#1219
Path with Maximum Gold
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array · backtracking · matrix
Description
In a gold mine grid of size m x n, each cell in this mine has an integer representing the amount of gold in that cell, 0 if it is empty.
Return the maximum amount of gold you can collect under the conditions:
- Every time you are located in a cell you will collect all the gold in that cell.
- From your position, you can walk one step to the left, right, up, or down.
- You can't visit the same cell more than once.
- Never visit a cell with 0 gold.
- You can start and stop collecting gold from any position in the grid that has some gold.
Example 1:
Input: grid = [[0,6,0],[5,8,7],[0,9,0]]
Output: 24
Explanation:
[[0,6,0],
[5,8,7],
[0,9,0]]
Path to get the maximum gold, 9 -> 8 -> 7.
Example 2:
Input: grid = [[1,0,7],[2,0,6],[3,4,5],[0,3,0],[9,0,20]]
Output: 28
Explanation:
[[1,0,7],
[2,0,6],
[3,4,5],
[0,3,0],
[9,0,20]]
Path to get the maximum gold, 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7.
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