Find cells in Matrix that are not visited by Robot for given movements

Last Updated : 27 Oct, 2020

Given an integer N, which denotes the size of the matrix that is N*N. There is a robot placed over the top-left corner (0, 0) of the matrix, the direction of movement of the robot are given as (N, S, W, E, NE, NW, SE, SW which denotes North, South, West, East, North-East, North-west, South-east, South-west respectively) and the duration of the movement in a particular direction is also given. The task is to find the unvisited cells of the matrix after the movement of the robot is completed at the end of all winds.

Note: Robot can visit a cell only once. If at any point robot cannot move then it will stay at its current position. Also, robot can make one move per second.

Examples:

Input: N = 3, move[] = {(0, SE), (2, N)}
Output: 4
Explanation:

Input:
N = 5, move[] =
{(0, SE),
(1, NE),
(2, E),
(6, SW),
(15, N),
(20, W)}
Output:
13
Explanation:
After the movements of the robot, there are 13 Cells unvisited.

Approach: The idea is to use recursion to solve this problem. Initially, set the current position of the robot as the (0, 0). Start the movement of the robot as per the given direction and mark the cells as visited of the matrix. Finally, After the complete movement of the robot mark count the cells of the matrix which are not marked as visited

Below code implements the approach discussed above:

C++

// C++ implementation to find the
// unvisited cells of the matrix
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
 
using namespace std;
 
// Dimension
// of the board
int n;
 
// Current location
// of the robot
int curr_i = 0, curr_j = 0;
 
// Function to move the robot
void moveRobot(
    int n, int i,
    int j, int dx,
    int dy, int& duration,
    vector<vector<bool> >& visited)
{
 
    // if the robot tends to move
    // out of the board
    // or tends to visit an
    // already visited position
    // or the wind direction is changed
    if (i < 0 || i >= n || j < 0 || j >= n
        || visited[i][j] == true
        || duration == 0) {
 
        // the robot can't move further
        // under the influence of
        // current wind direction
        return;
    }
 
    // Change the current location
    // and mark the current
    // position as visited
    curr_i = i;
    curr_j = j;
    visited[i][j] = true;
 
    // One second passed
    // visiting this position
    duration--;
 
    moveRobot(n, i + dx, j + dy, dx,
              dy, duration, visited);
}
 
// Function to find the unvisited
// cells of the matrix after movement
void findUnvisited(
    int p,
    vector<pair<int, string> > periods)
{
    // nXn matrix to store the
    // visited state of positions
    vector<vector<bool> > visited;
 
    // map to store the wind directions
    unordered_map<string, vector<int> > mp
        = { { "N", { -1, 0 } },
            { "S", { 1, 0 } },
            { "E", { 0, 1 } },
            { "W", { 0, -1 } },
            { "NE", { -1, 1 } },
            { "NW", { -1, -1 } },
            { "SE", { 1, 1 } },
            { "SW", { 1, -1 } } };
 
    // Initially all of the
    // positions are unvisited
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        visited.push_back(vector<bool>{});
        for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
            visited[i].push_back(false);
        }
    }
 
    for (int i = 0; i < p; i++) {
        string dir = periods[i].second;
        int dx = mp[dir][0];
        int dy = mp[dir][1];
 
        // duration for the which the
        // current direction of wind exists
        int duration;
 
        if (i < p - 1) {
            // difference of the start time
            // of current wind direction
            // and start time of the
            // upcoming wind direction
            duration
                = periods[i + 1].first
                  - periods[i].first;
        }
        else {
            // the maximum time for which
            // a robot can move is
            // equal to the diagonal
            // length of the square board
            duration = sqrt(2) * n;
        }
 
        // If its possible to move
        // the robot once in the
        // direction of wind, then
        // move it once and call the
        // recursive function for
        // further movements
        int next_i = curr_i + dx;
        int next_j = curr_j + dy;
 
        if (next_i >= 0
            && next_i < n
            && next_j >= 0
            && next_j < n
            && visited[next_i][next_j] == false
            && duration > 0) {
            moveRobot(n, next_i,
                      next_j, dx, dy,
                      duration, visited);
        }
    }
 
    // Variable to store the
    // number of unvisited positions
    int not_visited = 0;
 
    // traverse over the matrix and
    // keep counting the unvisited positions
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
            if (visited[i][j] == false) {
                not_visited++;
            }
        }
    }
 
    cout << not_visited << "\n";
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
 
    // Dimension of the board
    n = 5;
 
    // number of periods
    int p = 6;
 
    // vector of pairs
    vector<pair<int, string> > periods(p);
    periods[0] = { 0, "SE" };
    periods[1] = { 1, "NE" };
    periods[2] = { 2, "E" };
    periods[3] = { 6, "SW" };
    periods[4] = { 15, "N" };
    periods[5] = { 20, "W" };
 
    // Function Call
    findUnvisited(p, periods);
    return 0;
}

Output:

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