79. Word Search

class Solution(object):
    def exist(self, board, word):
        """
        :type board: List[List[str]]
        :type word: str
        :rtype: bool
        """
    
        for i in range(len(board)):
            for j in range(len(board[0])):
                if self.search(board,word,i,j,0):
                        return True
        return False
        
    
    def search(self,board,word,i,j,idx):
        
        if idx==len(word): return True
        
        if 0<=i<len(board) and 0<=j<len(board[0]) and board[i][j]==word[idx]: 
            temp, board[i][j] = board[i][j], '0'
            direction = ((1,0),(-1,0),(0,1),(0,-1))
            for x, y in direction:
                if self.search(board,word,i+x,j+y,idx+1): return True
            board[i][j]=temp
            
        return False