Word Search
Given an m x n grid of characters board and a string word, return true if word exists in the grid.
The word can be constructed from letters of sequentially adjacent cells, where adjacent cells are horizontally or vertically neighboring. The same letter cell may not be used more than once.
def exist(self, board, word):
if not board:
return False
for i in xrange(len(board)):
for j in xrange(len(board[0])):
if self.dfs(board, i, j, word):
return True
return False
# check whether can find word, start at (i,j) position
def dfs(self, board, i, j, word):
if len(word) == 0: # all the characters are checked
return True
if i<0 or i>=len(board) or j<0 or j>=len(board[0]) or word[0]!=board[i][j]:
return False
tmp = board[i][j] # first character is found, check the remaining part
board[i][j] = "#" # avoid visit agian
# check whether can find "word" along one direction
res = self.dfs(board, i+1, j, word[1:]) or self.dfs(board, i-1, j, word[1:]) \
or self.dfs(board, i, j+1, word[1:]) or self.dfs(board, i, j-1, word[1:])
board[i][j] = tmp
return resRelated Problems
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