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The second (r) and third (c) input indicates the row and column size of the grid.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExample:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cpre class=\"language-matlab\"\u003eM =\r\n\u003c/pre\u003e\u003cpre class=\"language-matlab\"\u003e[2 3\r\n 3 6\r\n 7 10\r\n 10 11]\r\nr = 3\r\nc = 4\r\n\u003c/pre\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrid points 2-3, 3-6, 7-10 and 10-11 are connected by lines. Thus the only path though which you can navigate is that formed by grid points 1,4,5,8,9 and 12. 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You can assume that N will always be a positive integer.\u003c/w:t\u003e\u003c/w:r\u003e\u003c/w:p\u003e\u003c/w:body\u003e\u003c/w:document\u003e\"},{\"partUri\":\"/matlab/output.xml\",\"contentType\":\"text/xml\",\"content\":\"\u003c?xml version=\\\"1.0\\\" encoding=\\\"UTF-8\\\" standalone=\\\"no\\\" ?\u003e\u003cembeddedOutputs\u003e\u003cmetaData\u003e\u003cevaluationState\u003emanual\u003c/evaluationState\u003e\u003clayoutState\u003ecode\u003c/layoutState\u003e\u003coutputStatus\u003eready\u003c/outputStatus\u003e\u003c/metaData\u003e\u003coutputArray type=\\\"array\\\"/\u003e\u003cregionArray type=\\\"array\\\"/\u003e\u003c/embeddedOutputs\u003e\"}]}"},{"id":2534,"title":"Path of least resistance - Move all direction","description":"Extension of the wonderful Problem 1049 (Path of Least Resistance).\r\nA matrix is given as input. You have to take a tour starting from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the matrix. You can move to any one of the adjacent 8 elements. Return only the sum of the elements in your path.\r\nExample :\r\nInput = [1 9 1 1\r\n         9 1 9 1\r\n         1 3 9 1\r\n         9 9 8 1];\r\n\r\nOutput = 7;\r\nHere, the least-sum path though the matrix is shown below with asterisk(*):\r\n          [1* 9  1* 1*\r\n           9  1* 9  1*\r\n           1  3  9  1*\r\n           9  9  8  1*];\r\nReturn only the sum of the elements along the path. 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You have to take a tour starting from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the matrix. You can move to any one of the adjacent 8 elements. Return only the sum of the elements in your path.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 30.5px 8px; transform-origin: 30.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eExample :\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); 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\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; \"\u003e         9 9 8 1];\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; \"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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