LeetCode-in-All

62. Unique Paths

Medium

A robot is located at the top-left corner of a m x n grid (marked ‘Start’ in the diagram below).

The robot can only move either down or right at any point in time. The robot is trying to reach the bottom-right corner of the grid (marked ‘Finish’ in the diagram below).

How many possible unique paths are there?

Example 1:

Input: m = 3, n = 7

Output: 28

Example 2:

Input: m = 3, n = 2

Output: 3

Explanation:

From the top-left corner, there are a total of 3 ways to reach the bottom-right corner:
1. Right -> Down -> Down
2. Down -> Down -> Right
3. Down -> Right -> Down 

Example 3:

Input: m = 7, n = 3

Output: 28

Example 4:

Input: m = 3, n = 3

Output: 6

Constraints:

Solution

function uniquePaths(m: number, n: number): number {
    const factorialize = (x: number) => {
        if (x <= 1) return 1
        let res = x
        while (x > 1) {
            x--
            res *= x
        }
        return res
    }
    return factorialize(m + n - 2) / factorialize(m - 1) / factorialize(n - 1)
}

export { uniquePaths }