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?
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
描述:
给出一个n*m的棋盘,起点是左上角,终点是右下角,每一次只能向下或者向右走一格,问到达终点不同的解法有多少种
分析:
把问题模型化,那么必定要走的步数是 (m - 1)+ (n - 1),共 m + n - 2 次
因为只有两种移动形态,因此只要横着走的时刻确定下来,那么整个移动路径也确定了下来,
于是,求组合数C (m + n - 2, n - 1),即为结果
(求组合数的函数这里写的不够简练...,忘掉了...)
代码:(求组合数的复杂度是线性时间)
class Solution {
public:
int uniquePaths(int m, int n) {
if (!m || !n) {
return 0;
}
return combination(m + n - 2, m - 1);
}
int combination(int n, int x) {
if (x > n - x) {
x = n - x;
}
long long result = 1, factor = 1, temp = x;
while(factor <= x || temp) {
if (temp) {
result *= (n - temp + 1);
-- temp;
}
while (factor <= x && result % factor == 0) {
result /= factor;
++ factor;
}
}
return (int)result;
}
};