Check if There is a Valid Path in a Grid
Given a m x n grid
. Each cell of the grid
represents a street. The street of grid[i][j]
can be:
1 which means a street connecting the left cell and the right cell.
2 which means a street connecting the upper cell and the lower cell.
3 which means a street connecting the left cell and the lower cell.
4 which means a street connecting the right cell and the lower cell.
5 which means a street connecting the left cell and the upper cell.
6 which means a street connecting the right cell and the upper cell.

You will initially start at the street of the upper-left cell (0,0)
. A valid path in the grid is a path which starts from the upper left cell (0,0)
and ends at the bottom-right cell (m - 1, n - 1)
. The path should only follow the streets.
Notice that you are not allowed to change any street.
Return true if there is a valid path in the grid or false otherwise.
Example 1:
Input: grid = [[2,4,3],[6,5,2]]
Output: true
Explanation: As shown you can start at cell (0, 0) and visit all the cells of the grid to reach (m - 1, n - 1).
Example 2:
Input: grid = [[1,2,1],[1,2,1]]
Output: false
Explanation: As shown you the street at cell (0, 0) is not connected with any street of any other cell and you will get stuck at cell (0, 0)
Example 3:
Input: grid = [[1,1,2]]
Output: false
Explanation: You will get stuck at cell (0, 1) and you cannot reach cell (0, 2).
Example 4:
Input: grid = [[1,1,1,1,1,1,3]]
Output: true
Example 5:
Input: grid = [[2],[2],[2],[2],[2],[2],[6]]
Output: true
Constraints:
m == grid.length
n == grid[i].length
1 <= m, n <= 300
1 <= grid[i][j] <= 6
public class Solution {
public boolean hasValidPath(int[][] grid) {
int m = grid.length, n = grid[0].length;
return dfs(grid, m, n, 0, 0);
}
int[][][] DIR = new int[][][]{
{{0, -1}, {0, 1}},
{{-1, 0}, {1, 0}},
{{0, -1}, {1, 0}},
{{0, 1}, {1, 0}},
{{0, -1}, {-1, 0}},
{{-1, 0}, {0, 1}}
};
boolean dfs(int[][] grid, int m, int n, int r, int c) {
if (r == m - 1 && c == n - 1)
return true; // Reach bottom-right cell -> Valid path
int value = grid[r][c];
grid[r][c] = 0;
for (int[] nextDir : DIR[value - 1]) {
int nr = r + nextDir[0], nc = c + nextDir[1];
if (nr < 0 || nr >= m || nc < 0 || nc >= n || grid[nr][nc] == 0)
continue;
for (int[] backDir : DIR[grid[nr][nc] - 1]) {
// Check if next cell has a connected road
if (nr + backDir[0] == r && nc + backDir[1] == c) {
if (dfs(grid, m, n, nr, nc))
return true;
}
}
}
grid[r][c] = value;
return false;
}
}
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