Find the minimum number of moves needed to move from one cell of matrix to another

Given a N X N matrix (M) filled with 1 , 0 , 2 , 3 . Find the minimum numbers of moves needed to move from source to destination (sink) . while traversing through blank cells only. You can traverse up, down, right and left. 
A value of cell 1 means Source. 
A value of cell 2 means Destination. 
A value of cell 3 means Blank cell. 
A value of cell 0 means Blank Wall. 

Note : there is only single source and single destination.they may be more than one path from source to destination(sink).each move in matrix we consider as ‘1’ 

Examples:

Input : M[3][3] = {{ 0 , 3 , 2 },
                   { 3 , 3 , 0 },
                   { 1 , 3 , 0 }};
Output : 4 

Input : M[4][4] = {{ 3 , 3 , 1 , 0 },
                   { 3 , 0 , 3 , 3 },
                   { 2 , 3 , 0 , 3 },
                   { 0 , 3 , 3 , 3 }};
Output : 4

Asked in: Adobe Interview
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The idea is to use a Level graph ( Breadth First Traversal ). Consider each cell as a node and each boundary between any two adjacent cells be an edge. so the total number of Node is N*N.  

1. Create an empty Graph having N*N node ( Vertex ).
2. Push all nodes into a graph.
3. Note down the source and sink vertices.
4. Now Apply level graph concept ( that we achieve using BFS). In which we find the level of every node from the source vertex. After that, we return  ‘Level[d]’ ( d is the destination ). (which is the minimum move from source to sink )

Below is the implementation of the above idea.  

C++

// C++ program to find the minimum numbers
// of moves needed to move from source to
// destination .
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define N 4

class Graph
{
    int V ;
    list < int > *adj;
public :
    Graph( int V )
    {
        this->V = V ;
        adj = new list<int>[V];
    }
    void addEdge( int s , int d ) ;
    int BFS ( int s , int d) ;
};

// add edge to graph
void Graph :: addEdge ( int s , int d )
{
    adj[s].push_back(d);
    adj[d].push_back(s);
}

// Level  BFS function to find minimum path
// from source to sink
int Graph :: BFS(int s, int d)
{
    // Base case
    if (s == d)
        return 0;

    // make initial distance of all vertex -1
    // from source
    int *level = new int[V];
    for (int i = 0; i < V; i++)
        level[i] = -1  ;

    // Create a queue for BFS
    list<int> queue;

    // Mark the source node level[s] = '0'
    level[s] = 0 ;
    queue.push_back(s);

    // it will be used to get all adjacent
    // vertices of a vertex
    list<int>::iterator i;

    while (!queue.empty())
    {
        // Dequeue a vertex from queue
        s = queue.front();
        queue.pop_front();

        // Get all adjacent vertices of the
        // dequeued vertex s. If a adjacent has
        // not been visited ( level[i] < '0') ,
        // then update level[i] == parent_level[s] + 1
        // and enqueue it
        for (i = adj[s].begin(); i != adj[s].end(); ++i)
        {
            // Else, continue to do BFS
            if (level[*i] < 0 || level[*i] > level[s] + 1 )
            {
                level[*i] = level[s] + 1 ;
                queue.push_back(*i);
            }
        }

    }

    // return minimum moves from source to sink
    return level[d] ;
}

bool isSafe(int i, int j, int M[][N])
{
    if ((i < 0 || i >= N) ||
            (j < 0 || j >= N ) || M[i][j] == 0)
        return false;
    return true;
}

// Returns minimum numbers of  moves  from a source (a
// cell with value 1) to a destination (a cell with
// value 2)
int MinimumPath(int M[][N])
{
    int s , d ; // source and destination
    int V = N*N+2;
    Graph g(V);

