#K80717. Pathfinding in a Grid Maze
Pathfinding in a Grid Maze
Pathfinding in a Grid Maze
You are given a rectangular grid representing a maze. Each cell in the grid is represented by one of the following characters:
- S: the starting point
- E: the ending point
- B: an obstacle (blocked cell)
- .: an open cell
Your task is to determine whether there exists a path from the starting point S to the ending point E by moving only up, down, left, or right, and not passing through any obstacles. Use a breadth-first search (BFS) or any suitable algorithm to solve the problem.
If there is a valid path, output Yes
, otherwise output No
.
Note: The coordinates of the grid are 0-indexed.
You may assume that the grid contains exactly one starting point and one ending point.
inputFormat
The input is given via standard input (stdin) in the following format:
...
Here, n and m are integers representing the number of rows and columns in the grid respectively, and each of the following n lines is a string of length m representing a row of the grid.
outputFormat
Output a single line to standard output (stdout) containing either Yes
if there exists a path from S to E, or No
otherwise.
4 4
S..B
..B.
B...
...E
Yes