diff --git a/dijkstra b/dijkstra
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+#include<iostream>
+#include<queue>
+using namespace std;
+//taking graph
+int arr[5][5]={{0,10,0,5,0},{0,0,1,2,0},{0,0,0,0,4},{0,3,9,0,2},{7,0,6,0,0}};
+priority_queue< <int>,vector<int>,greater<int> > q;
+int main()
+{
+    int v;
+    cout<<"enter njumber of vertices\n";
+    cin>>v;
+    // taking two array for key and visited 
+    int key[v],i,j;
+    bool visited[v];
+    // initializing the two arrays
+    for(i=0;i<v;i++)
+    {
+        key[i]=INT_MAX;
+        visited[i]=false;
+    }
+    key[0]=0;
+    int p=1;
+    int min=key[0];
+    // looping until min heap becomes empty
+    while(p)
+    {
+        int l=0;
+        for(i=0;i<v;i++)
+        {
+            cout<<key[i]<<" ";
+            if(visited[i]==false)
+            {
+                l=1;
+            }
+        }
+        cout<<"\n";
+        if(l==0)
+        {
+            p=0;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        for(i=0;i<v;i++)
+        {
+            if(key[i]<min && visited[i]==false)
+            {
+                min=i;
+            }
+        }
+        cout<<min<<" L "<<endl;
+        visited[min]=true;
+        for(j=0;j<v;j++)
+        {
+            if(arr[min][j]!=0)
+            {
+                if(key[j]>key[min]+arr[min][j])
+                {
+                    key[j]=key[min]+arr[min][j];
+                }
+                if(key[j]<min)
+                {
+                    min=key[j];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // printing shortest distance from starting vertex
+    for(i=1;i<v;i++)
+    {
+        cout<<key[i]<<endl;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/prims algorithm b/prims algorithm
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+#include<iostream>
+using namespace std;
+int main()
+{
+    int v;
+    cout<<"enter number of vertices\n";
+    cin>>v;
+    cout<<"enter adjacency matrix\n";
+    int arr[v][v],i,j;
+    for(i=0;i<v;i++)
+    {
+        for(j=0;j<v;j++)
+        {
+            cin>>arr[i][j];
+        }
+    }
+    int parent[v],key[v];
+    bool visited[v];
+    for(i=0;i<v;i++)
+    {
+       parent[i]=-1;
+       visited[i]=false;
+       key[i]=INT_MAX;
+    }
+    key[0]=0;
+    int p=1,l;
+    while(p)
+    {
+        l=0;
+        for(i=0;i<v;i++)
+        {
+            if(visited[i]==false)
+            {
+                l=1;
+            }
+        }
+        if(l==0)
+        {
+            p=0;
+            break;
+        }
+        int min=-1;
+        for(i=0;i<v;i++)
+        {
+            if(visited[i]==false && (key[i]<min || min==-1))
+            {
+                min=i;
+            }
+        }
+        for(j=0;j<v;j++)
+        {
+            if(visited[j]==false && arr[min][j]!=0)
+            {
+               if(arr[min][j]<key[i])
+               {
+                   key[j]=arr[min][j];
+                   parent[j]=min;
+               }
+
+            }
+        }
+        visited[min]=true;
+    }
+    for(i=1;i<v;i++)
+    {
+        cout<<parent[i]<<" "<<i<<" "<<key[i]<<endl;
+    }
+}