DIY: Open Lock
Understand how to solve the open lock problem by calculating the minimum turns to reach a target combination while avoiding deadend codes. Learn to implement an efficient function in JavaScript that simulates wheel rotations and edge cases, enhancing problem-solving skills for coding interviews.
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Problem statement
You have an old lock in front of you with four circular wheels. Each wheel has ten slots: '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'. The wheels can rotate freely and wrap around. For example, we can turn '9' to be '0' or '0' to be '9'. Each move consists of ...