Code RoomMake graph strongly connected
HardPrep Room Coding #1258

Make graph strongly connected

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresSenior–Staff~40 min

Given a directed graph on n nodes (0..n-1) with a list of directed edges, return the minimum number of directed edges you must add so that the whole graph becomes strongly connected (every node reachable from every other). If it is already strongly connected, return 0. Constraints: 1 <= n <= 2000; edges may contain self-loops or duplicates.

Implement
min_edges_to_strongly_connect(n: int, edges: list[list[int]]) → int
Examples
in[5,[[0,1],[1,2],[2,0],[2,3],[3,4]]]out1
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
[5,[[0,1],[1,2],[2,0],[2,3],[3,4]]]1not run yetsample