DIY: Open Lock
Explore how to solve the open lock problem using Scala by calculating the fewest turns required to reach the target combination while avoiding dead ends. This lesson helps you develop skills in algorithmic thinking and problem-solving that are essential for coding interviews involving state space search and optimization.
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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 ...