    // create graph with n*n node
    // each cell consider as node
    int k = 1 ; // Number of current vertex
    for (int i =0 ; i < N ; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 0 ; j < N; j++)
        {
            if (M[i][j] != 0)
            {
                // connect all 4 adjacent cell to
                // current cell
                if ( isSafe ( i , j+1 , M ) )
                    g.addEdge ( k , k+1 );
                if ( isSafe ( i , j-1 , M ) )
                    g.addEdge ( k , k-1 );
                if (j< N-1 && isSafe ( i+1 , j , M ) )
                    g.addEdge ( k , k+N );
                if ( i > 0 && isSafe ( i-1 , j , M ) )
                    g.addEdge ( k , k-N );
            }

            // source index
            if( M[i][j] == 1 )
                s = k ;

            // destination index
            if (M[i][j] == 2)
                d = k;
            k++;
        }
    }

    // find minimum moves
    return g.BFS (s, d) ;
}

// driver program to check above function
int main()
{
    int M[N][N] = {{ 3 , 3 , 1 , 0 },
        { 3 , 0 , 3 , 3 },
        { 2 , 3 , 0 , 3 },
        { 0 , 3 , 3 , 3 }
    };

    cout << MinimumPath(M) << endl;

    return 0;
}

Java

// Online Java Compiler
// Use this editor to write, compile and run your Java code
// online

import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Queue;

// Java program to find the minimum numbers
// of moves needed to move from source to
// destination .

class Graph {
    private int V;
    private ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer> > adj;

    // Constructor
    Graph(int v)
    {
        V = v;
        adj = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < v; i++)
            adj.add(new ArrayList<>());
    }

    // add edge to graph
    public void AddEdge(int s, int d)
    {
        adj.get(s).add(d);
        adj.get(d).add(s);
    }

    // Level BFS function to find minimum path
    // from source to sink
    public int BFS(int s, int d)
    {
        // Base case
        if (s == d)
            return 0;

        // make initial distance of all vertex -1
        // from source
        int[] level = new int[V];
        for (int i = 0; i < V; i++)
            level[i] = -1;

        // Create a queue for BFS
        Queue<Integer> queue = new ArrayDeque<>();

        // Mark the source node level[s] = '0'
        level[s] = 0;
        queue.add(s);

        while (queue.size() > 0) {
            // Dequeue a vertex from queue
            s = queue.remove();

            // Get all adjacent vertices of the
            // dequeued vertex s. If a adjacent has
            // not been visited ( level[i] < '0') ,
            // then update level[i] == parent_level[s] + 1
            // and enqueue it
            for (int i : adj.get(s)) {
                // Else, continue to do BFS
                if (level[i] < 0
                    || level[i] > level[s] + 1) {
                    level[i] = level[s] + 1;
                    queue.add(i);
                }
            }
        }

        // return minimum moves from source to sink
        return level[d];
    }
}
class GFG {
    static int N = 4;

    static boolean IsSafe(int i, int j, int[][] M)
    {
        if ((i < 0 || i >= N) || (j < 0 || j >= N)
            || M[i][j] == 0)
            return false;
        return true;
    }

    // Returns minimum numbers of moves from a source (a
    // cell with value 1) to a destination (a cell with
    // value 2)
    static int MinimumPath(int[][] M)
    {
        int s = 0, d = 0; // source and destination
        int V = N * N + 2;
        Graph g = new Graph(V);

        // create graph with n*n node
        // each cell consider as node
        int k = 1; // Number of current vertex
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {
                if (M[i][j] != 0) {
                    // connect all 4 adjacent cell to
                    // current cell
                    if (IsSafe(i, j + 1, M))
                        g.AddEdge(k, k + 1);
                    if (IsSafe(i, j - 1, M))
                        g.AddEdge(k, k - 1);
                    if (j < N - 1 && IsSafe(i + 1, j, M))
                        g.AddEdge(k, k + N);
                    if (i > 0 && IsSafe(i - 1, j, M))
                        g.AddEdge(k, k - N);
                }

                // source index
                if (M[i][j] == 1)
                    s = k;

                // destination index
                if (M[i][j] == 2)
                    d = k;
                k++;
            }
        }

