Prim's Algorithm in C++ implementation with letters - c++

Question

This is a working Prim's algorithm taking in three ints. My issue is that my edges are letters, and not numbers. I can't seem to debug it to make it work with char, instead of int, so I am turning to you guys. Any help would be appreciated!
using namespace std;
# define INF 0x3f3f3f3f
// iPair ==> Integer Pair
typedef pair<int, int> iPair;
// This class represents a directed graph using
// adjacency list representation
class Graph
{
int V; // No. of vertices
// In a weighted graph, we need to store vertex
// and weight pair for every edge
list< pair<int, int> > *adj;
public:
Graph(int V); // Constructor
// function to add an edge to graph
void addEdge(int u, int v, int w);
// Print MST using Prim's algorithm
void primMST();
};
// Allocates memory for adjacency list
Graph::Graph(int V)
{
this->V = V;
adj = new list<iPair> [V];
}
void Graph::addEdge(int u, int v, int w)
{
adj[u].push_back(make_pair(v, w));
adj[v].push_back(make_pair(u, w));
}
// Prints shortest paths from src to all other vertices
void Graph::primMST()
{
// Create a priority queue to store vertices that
// are being preinMST. This is weird syntax in C++.
// Refer below link for details of this syntax
// http://geeksquiz.com/implement-min-heap-using-stl/
priority_queue< iPair, vector <iPair> , greater<iPair> > pq;
int src = 0; // Taking vertex 0 as source
// Create a vector for keys and initialize all
// keys as infinite (INF)
vector<int> key(V, INF);
// To store parent array which in turn store MST
vector<int> parent(V, -1);
// To keep track of vertices included in MST
vector<bool> inMST(V, false);
// Insert source itself in priority queue and initialize
// its key as 0.
pq.push(make_pair(0, src));
key[src] = 0;
/* Looping till priority queue becomes empty */
while (!pq.empty())
{
// The first vertex in pair is the minimum key
// vertex, extract it from priority queue.
// vertex label is stored in second of pair (it
// has to be done this way to keep the vertices
// sorted key (key must be first item
// in pair)
int u = pq.top().second;
pq.pop();
inMST[u] = true; // Include vertex in MST
// 'i' is used to get all adjacent vertices of a vertex
list< pair<int, int> >::iterator i;
for (i = adj[u].begin(); i != adj[u].end(); ++i)
{
// Get vertex label and weight of current adjacent
// of u.
int v = (*i).first;
int weight = (*i).second;
// If v is not in MST and weight of (u,v) is smaller
// than current key of v
if (inMST[v] == false && key[v] > weight)
{
// Updating key of v
key[v] = weight;
pq.push(make_pair(key[v], v));
parent[v] = u;
}
}
}
// Print edges of MST using parent array
for (int i = 1; i < V; ++i)
printf("%d - %d\n", parent[i], i);
}
I tried changing the typedef pair to <char, char>, and the *adj to <char, char>. The problem arrives in the function addEdge, using the list to create my graph.

Answer 1

Your code seems to be taken from here.
When you run the code online there everything works fine.
You can diff your version with the theirs see what went wrong.