/* * Problem Statement: * - Given a NxN grid, find whether rat in cell (0,0) can reach target(N-1,N-1); * - In grid "0" represent blocked cell and "1" represent empty cell * * Reference for this problem: * - https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/rat-in-a-maze-backtracking-2/ * */ // Helper function to find if current cell is out of boundary const outOfBoundary = (grid, currentRow, currentColumn) => { if (currentRow < 0 || currentColumn < 0 || currentRow >= grid.length || currentColumn >= grid[0].length) { return true } else { return false } } const printPath = (grid, currentRow, currentColumn, path) => { // If cell is out of boundary, we can't proceed if (outOfBoundary(grid, currentRow, currentColumn)) return false // If cell is blocked then you can't go ahead if (grid[currentRow][currentColumn] === 0) return false // If we reached target cell, then print path if (currentRow === targetRow && currentColumn === targetColumn) { console.log(path) return true } // R,L,D,U are directions `Right, Left, Down, Up` const directions = [ [1, 0, 'D'], [-1, 0, 'U'], [0, 1, 'R'], [0, -1, 'L'] ] for (let i = 0; i < directions.length; i++) { const nextRow = currentRow + directions[i][0] const nextColumn = currentColumn + directions[i][1] const updatedPath = path + directions[i][2] grid[currentRow][currentColumn] = 0 if (printPath(grid, nextRow, nextColumn, updatedPath)) return true grid[currentRow][currentColumn] = 1 } return false } // Driver Code const grid = [ [1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 1] ] const targetRow = grid.length - 1 const targetColumn = grid[0].length - 1 // Variation 2 : print a possible path to reach from (0, 0) to (N-1, N-1) // If there is no path possible then it will print "Not Possible" !printPath(grid, 0, 0, '') && console.log('Not Possible')