        // find minimum moves
        return g.BFS(s, d);
    }

    // driver program to check above function
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int[][] M = { { 3, 3, 1, 0 },
                      { 3, 0, 3, 3 },
                      { 2, 3, 0, 3 },
                      { 0, 3, 3, 3 } };

        int ans = MinimumPath(M);
        System.out.println(ans);
    }
}

// This code is contributed by Karandeep1234

Python3

# Python3 program to find the minimum numbers
# of moves needed to move from source to
# destination .

class Graph:
    def __init__(self, V):
        self.V = V
        self.adj = [[] for i in range(V)]

    # add edge to graph
    def addEdge (self, s , d ):
        self.adj[s].append(d)
        self.adj[d].append(s)

    # Level BFS function to find minimum
    # path from source to sink
    def BFS(self, s, d):

        # Base case
        if (s == d):
            return 0

        # make initial distance of all
        # vertex -1 from source
        level = [-1] * self.V

        # Create a queue for BFS
        queue = []

        # Mark the source node level[s] = '0'
        level[s] = 0
        queue.append(s)

        # it will be used to get all adjacent
        # vertices of a vertex

        while (len(queue) != 0):

            # Dequeue a vertex from queue
            s = queue.pop()

            # Get all adjacent vertices of the
            # dequeued vertex s. If a adjacent has
            # not been visited ( level[i] < '0') ,
            # then update level[i] == parent_level[s] + 1
            # and enqueue it
            i = 0
            while i < len(self.adj[s]):

                # Else, continue to do BFS
                if (level[self.adj[s][i]] < 0 or
                    level[self.adj[s][i]] > level[s] + 1 ):
                    level[self.adj[s][i]] = level[s] + 1
                    queue.append(self.adj[s][i])
                i += 1

        # return minimum moves from source
        # to sink
        return level[d]

def isSafe(i, j, M):
    global N
    if ((i < 0 or i >= N) or
        (j < 0 or j >= N ) or M[i][j] == 0):
        return False
    return True

# Returns minimum numbers of moves from a
# source (a cell with value 1) to a destination
# (a cell with value 2)
def MinimumPath(M):
    global N
    s , d = None, None # source and destination
    V = N * N + 2
    g = Graph(V)

    # create graph with n*n node
    # each cell consider as node
    k = 1 # Number of current vertex
    for i in range(N):
        for j in range(N):
            if (M[i][j] != 0):

                # connect all 4 adjacent cell to
                # current cell
                if (isSafe (i , j + 1 , M)):
                    g.addEdge (k , k + 1)
                if (isSafe (i , j - 1 , M)):
                    g.addEdge (k , k - 1)
                if (j < N - 1 and isSafe (i + 1 , j , M)):
                    g.addEdge (k , k + N)
                if (i > 0 and isSafe (i - 1 , j , M)):
                    g.addEdge (k , k - N)

            # source index
            if(M[i][j] == 1):
                s = k

            # destination index
            if (M[i][j] == 2):
                d = k
            k += 1

    # find minimum moves
    return g.BFS (s, d)

# Driver Code
N = 4
M = [[3 , 3 , 1 , 0 ], [3 , 0 , 3 , 3 ],
     [2 , 3 , 0 , 3 ], [0 , 3 , 3 , 3]]

print(MinimumPath(M))

# This code is contributed by PranchalK

C#

// C# program to find the minimum numbers
// of moves needed to move from source to
// destination .

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Graph {
  private int V;
  private List<int>[] adj;

  // Constructor
  public Graph(int v)
  {
    V = v;
    adj = new List<int>[ v ];
    for (int i = 0; i < v; i++)
      adj[i] = new List<int>();
  }

  // add edge to graph
  public void AddEdge(int s, int d)
  {
    adj[s].Add(d);
    adj[d].Add(s);
  }

  // Level BFS function to find minimum path
  // from source to sink
  public int BFS(int s, int d)
  {
    // Base case
    if (s == d)
      return 0;

