Unique Paths III
Explore how to use backtracking to solve the Unique Paths III challenge. Learn to count all unique four-directional paths from start to end while visiting every empty cell exactly once in a grid with obstacles. This lesson strengthens your ability to handle combinatorial problems using this essential coding interview pattern.
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Statement
You are given a grid, where each cell, grid[i][j], can have one of the following values:
1indicates the starting point. There is exactly one such square.2marks the ending point. There is exactly one such square.0represents empty squares that can be walked over.-1represents obstacles that cannot be crossed.
Your task is to return the total number of unique four-directional paths from the starting square (1) to the ending square (2), such that every empty square is visited exactly once during the walk.
Constraints:
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