I was doing this problem:
A move consists of taking a point (x, y) and transforming it to either (x, x+y) or (x+y, y).
Given a starting point (sx, sy) and a target point (tx, ty), return True if and only if a sequence of moves exists to transform the point (sx, sy) to (tx, ty). Otherwise, return False.
Examples:
Input: sx = 1, sy = 1, tx = 3, ty = 5
Output: True
Explanation:
One series of moves that transforms the starting point to the target is:
(1, 1) -> (1, 2)
(1, 2) -> (3, 2)
(3, 2) -> (3, 5)
Input: sx = 1, sy = 1, tx = 2, ty = 2
Output: False
Input: sx = 1, sy = 1, tx = 1, ty = 1
Output: True
Note:
sx, sy, tx, ty will all be integers in the range [1, 10^9].
I know the solution where you split it up into the ty-tx case, or tx-ty case, and solve it recursively, but I was wondering if there is a DP solution to this. Here is my recursive solution:
public boolean reachingPoints(int sx, int sy, int tx, int ty) {
return help(sx,sy,tx,ty);
}
public boolean help(int sx, int sy, int tx, int ty){
if(sx==tx && sy == ty){
return true;
}
if(sx>tx || sy>ty){
return false;
}
if(sx==tx){
if(ty-sy%sx==0){
return true;
}
}
if(ty==sy){
if(tx-sx%sy==0){
return true;
}
}
return(help(sx, sy, tx%ty, ty) || help(sx, sy+sx, tx, ty));
}
How would I put this into an array? I have trouble in the memoization part of DP, and I cannot figure this one out.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thank you!