You have a 2-D grid
of size m x n
representing a box, and
you have n
balls. The box is open on the top and bottom sides.
Each cell in the box has a diagonal board spanning two corners of the cell that can redirect a ball to the right or to the left.
1
.
-1
.
We drop one ball at the top of each column of the box. Each ball can get stuck in the box or fall out of the bottom. A ball gets stuck if it hits a "V" shaped pattern between two boards or if a board redirects the ball into either wall of the box.
Return an array answer
of size n
where answer[i]
is the column that the ball falls out of at
the bottom after dropping the ball from the ith
column at the top, or -1
if the ball gets stuck in the
box.
Example 1:
Input: grid = [[1,1,1,-1,-1],[1,1,1,-1,-1],[-1,-1,-1,1,1],[1,1,1,1,-1],[-1,-1,-1,-1,-1]] Output: [1,-1,-1,-1,-1] Explanation: This example is shown in the photo. Ball b0 is dropped at column 0 and falls out of the box at column 1. Ball b1 is dropped at column 1 and will get stuck in the box between column 2 and 3 and row 1. Ball b2 is dropped at column 2 and will get stuck on the box between column 2 and 3 and row 0. Ball b3 is dropped at column 3 and will get stuck on the box between column 2 and 3 and row 0. Ball b4 is dropped at column 4 and will get stuck on the box between column 2 and 3 and row 1.
Example 2:
Input: grid = [[-1]] Output: [-1] Explanation: The ball gets stuck against the left wall.
Constraints:
m == grid.length
n == grid[i].length
1 <= m, n <= 100
grid[i][j]
is 1
or -1
.