[LeetCode][C++] #1041. Robot Bounded In Circle

Newone Tsai
1 min readMay 2, 2021

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[Medium][Question]:

On an infinite plane, a robot initially stands at (0, 0) and faces north. The robot can receive one of three instructions:

  • "G": go straight 1 unit;
  • "L": turn 90 degrees to the left;
  • "R": turn 90 degrees to the right.

The robot performs the instructions given in order, and repeats them forever.

Return true if and only if there exists a circle in the plane such that the robot never leaves the circle.

Example 1:

Input: instructions = "GGLLGG"
Output: true
Explanation: The robot moves from (0,0) to (0,2), turns 180 degrees, and then returns to (0,0).
When repeating these instructions, the robot remains in the circle of radius 2 centered at the origin.

Example 2:

Input: instructions = "GG"
Output: false
Explanation: The robot moves north indefinitely.

Example 3:

Input: instructions = "GL"
Output: true
Explanation: The robot moves from (0, 0) -> (0, 1) -> (-1, 1) -> (-1, 0) -> (0, 0) -> ...

Constraints:

  • 1 <= instructions.length <= 100
  • instructions[i] is 'G', 'L' or, 'R'.

My Solution[C++]:

[題目講解] :機器人起始位置在(0,0),朝向北方,G代表直走一格,L代表轉向左方(沒有移動),R代表轉向右方(沒有移動),試問機器人是否會在有限範圍移動?

[Ideas]: 只要有移動且面向北方,就return false,因為會一直越來越北,只要沒有面向北方,就會是在有限範圍內移動。

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Newone Tsai
Newone Tsai

Written by Newone Tsai

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