How does the A* choose the next point of a path?

Beginner Questions
#1

Hey everyone,

Just something theoretical. I am a student who recently started learning Unity, and I was wondering how exactly does the algorithm choose the next point on a path step by step?

Thanks in advance!

#2

Hi

Maybe you want to have a look at this wikipedia page which describes the A* algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*_search_algorithm. There are also other more beginner friendly tutorials on A* if you google for it.