HI perl monks, I have undirected graph with 57 nodes and 204 linkages. I calculate the shortest path of all nodes with its sub nodes using Dijkstram algorithm, but I couldn't able to print the path of the nodes from a given root. here is how i tried. 

########## the dijkstram algorithm#################
sub dijkstra {
    my ($graph, $root) = @_;
    my (%dist, %prev);

    foreach $n (keys %{$graph}) { $dist{$n} = inf; $prev{$n}=$n; }
    # .. except the source
    $dist{$root} = 0;

    # loop while we have unsolved nodes
    # sort unsolved by distance from root
    foreach my $n1 (sort keys %{$graph}) {
        foreach my $n2 (keys %{$graph->{$n1}}) {
            if (($dist{$n2} eq inf)) {
                $dist{$n2} = $dist{$n1} + $graph->{$n1}{$n2};
                $prev{$n2} = $n1;
            }
        }
    }
    return (\%prev, \%dist);
}
######## print the path and the distance for a given node#############
sub printPaths {
    my ($graph, $prev, $dist) = @_;
    my $path;

    foreach $n (keys %{$graph}) {
        my $t = $n;
        $path = $t;
        while ($t ne $root) {
            $t = $prev->{$t}; $path = "$t -> " . $path;
        }
        print "$n\t$dist->{$n}\t$path\n";
    }
}

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the problem occurs on the while loop. when it gets a node that doesn't have the same root and when the previous node always returns the same node. please help me or give me any suggestion. thanks

In reply to how can i print a graph path with so many linkages by Michael Z.
in thread what is wrong with my Dijkstram algorithm? by Michael Z.

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