Prims
🧩 Syntax:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <limits.h>
#define V 6
int minKey(int key[], int mstSet[]) {
int min = INT_MAX, min_index;
for (int v = 0; v < V; v++)
if (!mstSet[v] && key[v] < min)
min = key[v], min_index = v;
return min_index;
}
void printMST(int parent[], int graph[V][V]) {
int total_weight = 0;
printf("Edge \tWeight\n");
for (int i = 1; i < V; i++) {
printf("%c - %c \t%d \n", parent[i] + 'A', i + 'A', graph[i][parent[i]]);
total_weight += graph[i][parent[i]];
}
printf("Total Weight of MST: %d\n", total_weight);
}
void primMST(int graph[V][V]) {
int parent[V]; // Stores MST
int key[V]; // Key values
int mstSet[V]; // Included in MST
for (int i = 0; i < V; i++)
key[i] = INT_MAX, mstSet[i] = 0;
key[0] = 0; // Start from vertex A
parent[0] = -1;
for (int count = 0; count < V - 1; count++) {
int u = minKey(key, mstSet);
mstSet[u] = 1;
for (int v = 0; v < V; v++)
if (graph[u][v] && !mstSet[v] && graph[u][v] < key[v])
parent[v] = u, key[v] = graph[u][v];
}
printMST(parent, graph);
}
int main() {
int graph[V][V] = {
{0, 7, 2, 6, 0, 0}, // A
{7, 0, 6, 0, 4, 0}, // B
{2, 6, 0, 6, 9, 0}, // C
{6, 0, 6, 0, 0, 5}, // D
{0, 4, 9, 0, 0, 8}, // E
{0, 0, 0, 5, 8, 0} // F
};
primMST(graph);
return 0;
}