    // make initial distance of all vertex -1
    // from source
    int[] level = new int[V];
    for (int i = 0; i < V; i++)
      level[i] = -1;

    // Create a queue for BFS
    Queue<int> queue = new Queue<int>();

    // Mark the source node level[s] = '0'
    level[s] = 0;
    queue.Enqueue(s);

    while (queue.Count > 0) {
      // Dequeue a vertex from queue
      s = queue.Dequeue();

      // Get all adjacent vertices of the
      // dequeued vertex s. If a adjacent has
      // not been visited ( level[i] < '0') ,
      // then update level[i] == parent_level[s] + 1
      // and enqueue it
      foreach(int i in adj[s])
      {
        // Else, continue to do BFS
        if (level[i] < 0
            || level[i] > level[s] + 1) {
          level[i] = level[s] + 1;
          queue.Enqueue(i);
        }
      }
    }

    // return minimum moves from source to sink
    return level[d];
  }
}

public class GFG {
  static readonly int N = 4;

  static bool IsSafe(int i, int j, int[, ] M)
  {
    if ((i < 0 || i >= N) || (j < 0 || j >= N)
        || M[i, j] == 0)
      return false;
    return true;
  }

  // Returns minimum numbers of moves from a source (a
  // cell with value 1) to a destination (a cell with
  // value 2)
  static int MinimumPath(int[, ] M)
  {
    int s = 0, d = 0; // source and destination
    int V = N * N + 2;
    Graph g = new Graph(V);

    // create graph with n*n node
    // each cell consider as node
    int k = 1; // Number of current vertex
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {
        if (M[i, j] != 0) {
          // connect all 4 adjacent cell to
          // current cell
          if (IsSafe(i, j + 1, M))
            g.AddEdge(k, k + 1);
          if (IsSafe(i, j - 1, M))
            g.AddEdge(k, k - 1);
          if (j < N - 1 && IsSafe(i + 1, j, M))
            g.AddEdge(k, k + N);
          if (i > 0 && IsSafe(i - 1, j, M))
            g.AddEdge(k, k - N);
        }

        // source index
        if (M[i, j] == 1)
          s = k;

        // destination index
        if (M[i, j] == 2)
          d = k;
        k++;
      }
    }

    // find minimum moves
    return g.BFS(s, d);
  }

  // driver program to check above function
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    int[, ] M = { { 3, 3, 1, 0 },
                 { 3, 0, 3, 3 },
                 { 2, 3, 0, 3 },
                 { 0, 3, 3, 3 } };

    int ans = MinimumPath(M);
    Console.WriteLine(ans);
  }
}

// This code is contributed by cavi4762.

Javascript

<script>

// JavaScript program to find the minimum numbers
// of moves needed to move from source to
// destination .

class Graph{
    constructor(V){
        this.V = V
        this.adj = new Array(V).fill(0).map(()=>[])
    }

    // add edge to graph
    addEdge (s , d){
        this.adj[s].push(d)
        this.adj[d].push(s)
    }

    // Level BFS function to find minimum
    // path from source to sink
    BFS(s, d){

        // Base case
        if (s == d)
            return 0

        // make initial distance of all
        // vertex -1 from source
        let level = new Array(this.V).fill(-1);

        // Create a queue for BFS
        let queue = []

        // Mark the source node level[s] = '0'
        level[s] = 0
        queue.push(s)

        // it will be used to get all adjacent
        // vertices of a vertex

        while (queue.length != 0){

            // Dequeue a vertex from queue
            s = queue.shift()

            // Get all adjacent vertices of the
            // dequeued vertex s. If a adjacent has
            // not been visited ( level[i] < '0') ,
            // then update level[i] == parent_level[s] + 1
            // and enqueue it
            let i = 0
            while(i < this.adj[s].length){

