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| 1 | +import java.util.*; |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +public class LadderLength { |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | + public int ladderLength(String beginWord, String endWord, List<String> wordList) { |
| 6 | + HashSet<String> start = new HashSet<>(); |
| 7 | + start.add(beginWord); |
| 8 | + HashSet<String> end = new HashSet<>(); |
| 9 | + end.add(endWord); |
| 10 | + HashSet<String> words = new HashSet<>(wordList); |
| 11 | + if (!words.contains(endWord)) { |
| 12 | + return 0; |
| 13 | + } |
| 14 | + return deBfs(start,end,words,2); |
| 15 | + } |
| 16 | + private int deBfs(HashSet<String> start, HashSet<String> end, HashSet<String> words, int depth) { |
| 17 | + if (start.size() > end.size()) { |
| 18 | + return deBfs(end, start, words, depth); |
| 19 | + } |
| 20 | + words.removeAll(start); |
| 21 | + HashSet<String> next = new HashSet<>(); |
| 22 | + for (String str : start) { |
| 23 | + char[] chars = str.toCharArray(); |
| 24 | + for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) { |
| 25 | + char temp = chars[i]; |
| 26 | + for (char j = 'a'; j <= 'z'; j++) { |
| 27 | + chars[i] = j; |
| 28 | + String word = new String(chars); |
| 29 | + if (words.contains(word)) { |
| 30 | + if (end.contains(word)) { |
| 31 | + return depth; |
| 32 | + } |
| 33 | + next.add(word); |
| 34 | + } |
| 35 | + } |
| 36 | + chars[i] = temp; |
| 37 | + } |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | + } |
| 40 | + if (start.isEmpty()) { |
| 41 | + return 0; |
| 42 | + } |
| 43 | + return deBfs(next, end, words, depth + 1); |
| 44 | + } |
| 45 | +} |
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