BFS and DFS AI Path Search - Part 2

Data Science, AI and ML
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class Maze():

    def __init__(self, filename):

        # Read file and set height and width of maze
        with open(filename) as f:
            contents = f.read()

        # Validate start and goal
        if contents.count("A") != 1:
            raise Exception("maze must have exactly one start point")
        if contents.count("B") != 1:
            raise Exception("maze must have exactly one goal")

        # Determine height and width of maze
        contents = contents.splitlines()
        self.height = len(contents)
        self.width = max(len(line) for line in contents)

        # Keep track of walls
        self.walls = []
        for i in range(self.height):
            row = []
            for j in range(self.width):
                try:
                    if contents[i][j] == "A":
                        self.start = (i, j)
                        row.append(False)
                    elif contents[i][j] == "B":
                        self.goal = (i, j)
                        row.append(False)
                    elif contents[i][j] == " ":
                        row.append(False)
                    else:
                        row.append(True)
                except IndexError:
                    row.append(False)
            self.walls.append(row)

        self.solution = None


    def print(self):
        solution = self.solution[1] if self.solution is not None else None
        print()
        for i, row in enumerate(self.walls):
            for j, col in enumerate(row):
                if col:
                    print("█", end="")
                elif (i, j) == self.start:
                    print("A", end="")
                elif (i, j) == self.goal:
                    print("B", end="")
                elif solution is not None and (i, j) in solution:
                    print("*", end="")
                else:
                    print(" ", end="")
            print()
        print()


    def neighbors(self, state):
        row, col = state
        candidates = [
            ("up", (row - 1, col)),
            ("down", (row + 1, col)),
            ("left", (row, col - 1)),
            ("right", (row, col + 1))
        ]

        result = []
        for action, (r, c) in candidates:
            if 0 <= r < self.height and 0 <= c < self.width and not self.walls[r][c]:
                result.append((action, (r, c)))
        return result