                // Else, continue to do BFS
                if (level[this.adj[s][i]] < 0 ||
                    level[this.adj[s][i]] > level[s] + 1 ){
                    level[this.adj[s][i]] = level[s] + 1
                    queue.push(this.adj[s][i])
                }
                i += 1
            }
        }
        // return minimum moves from source
        // to sink
        return level[d]
      }
  }

function isSafe(i, j, M){

    if ((i < 0 || i >= N) ||
        (j < 0 || j >= N ) || M[i][j] == 0)
        return false
    return true
}

// Returns minimum numbers of moves from a
// source (a cell with value 1) to a destination
// (a cell with value 2)
function MinimumPath(M){

    let s = null, d = null // source and destination
    let V = N * N + 2
    let g = new Graph(V)

    // create graph with n*n node
    // each cell consider as node
    let k = 1 // Number of current vertex
    for(let i=0;i<N;i++){
        for(let j=0;j<N;j++){
            if (M[i][j] != 0){

                // connect all 4 adjacent cell to
                // current cell
                if (isSafe (i , j + 1 , M))
                    g.addEdge (k , k + 1)
                if (isSafe (i , j - 1 , M))
                    g.addEdge (k , k - 1)
                if (j < N - 1 && isSafe (i + 1 , j , M))
                    g.addEdge (k , k + N)
                if (i > 0 && isSafe (i - 1 , j , M))
                    g.addEdge (k , k - N)
            }
            // source index
            if(M[i][j] == 1)
                s = k

            // destination index
            if (M[i][j] == 2)
                d = k
            k += 1
          }
        }

    // find minimum moves
    return g.BFS (s, d)
}

// Driver Code
let N = 4
let M = [[3 , 3 , 1 , 0 ], [3 , 0 , 3 , 3 ],
     [2 , 3 , 0 , 3 ], [0 , 3 , 3 , 3]]

document.write(MinimumPath(M))

// This code is contributed by shinjanpatra

</script>

Output

4

Another Approach: (DFS Implementation of the problem)

The same can be implemented using DFS where the complete path from the source is compared to get the minimum moves to the destination. 

Approach:

1. Loop through every element in the input matrix and create a Graph from that matrix
   1. Create a graph with N*N vertices.
   2. Add the edge from the k vertex to k+1/ k-1 (if the edge is to the left or right element in the matrix) or k to k+N/ k-N(if the edge is to the top or bottom element in the matrix).
   3. Always check whether the element exists in the matrix and element != 0.
   4. if(element == 1) map the source if (element == 2) map the destination.
2. Perform DFS to the graph formed, from source to destination.
   1. Base condition: if source==destination returns 0 as the number of minimum moves.
   2. Minimum moves will be the minimum(the result of DFS performed on the unvisited adjacent vertices).

Below is the implementation of the above approach: 

C++

// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define N 4

// To be used in DFS while comparing the
// minimum element
#define MAX (INT_MAX - 1)
using namespace std;

// Graph with the adjacency
// list representationo
class Graph {
private:
    int V;
    vector<int>* adj;

public:
    Graph(int V)
        : V{ V }
    {

        // Initializing the
        // adjacency list
        adj = new vector<int>[V];
    }

    // Clearing the memory after
    // its use (best practice)
    ~Graph()
    {
        delete[] adj;
    }

    // Adding the element to the
    // adjacency list matrix
    // representation
    void add_edges(int u, int v)
    {
      adj[u].push_back(v);
    }

    // performing the DFS for the minimum moves
    int DFS(int s, int d, unordered_set<int>& visited)
    {

        // Base condition for the recursion
        if (s == d)
            return 0;

        // Initializing the result
        int res{ MAX };
        visited.insert(s);
        for (int item : adj[s])
            if (visited.find(item) ==
                         visited.end())

                // comparing the res with
                // the result of DFS
                // to get the minimum moves
                res = min(res, 1 + DFS(item, d, visited));
        return res;
    }
};

// ruling out the cases where the element
// to be inserted is outside the matrix
bool is_safe(int arr[][4], int i, int j)
{
    if ((i < 0 || i >= N) || (j < 0 || j >= N)
        || arr[i][j] == 0)
        return false;
    return true;
}

int min_moves(int arr[][N])
{
    int s{ -1 }, d{ -1 }, V{ N * N };

