Find the Country without any outgoing path from given Graph

Given a 2D array arr[][], where arr[i] = [A_i, B_i] means there exists a direct path going from country A_i to country B_i, the task is to find a country without an outgoing path.

Note: It is guaranteed that there will be only one such country and the given graph does not contain any cycle.

Examples:

Input: arr = {{“Germany”, ” Japan”}, {“United States”, “India”}, {“Japan”, “United States”}}
Output: “India” 
Explanation: Starting from “Germany” you will reach the destination country “India”. Trip consists of: “Germany” -> “Japan”  -> “United States”  -> “India”.

Input: arr= [[“B”, “C”], [“D”, “B”], [“C”, “A”]]
Output: “A”

An approach using Hashing:

The idea is to map every route A -> B. This will keep a piece of information that from A we can reach to B. Now Iterate over all country B, and check if there exists any route from B to any other country. If not then this is the required answer.

Follow the steps below to implement the above idea:

• Initialize a map for mapping all country routes.
• Iterate over the given array arr[][].
  • Map all country routes A->B into the map.
• Initialize a variable result, which will store the desired country.
• Iterate over the given array arr[][]
  • Check if there exists any outgoing route to another country.
    • If not, then save this as the desired country.
• Return the result.

Below is the implementation of the above approach.

C++

// C++ code to implement the approach

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Function to find the country without outgoing path
string destCountry(vector<vector<string> >& arr)
{
    // Initialize a map for mapping all
    // country routes
    unordered_map<string, string> unmap;

    // Map all country routes A -> B
    for (auto s : arr)
        unmap[s[0]] = s[1];

    // Initialize a variable result, which
    // will store the destination country
    string result = "";

    // Iterate over the arr
    for (auto s : arr) {

        // Check if there exist any
        // outgoing route to other country
        // If not, then save this as a
        // destination country.
        if (unmap.find(s[1]) == unmap.end()) {
            result = s[1];
            break;
        }
    }

    // Return the result
    return result;
}

// Driver code
int main()
{
    vector<vector<string> > arr
        = { { "Germany", "Japan" },
            { "United States", "India" },
            { "Japan", "United States" } };

    // Function Call
    cout << destCountry(arr);

    return 0;
}

Java

// Java code for the above approach
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

class GFG {

  // Function to find the country without outgoing path
  static String destCountry(String[][] arr)
  {
    // Initialize a map for mapping all
    // country routes
    HashMap<String, String> unmap = new HashMap<>();

    // Map all country routes A -> B
    for (var s : arr) {
      unmap.put(s[0], s[1]);
    }

    // Initialize a variable result, which
    // will store the destination country
    String result = "";

    // Iterate over the arr
    for (var s : arr) {
      // Check if there exist any
      // outgoing route to other country
      // If not, then save this as a
      // destination country.
      if (!unmap.containsKey(s[1])) {
        result = s[1];
        break;
      }
    }

    // Return the result
    return result;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    String[][] arr = { { "Germany", "Japan" },
                      { "United States", "India" },
                      { "Japan", "United States" } };
    // Function call
    System.out.print(destCountry(arr));
  }
}

// This code is contributed by lokeshmvs21.

Python3

# Python code to implement the approach

# Function to find the country without outgoing path
def destCountry(arr):
    # Initialize a map for mapping all
    # country routes
    unmap=dict()
    
    # Map all country routes A -> B
    for s in arr:
        unmap[s[0]]=s[1]
    
    # Initialize a variable result, which
    # will store the destination country
    result=""
    
    # Iterate over the arr
    for s in arr:
        # Check if there exist any
        # outgoing route to other country
        # If not, then save this as a
        # destination country.
        if s[1] not in unmap:
            result=s[1]
            break
    
    # Return the result
    return result
    
# Driver code
arr=[["Germany", "Japan"],["United States", "India"],["Japan", "United States"]]

# Function Call
print(destCountry(arr))

# This code is contributed by Pushpesh Raj.

C#

// C# code for the above approach
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class GFG {
    // Function to find the country without outgoing path
    static string destCountry(string[, ] arr)
    {
        // Initialize a map for mapping all
        // country routes
        Dictionary<string, string> unmap
            = new Dictionary<string, string>();

        // Map all country routes A -> B
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.GetLength(0); i++) {
            unmap.Add(arr[i, 0], arr[i, 1]);
        }

        // Initialize a variable result, which
        // will store the destination country
        string result = "";

        // Iterate over the arr
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.GetLength(0); i++) {
            // Check if there exist any
            // outgoing route to other country
            // If not, then save this as a
            // destination country.
            if (!unmap.ContainsKey(arr[i, 1])) {
                result = arr[i, 1];
                break;
            }
        }

        // Return the result
        return result;
    }

    // Driver Code
    static public void Main()
    {
        string[, ] arr = { { "Germany", "Japan" },
                           { "United States", "India" },
                           { "Japan", "United States" } };
        // Function call
        Console.WriteLine(destCountry(arr));
    }
}

// This code is contributed by Rohit Pradhan

Javascript

    // JavaScript code for the above approach

    // Function to find the country without outgoing path
    function destCountry(arr) {
      // Initialize a map for mapping all
      // country routes
      let unmap = new Map();

      // Map all country routes A -> B
      for (let s of arr)
        unmap.set(s[0], s[1]);

      // Initialize a variable result, which
      // will store the destination country
      let result = "";

      // Iterate over the arr
      for (let s of arr) {

        // Check if there exist any
        // outgoing route to other country
        // If not, then save this as a
        // destination country.
        if (!unmap.has(s[1])) {
          result = s[1];
          break;
        }
      }

      // Return the result
      return result;
    }

    // Driver code
    let arr
      = [["Germany", "Japan"],
      ["United States", "India"],
      ["Japan", "United States"]];

    // Function Call
    console.log(destCountry(arr));

 // This code is contributed by Potta Lokesh

Output

India

Time Complexity: O(N)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)

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