#C6344. Minimum Cost Path in a Grid
Minimum Cost Path in a Grid
Minimum Cost Path in a Grid
You are given a grid of positive integers with dimensions \(N \times M\). Your task is to find the minimum cost path from the top-left corner (cell \((1,1)\)) to the bottom-right corner (cell \((N,M)\)). You are only allowed to move either right or down at any point in time.
The cost of a path is the sum of the values of the cells visited along the path, including the start and end cells.
Input constraints:
- The first line contains two integers, \(N\) and \(M\), representing the number of rows and columns of the grid.
- The following \(N\) lines each contain \(M\) integers separated by spaces representing the grid.
Output: Output a single integer representing the minimum cost to traverse from the top-left cell to the bottom-right cell.
Note: All input values are positive integers.
inputFormat
The input is read from stdin and has the following format:
N M row1_element1 row1_element2 ... row1_elementM row2_element1 row2_element2 ... row2_elementM ... rowN_element1 rowN_element2 ... rowN_elementM
For example:
3 3 1 3 1 1 5 1 4 2 1
outputFormat
The output is written to stdout and should be a single integer representing the minimum cost to get from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner.
7## sample
3 3
1 3 1
1 5 1
4 2 1
7