#include <stdio.h> #define INF 0x7ffffff #define MAX 50 //最小生成树,prim算法 int map[MAX][MAX]; int visit[MAX],dist[MAX]; int prim(int n) { int i,j,min,u,sum=0; for(i=1;i<=n;i++) { dist[i]=map[1][i]; visit[i]=0; } visit[1]=1; dist[1]=0; for (i=2;i<=n;i++) { min=INF; u=i; for(j=1;j<=n;j++) if(!visit[j]&&dist[j]<min) { min=dist[j]; u=j; } visit[u]=1; sum+=min; for(j=1;j<=n;j++) if(!visit[j]&&dist[j]>map[u][j]) dist[j]=map[u][j]; } return sum; } int main() { int n,i,j,x,y,val,num; char ch1,ch2; while(scanf("%d",&n)&&n) { for (i=1;i<=n;i++) { for(j=1;j<=n;j++) map[i][j]=map[j][i]=INF; } for(i=1;i<n;i++) { getchar(); scanf("%c %d",&ch1,&num); for(j=1;j<=num;j++) { getchar(); scanf("%c %d",&ch2,&val); x=ch1-'A'+1;//村子序号1--26 y=ch2-'A'+1; map[x][y]=map[y][x]=val; } } printf("%d\n",prim(n)); } return 0; }