    /* k be the variable which represents the
       positions( 0 - N*N ) inside the graph.
    */

     // k moves from top-left to bottom-right
    int k{ 0 };
    Graph g{ V };
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {

            // Adding the edge
            if (arr[i][j] != 0) {
                if (is_safe(arr, i, j + 1))
                    g.add_edges(k, k + 1); // left
                if (is_safe(arr, i, j - 1))
                    g.add_edges(k, k - 1); // right
                if (is_safe(arr, i + 1, j))
                    g.add_edges(k, k + N); // bottom
                if (is_safe(arr, i - 1, j))
                    g.add_edges(k, k - N); // top
            }

            // Source from which DFS to be
            // performed
            if (arr[i][j] == 1)
                s = k;

            // Destination
            else if (arr[i][j] == 2)
                d = k;

            // Moving k from top-left
            // to bottom-right
            k++;
        }
    }
    unordered_set<int> visited;

    // DFS performed from
    // source to destination
    return g.DFS(s, d, visited);
}

int32_t main()
{
    int arr[][N] = { { 3, 3, 1, 0 },
                     { 3, 0, 3, 3 },
                     { 2, 3, 0, 3 },
                     { 0, 3, 3, 3 } };

    // if(min_moves(arr) == MAX) there
    // doesn't exist a path
    // from source to destination
    cout << min_moves(arr) << endl;
    return 0;

    // the DFS approach and code
    // is contributed by Lisho
    // Thomas
}

Java

/*package whatever //do not write package name here */
import java.util.*;

// Graph with the adjacency
// list representation
class Graph {
  private ArrayList<Integer>[] adj;

  public Graph(int v)
  {

    // Initializing the
    // adjacency list
    adj = new ArrayList[v];
    for (int i = 0; i < v; i++)
      adj[i] = new ArrayList<Integer>();
  }

  // Adding the element to the
  // adjacency list matrix
  // representation
  public void Add_edges(int u, int v) { adj[u].add(v); }

  // performing the DFS for the minimum moves
  public int DFS(int s, int d, HashSet<Integer> visited)
  {

    // Base condition for the recursion
    if (s == d)
      return 0;

    // Initializing the result
    int res = Integer.MAX_VALUE - 1;
    visited.add(s);
    for(int item : adj[s])
    {
      if (!visited.contains(item)) {
        // comparing the res with
        // the result of DFS
        // to get the minimum moves
        res = Math.min(res,1 + DFS(item, d, visited));
      }
    }
    return res;
  }
}

public class GFG {

  static int N = 4;

  // ruling out the cases where the element
  // to be inserted is outside the matrix
  static boolean Is_safe(int[][] arr, int i, int j)
  {
    if ((i < 0 || i >= N) || (j < 0 || j >= N)
        || arr[i][j] == 0)
      return false;
    return true;
  }

  static int Min_moves(int[][] arr)
  {
    int s = -1, d = -1, V = N * N;

    /* k be the variable which represents the
        positions( 0 - N*N ) inside the graph.
        */

    // k moves from top-left to bottom-right
    int k = 0;
    Graph g = new Graph(V);
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {

        // Adding the edge
        if (arr[i][j] != 0) {
          if (Is_safe(arr, i, j + 1))
            g.Add_edges(k, k + 1); // left
          if (Is_safe(arr, i, j - 1))
            g.Add_edges(k, k - 1); // right
          if (Is_safe(arr, i + 1, j))
            g.Add_edges(k, k + N); // bottom
          if (Is_safe(arr, i - 1, j))
            g.Add_edges(k, k - N); // top
        }

        // Source from which DFS to be
        // performed
        if (arr[i][j] == 1)
          s = k;

        // Destination
        else if (arr[i][j] == 2)
          d = k;

        // Moving k from top-left
        // to bottom-right
        k++;
      }
    }
    HashSet<Integer> visited = new HashSet<Integer>();

    // DFS performed from
    // source to destination
    return g.DFS(s, d, visited);
  }

  public static void main (String[] args) {
    int[][] arr = { { 3, 3, 1, 0 },
                   { 3, 0, 3, 3 },
                   { 2, 3, 0, 3 },
                   { 0, 3, 3, 3 } };

    int ans = Min_moves(arr);
    System.out.println(ans);
  }
}

// This code is contributed by aadityaburujwale.

