A robot is located at the top-left corner of a m x n grid (marked 'Start' in the diagram below).
The robot can only move either down or right at any point in time. The robot is trying to reach the bottom-right corner of the grid (marked 'Finish' in the diagram below).
How many possible unique paths are there?
Above is a 7 x 3 grid. How many possible unique paths are there?
Note: m and n will be at most 100.
Example 1:
Input: m = 3, n = 2 Output: 3 Explanation: From the top-left corner, there are a total of 3 ways to reach the bottom-right corner: 1. Right -> Right -> Down 2. Right -> Down -> Right 3. Down -> Right -> Right
Example 2:
Input: m = 7, n = 3 Output: 28
这道题让求所有不同的路径的个数,一开始还真把博主难住了,因为之前好像没有遇到过这类的问题,所以感觉好像有种无从下手的感觉。在网上找攻略之后才恍然大悟,原来这跟之前那道 Climbing Stairs 很类似,那道题是说可以每次能爬一格或两格,问到达顶部的所有不同爬法的个数。而这道题是每次可以向下走或者向右走,求到达最右下角的所有不同走法的个数。那么跟爬梯子问题一样,需要用动态规划 Dynamic Programming 来解,可以维护一个二维数组 dp,其中 dp[i][j] 表示到当前位置不同的走法的个数,然后可以得到状态转移方程为: dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j] + dp[i][j - 1],这里为了节省空间,使用一维数组 dp,一行一行的刷新也可以,代码如下:
解法一:
class Solution { public: int uniquePaths(int m, int n) { vector<int> dp(n, 1); for (int i = 1; i < m; ++i) { for (int j = 1; j < n; ++j) { dp[j] += dp[j - 1]; } } return dp[n - 1]; } };
这道题其实还有另一种很数学的解法,参见网友 Code Ganker 的博客,实际相当于机器人总共走了 m + n - 2步,其中 m - 1 步向右走,n - 1 步向下走,那么总共不同的方法个数就相当于在步数里面 m - 1 和 n - 1 中较小的那个数的取法,实际上是一道组合数的问题,写出代码如下:
解法二:
class Solution { public: int uniquePaths(int m, int n) { double num = 1, denom = 1; int small = m > n ? n : m; for (int i = 1; i <= small - 1; ++i) { num *= m + n - 1 - i; denom *= i; } return (int)(num / denom); } };
Github 同步地址:
https://github.com/grandyang/leetcode/issues/62
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参考资料:
https://leetcode.com/problems/unique-paths/
https://leetcode.com/problems/unique-paths/discuss/22981/My-AC-solution-using-formula