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Unique Paths III

Explore the Unique Paths III problem where you'll apply backtracking to find all unique paths from start to end in a grid visiting every empty square exactly once. Understand the constraints and systematically solve complex grid traversal challenges aimed at coding interviews.

Statement

You are given a  m×nm \times n  integer array, grid, where each cell, grid[i][j], can have one of the following values:

  • 1 indicates the starting point. There is exactly one such square.

  • 2 marks the ending point. There is exactly one such square.

  • 0 represents empty squares that can be walked over.

  • -1 represents 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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