Python3

# Python3 program for the above approach

# To be used in DFS while comparing the
# minimum element
# define MAX (I4T_MAX - 1)
visited = {}
adj = [[] for i in range(16)]

# Performing the DFS for the minimum moves
def add_edges(u, v):

    global adj
    adj[u].append(v)

def DFS(s, d):

    global visited

    # Base condition for the recursion
    if (s == d):
        return 0

    # Initializing the result
    res = 10**9
    visited[s] = 1

    for item in adj[s]:
        if (item not in visited):

            # Comparing the res with
            # the result of DFS
            # to get the minimum moves
            res = min(res, 1 + DFS(item, d))

    return res

# Ruling out the cases where the element
# to be inserted is outside the matrix
def is_safe(arr, i, j):

    if ((i < 0 or i >= 4) or
        (j < 0 or j >= 4) or arr[i][j] == 0):
        return False

    return True

def min_moves(arr):

    s, d, V = -1,-1, 16
    # k be the variable which represents the
    # positions( 0 - 4*4 ) inside the graph.

    # k moves from top-left to bottom-right
    k = 0
    for i in range(4):
        for j in range(4):

            # Adding the edge
            if (arr[i][j] != 0):
                if (is_safe(arr, i, j + 1)):
                    add_edges(k, k + 1) # left
                if (is_safe(arr, i, j - 1)):
                    add_edges(k, k - 1) # right
                if (is_safe(arr, i + 1, j)):
                    add_edges(k, k + 4) # bottom
                if (is_safe(arr, i - 1, j)):
                    add_edges(k, k - 4) # top

            # Source from which DFS to be
            # performed
            if (arr[i][j] == 1):
                s = k

            # Destination
            elif (arr[i][j] == 2):
                d = k

            # Moving k from top-left
            # to bottom-right
            k += 1

    # DFS performed from
    # source to destination
    return DFS(s, d)

# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':

    arr = [ [ 3, 3, 1, 0 ],
            [ 3, 0, 3, 3 ],
            [ 2, 3, 0, 3 ],
            [ 0, 3, 3, 3 ] ]

    # If(min_moves(arr) == MAX) there
    # doesn't exist a path
    # from source to destination
    print(min_moves(arr))

# This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29

C#

// C# program for the above approach

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

// Graph with the adjacency
// list representation
public class Graph {
    private List<int>[] adj;

    public Graph(int v)
    {
        // Initializing the
        // adjacency list
        adj = new List<int>[ v ];
        for (int i = 0; i < v; i++)
            adj[i] = new List<int>();
    }

    // Adding the element to the
    // adjacency list matrix
    // representation
    public void Add_edges(int u, int v) { adj[u].Add(v); }

    // performing the DFS for the minimum moves
    public int DFS(int s, int d, HashSet<int> visited)
    {

        // Base condition for the recursion
        if (s == d)
            return 0;

        // Initializing the result
        int res = Int32.MaxValue - 1;
        visited.Add(s);
        foreach(int item in adj[s])
        {
            if (!visited.Contains(item)) {
                // comparing the res with
                // the result of DFS
                // to get the minimum moves
                res = Math.Min(res,
                               1 + DFS(item, d, visited));
            }
        }
        return res;
    }
}

public class GFG

{
    static readonly int N = 4;

    // ruling out the cases where the element
    // to be inserted is outside the matrix
    static bool Is_safe(int[, ] arr, int i, int j)
    {
        if ((i < 0 || i >= N) || (j < 0 || j >= N)
            || arr[i, j] == 0)
            return false;
        return true;
    }

    static int Min_moves(int[, ] arr)
    {
        int s = -1, d = -1, V = N * N;

