Solution
from typing import List
from itertools import pairwise
class Solution:
def exist(self, board: List[List[str]], word: str) -> bool:
def dfs(i: int, j: int, k: int) -> bool:
if k == len(word) - 1:
return board[i][j] == word[k]
if board[i][j] != word[k]:
return False
c = board[i][j]
board[i][j] = "0"
for a, b in pairwise((-1, 0, 1, 0, -1)):
x, y = i + a, j + b
ok = 0 <= x < m and 0 <= y < n and board[x][y] != "0"
if ok and dfs(x, y, k + 1):
return True
board[i][j] = c
return False
m, n = len(board), len(board[0])
return any(dfs(i, j, 0) for i in range(m) for j in range(n))
if __name__ == "__main__":
sol = Solution()
b = [["A","B","C","E"],["S","F","C","S"],["A","D","E","E"]]
print(sol.exist(b, "ABCCED"))