- Difficulty: Hard
- Tags: LeetCode, Hard, Breadth-First Search, Array, Matrix, leetcode-773, O((m * n) * (m * n)!), A* Search Algorithm
Problem
On an 2 x 3
board, there are five tiles labeled from 1
to 5
, and an empty square represented by 0
. A move consists of choosing 0
and a 4-directionally adjacent number and swapping it.
The state of the board is solved if and only if the board is [[1,2,3],[4,5,0]]
.
Given the puzzle board board
, return the least number of moves required so that the state of the board is solved. If it is impossible for the state of the board to be solved, return -1
.
Example 1:
Input: board = [[1,2,3],[4,0,5]] Output: 1 Explanation: Swap the 0 and the 5 in one move.
Example 2:
Input: board = [[1,2,3],[5,4,0]] Output: -1 Explanation: No number of moves will make the board solved.
Example 3:
Input: board = [[4,1,2],[5,0,3]] Output: 5 Explanation: 5 is the smallest number of moves that solves the board. An example path: After move 0: [[4,1,2],[5,0,3]] After move 1: [[4,1,2],[0,5,3]] After move 2: [[0,1,2],[4,5,3]] After move 3: [[1,0,2],[4,5,3]] After move 4: [[1,2,0],[4,5,3]] After move 5: [[1,2,3],[4,5,0]]
Constraints:
board.length == 2
board[i].length == 3
0 <= board[i][j] <= 5
- Each value
board[i][j]
is unique.