        /* k be the variable which represents the
        positions( 0 - N*N ) inside the graph.
        */

        // k moves from top-left to bottom-right
        int k = 0;
        Graph g = new Graph(V);
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {

                // Adding the edge
                if (arr[i, j] != 0) {
                    if (Is_safe(arr, i, j + 1))
                        g.Add_edges(k, k + 1); // left
                    if (Is_safe(arr, i, j - 1))
                        g.Add_edges(k, k - 1); // right
                    if (Is_safe(arr, i + 1, j))
                        g.Add_edges(k, k + N); // bottom
                    if (Is_safe(arr, i - 1, j))
                        g.Add_edges(k, k - N); // top
                }

                // Source from which DFS to be
                // performed
                if (arr[i, j] == 1)
                    s = k;

                // Destination
                else if (arr[i, j] == 2)
                    d = k;

                // Moving k from top-left
                // to bottom-right
                k++;
            }
        }
        HashSet<int> visited = new HashSet<int>();

        // DFS performed from
        // source to destination
        return g.DFS(s, d, visited);
    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int[, ] arr = { { 3, 3, 1, 0 },
                        { 3, 0, 3, 3 },
                        { 2, 3, 0, 3 },
                        { 0, 3, 3, 3 } };

        int ans = Min_moves(arr);
        Console.WriteLine(ans);
    }
}

Javascript

// JavaScript program for the above approach

// To be used in DFS while comparing the
// minimum element
// define MAX (I4T_MAX - 1)
let N = 4;
let visited = {};
let adj = Array.from({length: 16}, () => []);

// Performing the DFS for the minimum moves
function add_edges(u, v) {

    // global adj
    adj[u].push(v);

}

function DFS(s, d) {

    // global visited

    // Base condition for the recursion
    if (s == d) {
        return 0;
    }

    // Initializing the result
    let res = 10**9;
    visited[s] = 1;

    for (let item of adj[s]) {
        if (!(item in visited)) {

            // Comparing the res with
            // the result of DFS
            // to get the minimum moves
            res = Math.min(res, 1 + DFS(item, d));

        }
    }
    return res;

}

// Ruling out the cases where the element
// to be inserted is outside the matrix
function is_safe(arr, i, j) {

    if ((i < 0 || i >= 4) ||
        (j < 0 || j >= 4) || arr[i][j] == 0) {
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

function min_moves(arr) {

    let s = -1, d = -1, V = N * N;
    // k be the variable which represents the
    // positions( 0 - 4*4 ) inside the graph.

    // k moves from top-left to bottom-right
    let k = 0;
    for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
        for (let j = 0; j < 4; j++) {

            // Adding the edge
            if (arr[i][j] != 0) {
                if (is_safe(arr, i, j + 1)) {
                    add_edges(k, k + 1); // left
                }
                if (is_safe(arr, i, j - 1)) {
                    add_edges(k, k - 1); // right
                }
                if (is_safe(arr, i + 1, j)) {
                    add_edges(k, k + 4); // bottom
                }
                if (is_safe(arr, i - 1, j)) {
                    add_edges(k, k - 4); // top
                }
                }

            // Source from which DFS to be
            // performed
            if (arr[i][j] == 1) {
                s = k;

            // Destination
            } else if (arr[i][j] == 2) {
                d = k;
            }
            // Moving k from top-left
            // to bottom-right
            k += 1;
        }
    }

    // DFS performed from
    // source to destination
    return DFS(s, d);

}

// Driver code


    let Arr = [ [ 3, 3, 1, 0 ],
                [ 3, 0, 3, 3 ],
                [ 2, 3, 0, 3 ],
                [ 0, 3, 3, 3 ] ];

    // If(min_moves(Arr) == MAX) there
    // doesn't exist a path
    // from source to destination
    console.log(min_moves(Arr));


// This code is contributed by akashish__

Output

4

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