题目:
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?
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:
- Right -> Right -> Down
- Right -> Down -> Right
- Down -> Right -> Right
Example 2:
Input: m = 7, n = 3
Output: 28
解法一:
这道题让求所有不同的路径的个数,一开始还真把我难住了,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,我们需要用动态规划Dynamic Programming来解,我们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,然后可以得到递推式为: dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j] + dp[i][j - 1],这里为了节省空间,我们使用一维数组dp,一行一行的刷新也可以。
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];
}
};
解法二:
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。
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);
}
};