Quiz: Count the ways to find a word by walking on a grid (5)

/*
 * Author : David Tran
 * Date   : 2008-04-03
 * Quiz   : CountPaths
 */

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class Quiz4 {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        new Quiz4().solve();
    }

    public void solve() {
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        loadProblem();
        BigInteger solutions = BigInteger.ZERO;
        for (int index : starts) {
            solutions = solutions.add(findSolution(index / cols, index % cols, 0));
        }
        System.out.println("Total Solution = " + solutions);
        System.out.println("Total time (msec) to solve = " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
    }
    
    public Quiz4() throws Exception {
        rows = 50;
        cols = 50;
        cellLength = 1;
        goal = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"; // 50x"A"
        gridData = new String[rows][cols];  // 50×50x"A"
        for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++) {
                gridData[i][j] = "A";
            }
        }
    }
    
    private int rows;
    private int cols;
    private int lastNumber;
    private List<Integer> starts;
    private Map<Integer, BigInteger>[][] grid;

    private int cellLength;
    private String goal;
    private String[][] gridData;
    
    
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private void loadProblem() {
        // split goal string to build up dictionary
        Map<String, List<Integer>> dictionary = new HashMap<String, List<Integer>>();
        for (int nb = 0, position = 0, length = goal.length(); position < length; nb++, position += cellLength) {
            String substring = goal.substring(position, position + cellLength);
            if (dictionary.containsKey(substring)) {
                dictionary.get(substring).add(nb);
            } else {
                List<Integer> values = new ArrayList<Integer>();
                values.add(nb);
                dictionary.put(substring, values);
            }
        }
        if (dictionary.size() <= 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("No input data ?!");
        }
        
        lastNumber = (goal.length() / cellLength) - 1;
        starts = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        grid = (Map<Integer, BigInteger> [][]) new Map[rows][cols];
        
        for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++) {
                String key = gridData[i][j];
                if (dictionary.containsKey(key)) {
                    Map<Integer, BigInteger> map = new HashMap<Integer, BigInteger>();
                    for (int nb : dictionary.get(key)) {
                        map.put(nb, null);
                        if (nb == 0) {
                            starts.add(i * cols + j);
                        }
                    }
                    grid[i][j] = map;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    private BigInteger findSolution(int i, int j, int nb) {
        if (nb == lastNumber) {
            return BigInteger.ONE;
        } else {
            BigInteger solutions = grid[i][j].get(nb);
            if (solutions == null) {
                solutions = BigInteger.ZERO;
                for (int index : findNeighbors(i, j, nb)) {
                    solutions = solutions.add(findSolution(index / cols, index % cols, nb + 1));
                }
                grid[i][j].put(nb, solutions);
            }
            return solutions;
        }
    }
    
    private List<Integer> findNeighbors(int i, int j, int nb) {
        int nextNb = nb + 1;
        List<Integer> neighbors = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        addNeighbor(i - 1, j - 1, nextNb, neighbors);
        addNeighbor(i - 1, j    , nextNb, neighbors);
        addNeighbor(i - 1, j + 1, nextNb, neighbors);
        addNeighbor(i    , j - 1, nextNb, neighbors);
        addNeighbor(i    , j + 1, nextNb, neighbors);
        addNeighbor(i + 1, j - 1, nextNb, neighbors);
        addNeighbor(i + 1, j    , nextNb, neighbors);
        addNeighbor(i + 1, j + 1, nextNb, neighbors);
        return neighbors;
    }
    
    private void addNeighbor(int i, int j, int nb, List<Integer> list) {
        if (i >= 0 && i < rows && j >= 0 && j < cols && 
                grid[i][j] != null && grid[i][j].containsKey(nb)) {
            list.add(i * cols + j);
        }
    }
}

Result on my machine:


A:>java Quiz4
Total Solution = 303835410591851117616135618108340196903254429200
Total time (msec) to solve = 562

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