Shortest Path in Binary Matrix

In an N by N square grid, each cell is either empty (0) or blocked (1).

A clear path from top-left to bottom-right has length k if and only if it is composed of cells C_1, C_2, ..., C_k such that:

Return the length of the shortest such clear path from top-left to bottom-right.  If such a path does not exist, return -1.

 

Example 1:

Input: [[0,1],[1,0]]
Output: 2

Example 2:

Input: [[0,0,0],[1,1,0],[1,1,0]]
Output: 4

 

Note:

  1. 1 <= grid.length == grid[0].length <= 100
  2. grid[r][c] is 0 or 1

Solution:

class Solution {
    int[] dx = new int[]{-1,-1,0,1,1,1,0,-1};
    int[] dy = new int[]{0,1,1,1,0,-1,-1,-1};
    
    public int shortestPathBinaryMatrix(int[][] grid) {
        if (grid[0][0] != 0) return -1;
        int m = grid.length, n = grid[0].length;
        if (grid[m - 1][n - 1] != 0) return -1;
        Set<Integer> visited = new HashSet();
        Deque<Integer> queue = new ArrayDeque();
        visited.add(0);
        queue.offer(0);
        int path = 1;
        while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
            int size = queue.size();
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i ++) {
                int curr = queue.poll();
                int x = curr / n;
                int y = curr % n;
                if (x == m - 1 && y == n - 1) {
                    return path;
                }
                for (int k = 0; k < 8; k ++) {
                    int nx = x + dx[k];
                    int ny = y + dy[k];
                    int nv = nx * n + ny;
                    if (nx >= 0 && nx < m && ny >= 0 && ny < n && grid[nx][ny] == 0 && visited.add(nv)) {
                        queue.offer(nv);
                    }
                }
            }
            path ++;
        }
        return -1;
    }
}