LeetCode 0212. Word Search II Solution in Java, C++, Python & More | Explanation + Code

Description

Given an m x n board of characters and a list of strings words, return all words on the board.

Each word must be constructed from letters of sequentially adjacent cells, where adjacent cells are horizontally or vertically neighboring. The same letter cell may not be used more than once in a word.

 

Example 1:

Input: board = [["o","a","a","n"],["e","t","a","e"],["i","h","k","r"],["i","f","l","v"]], words = ["oath","pea","eat","rain"]
Output: ["eat","oath"]

Example 2:

Input: board = [["a","b"],["c","d"]], words = ["abcb"]
Output: []

 

Constraints:

• m == board.length
• n == board[i].length
• 1 <= m, n <= 12
• board[i][j] is a lowercase English letter.
• 1 <= words.length <= 3 * 104
• 1 <= words[i].length <= 10
• words[i] consists of lowercase English letters.
• All the strings of words are unique.

Solutions

Solution 1

PythonJavaC++GoTypeScript

class Trie: def __init__(self): self.children: List[Trie | None] = [None] * 26 self.ref: int = -1 def insert(self, w: str, ref: int): node = self for c in w: idx = ord(c) - ord('a') if node.children[idx] is None: node.children[idx] = Trie() node = node.children[idx] node.ref = ref class Solution: def findWords(self, board: List[List[str]], words: List[str]) -> List[str]: def dfs(node: Trie, i: int, j: int): idx = ord(board[i][j]) - ord('a') if node.children[idx] is None: return node = node.children[idx] if node.ref >= 0: ans.append(words[node.ref]) node.ref = -1 c = board[i][j] board[i][j] = '#' for a, b in pairwise((-1, 0, 1, 0, -1)): x, y = i + a, j + b if 0 <= x < m and 0 <= y < n and board[x][y] != '#': dfs(node, x, y) board[i][j] = c tree = Trie() for i, w in enumerate(words): tree.insert(w, i) m, n = len(board), len(board[0]) ans = [] for i in range(m): for j in range(n): dfs(tree, i, j) return ans(code-box)

class Trie { Trie[] children = new Trie[26]; int ref = -1; public void insert(String w, int ref) { Trie node = this; for (int i = 0; i < w.length(); ++i) { int j = w.charAt(i) - 'a'; if (node.children[j] == null) { node.children[j] = new Trie(); } node = node.children[j]; } node.ref = ref; } } class Solution { private char[][] board; private String[] words; private List<String> ans = new ArrayList<>(); public List<String> findWords(char[][] board, String[] words) { this.board = board; this.words = words; Trie tree = new Trie(); for (int i = 0; i < words.length; ++i) { tree.insert(words[i], i); } int m = board.length, n = board[0].length; for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i) { for (int j = 0; j < n; ++j) { dfs(tree, i, j); } } return ans; } private void dfs(Trie node, int i, int j) { int idx = board[i][j] - 'a'; if (node.children[idx] == null) { return; } node = node.children[idx]; if (node.ref != -1) { ans.add(words[node.ref]); node.ref = -1; } char c = board[i][j]; board[i][j] = '#'; int[] dirs = {-1, 0, 1, 0, -1}; for (int k = 0; k < 4; ++k) { int x = i + dirs[k], y = j + dirs[k + 1]; if (x >= 0 && x < board.length && y >= 0 && y < board[0].length && board[x][y] != '#') { dfs(node, x, y); } } board[i][j] = c; } }(code-box)

class Trie { public: vector<Trie*> children; int ref; Trie() : children(26, nullptr) , ref(-1) {} void insert(const string& w, int ref) { Trie* node = this; for (char c : w) { c -= 'a'; if (!node->children[c]) { node->children[c] = new Trie(); } node = node->children[c]; } node->ref = ref; } }; class Solution { public: vector<string> findWords(vector<vector<char>>& board, vector<string>& words) { Trie* tree = new Trie(); for (int i = 0; i < words.size(); ++i) { tree->insert(words[i], i); } vector<string> ans; int m = board.size(), n = board[0].size(); function<void(Trie*, int, int)> dfs = [&](Trie* node, int i, int j) { int idx = board[i][j] - 'a'; if (!node->children[idx]) { return; } node = node->children[idx]; if (node->ref != -1) { ans.emplace_back(words[node->ref]); node->ref = -1; } int dirs[5] = {-1, 0, 1, 0, -1}; char c = board[i][j]; board[i][j] = '#'; for (int k = 0; k < 4; ++k) { int x = i + dirs[k], y = j + dirs[k + 1]; if (x >= 0 && x < m && y >= 0 && y < n && board[x][y] != '#') { dfs(node, x, y); } } board[i][j] = c; }; for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i) { for (int j = 0; j < n; ++j) { dfs(tree, i, j); } } return ans; } };(code-box)

type Trie struct { children [26]*Trie ref int } func newTrie() *Trie { return &Trie{ref: -1} } func (this *Trie) insert(w string, ref int) { node := this for _, c := range w { c -= 'a' if node.children[c] == nil { node.children[c] = newTrie() } node = node.children[c] } node.ref = ref } func findWords(board [][]byte, words []string) (ans []string) { trie := newTrie() for i, w := range words { trie.insert(w, i) } m, n := len(board), len(board[0]) var dfs func(*Trie, int, int) dfs = func(node *Trie, i, j int) { idx := board[i][j] - 'a' if node.children[idx] == nil { return } node = node.children[idx] if node.ref != -1 { ans = append(ans, words[node.ref]) node.ref = -1 } c := board[i][j] board[i][j] = '#' dirs := [5]int{-1, 0, 1, 0, -1} for k := 0; k < 4; k++ { x, y := i+dirs[k], j+dirs[k+1] if x >= 0 && x < m && y >= 0 && y < n && board[x][y] != '#' { dfs(node, x, y) } } board[i][j] = c } for i := 0; i < m; i++ { for j := 0; j < n; j++ { dfs(trie, i, j) } } return }(code-box)

class Trie { children: Trie[]; ref: number; constructor() { this.children = new Array(26); this.ref = -1; } insert(w: string, ref: number): void { let node: Trie = this; for (let i = 0; i < w.length; i++) { const c = w.charCodeAt(i) - 97; if (node.children[c] == null) { node.children[c] = new Trie(); } node = node.children[c]; } node.ref = ref; } } function findWords(board: string[][], words: string[]): string[] { const tree = new Trie(); for (let i = 0; i < words.length; ++i) { tree.insert(words[i], i); } const m = board.length; const n = board[0].length; const ans: string[] = []; const dirs: number[] = [-1, 0, 1, 0, -1]; const dfs = (node: Trie, i: number, j: number) => { const idx = board[i][j].charCodeAt(0) - 97; if (node.children[idx] == null) { return; } node = node.children[idx]; if (node.ref != -1) { ans.push(words[node.ref]); node.ref = -1; } const c = board[i][j]; board[i][j] = '#'; for (let k = 0; k < 4; ++k) { const x = i + dirs[k]; const y = j + dirs[k + 1]; if (x >= 0 && x < m && y >= 0 && y < n && board[x][y] != '#') { dfs(node, x, y); } } board[i][j] = c; }; for (let i = 0; i < m; ++i) { for (let j = 0; j < n; ++j) { dfs(tree, i, j); } } return ans; }(code-box)