public class Solution { public boolean hasPath(char[] matrix, int rows, int cols, char[] str) { boolean[] visited = new boolean[matrix.length]; if( matrix == null || matrix.length == 0 || rows<0 || cols<0 || str == null || str.length == 0 ){ return false; } for (int row = 0; row < rows; row++) { for(int col = 0; col < cols; col++){ if(DFS(matrix, rows, cols, row, col, visited, str, 0 )){ return true; } } } return false; } private boolean DFS(char[] matrix, int rows, int cols, int row, int col, boolean[] visited, char[] str, int index) { if (index == str.length) { return true; } boolean res = false; if (row >= 0 && row < rows && col >=0 && col < cols && visited[row * cols + col] == false && matrix[row * cols + col] == str[index]) { visited[row * cols + col] = true; res = DFS(matrix, rows, cols, row + 1, col, visited, str, index + 1) || DFS(matrix, rows, cols, row - 1, col, visited, str, index + 1) || DFS(matrix, rows, cols, row, col + 1, visited, str, index + 1) || DFS(matrix, rows, cols, row, col - 1, visited, str, index + 1); visited[row * cols + col] = false; } return res; } }