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Check if There is a Valid Path in a Grid

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You receive an m x n grid. Each cell of grid represents a street. The street of grid[i][j] can be:

  • 1 which means a street connecting the left cell and the right cell.

  • 2 which means a street connecting the upper cell and the lower cell.

  • 3 which means a street connecting the left cell and the lower cell.

  • 4 which means a street connecting the right cell and the lower cell.

  • 5 which means a street connecting the left cell and the upper cell.

  • 6 which means a street connecting the right cell and the upper cell.

You will initially start at the street of the upper-left cell (0, 0). A valid path in the grid is a path that starts from the upper left cell (0, 0) and ends at the bottom-right cell (m - 1, n - 1). The path should only follow the streets.

Notice that you are not allowed to change any street.

Produce true if there is a valid path in the grid or false otherwise.

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Example 1

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Input: grid = [[2,4,3],[6,5,2]]

Output: true

Explanation: As shown you can start at cell (0, 0) and visit all the cells of the grid to reach (m - 1, n - 1).

Example 2

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Input: grid = [[1,2,1],[1,2,1]]

Output: false

Explanation: As shown you the street at cell (0, 0) is not connected with any street of any other cell and you will get stuck at cell (0, 0)

Example 3

Input: grid = [[1,1,2]]

Output: false

Explanation: You will get stuck at cell (0, 1) and you cannot reach cell (0, 2).

Constraints

  • m == grid.length
  • n == grid[i].length
  • 1 <= m, n <= 300
  • 1 <= grid[i][j] <= 6

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