Code Room
CodingMediumcod-g696
Subject 0 1 bfsLevel Mid–Senior~25 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

An undirected graph on n nodes (0..n-1) has edges given as [u, v, w] where each weight w is either 0 or 1. Return the minimum-weight path length from s to t, or -1 if t is unreachable. You should achieve O(V + E) rather than a log factor. Constraints: 1 <= n <= 10^4; w in {0, 1}.

Implement
zero_one_bfs(n: int, edges: list[list[int]], s: int, t: int) → int
Examples
in[5,[[0,1,1],[1,2,0],[2,3,1],[3,4,0],[0,4,1],[0,3,1]],0,4]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.

Vibe coding: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach. Generating runnable code from your description is coming next.

Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.