled with 0s and first element 1
    vector<vector<int> > closed(map.mapHeight, vector<int>(map.mapWidth));
    closed[planner.start[0]][planner.start[1]] = 1;

    // Defined the triplet values
    int x = planner.start[0];
    int y = planner.start[1];
    int g = 0;

    // Store the expansions
    vector<vector<int> > open;
    open.push_back({ g, x, y });

    // Flags
    bool found = false;
    bool resign = false;

    int x2;
    int y2;

    // While I am still searching for the goal and the problem is solvable
    while (!found && !resign) {
        // Resign if no values in the open list and you can't expand anymore
        if (open.size() == 0) {
            resign = true;
            cout << "Failed to reach a goal" << endl;
        }
        // Keep expanding
        else {
            // Remove triplets from the open list
            sort(open.begin(), open.end());
            reverse(open.begin(), open.end());
            vector<int> next;
            // Stored the poped value into next
            next = open.back();
            open.pop_back();

            x = next[1];
            y = next[2];
            g = next[0];
            
            // Check if we reached the goal:
            if (x == planner.goal[0] && y == planner.goal[1]) {
                found = true;
                cout << "[" << g << ", " << x << ", " << y << "]" << endl;
            }

            //else expand new elements
            else {
                for (int i = 0; i < planner.movements.size(); i++) {
                    x2 = x + planner.movements[i][0];
                    y2 = y + planner.movements[i][1];
                    if (x2 >= 0 && x2 < map.grid.size() && y2 >= 0 && y2 < map.grid[0].size()) {
                        if (closed[x2][y2] == 0 and map.grid[x2][y2] == 0) {
                            int g2 = g + planner.cost;
                            open.push_back({ g2, x2, y2 });
                            closed[x2][y2] = 1;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

int main()
{
    // Instantiate map and planner objects
    Map map;
    Planner planner;

    // Search for the expansions
    search(map, planner);

    return 0;
}

#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

// Map class
class Map {
public:
    const static int mapWidth = 6;
    const static int mapHeight = 5;
    vector<vector<int> > grid = {
        { 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
        { 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
        { 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
        { 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
        { 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0 }
    };
};

// Planner class
class Planner : Map {
public:
    int start[2] = { 0, 0 };
    int goal[2] = { mapHeight - 1, mapWidth - 1 };
    int cost = 1;

    string movements_arrows[4] = { "^", "<", "v", ">" };

    vector<vector<int> > movements{
        { -1, 0 },
        { 0, -1 },
        { 1, 0 },
        { 0, 1 }
    };
};

// Template function to print 2D vectors of any type
template <typename T>
void print2DVector(T Vec)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < Vec.size(); ++i) {
        for (int j = 0; j < Vec[0].size(); ++j) {
            cout << Vec[i][j] << ' ';
        }
        cout << endl;
    }
}

// Search function will generate the expansions
void search(Map map, Planner planner)
{
    // Create a closed 2 array filled with 0s and first element 1
    vector<vector<int> > closed(map.mapHeight, vector<int>(map.mapWidth));
    closed[planner.start[0]][planner.start[1]] = 1;

    // Create expand array filled with -1
    vector<vector<int> > expand(map.mapHeight, vector<int>(map.mapWidth, -1));

    // Defined the triplet values
    int x = planner.start[0];
    int y = planner.start[1];
    int g = 0;

    // Store the expansions
    vector<vector<int> > open;
    open.push_back({ g, x, y });

    // Flags and counters
    bool found = false;
    bool resign = false;
    int count = 0;

    int x2;
    int y2;

    // While I am still searching for the goal and the problem is solvable
    while (!found && !resign) {
        // Resign if no values in the open list and you can't expand anymore
        if (open.size() == 0) {
            resign = true;
            cout << "Failed to reach a goal" << endl;
        }
        // Keep expanding
        else {
            // Remove triplets from the open list
            sort(open.begin(), open.end());
            reverse(open.begin(), open.end());
            vector<int> next;
            // Stored the poped value into next
            next = open.back();
            open.pop_back();

            x = next[1];
            y = next[2];
            g = next[0];

            // Fill the expand vectors with count
            expand[x][y] = count;
            count += 1;
            
            // Check if we reached the goal:
            if (x == planner.goal[0] && y == planner.goal[1]) {
                found = true;
                //cout << "[" << g << ", " << x << ", " << y << "]" << endl;
            }

            //else expand new elements
            else {
                for (int i = 0; i < planner.movements.size(); i++) {
                    x2 = x + planner.movements[i][0];
                    y2 = y + planner.movements[i][1];
                    if (x2 >= 0 && x2 < map.grid.size() && y2 >= 0 && y2 < map.grid[0].size()) {
                        if (closed[x2][y2] == 0 and map.grid[x2][y2] == 0) {
                            int g2 = g + planner.cost;
                            open.push_back({ g2, x2, y2 });
                            closed[x2][y2] = 1;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    // Print the expansion List
    print2DVector(expand);
}

int main()
{
    // Instantiate map and planner objects
    Map map;
    Planner planner;

    // Search for the expansions
    search(map, planner);

    return 0;
}