* https://leetcode.com/problems/word-ladder/
* Time O(ROWS * COLS) | Space O(ROWS * COLS)
* @param {string} beginWord
* @param {string} endWord
* @param {string[]} wordList
* @return {number}
*/
var ladderLength = function (beginWord, endWord, wordList) {
const [queue, wordSet, seen] = [
new Queue([[beginWord, 1]]),
new Set(wordList),
new Set([beginWord]),
];
return bfs(
queue,
wordSet,
seen,
endWord,
);
};
const bfs = (queue, wordSet, seen, endWord) => {
while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
for (let i = queue.size() - 1; 0 <= i; i--) {
const [word, depth] = queue.dequeue();
const isTarget = word === endWord;
if (isTarget) return depth;
transform(queue, wordSet, seen, word, depth);
}
}
return 0;
};
const transform = (queue, wordSet, seen, word, depth) => {
for (const index in word) {
for (const char of 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz') {
const neighbor = getNeighbor(word, index, char);
const hasSeen = !wordSet.has(neighbor) || seen.has(neighbor);
if (hasSeen) continue;
queue.enqueue([neighbor, depth + 1]);
seen.add(neighbor);
}
}
};
const getNeighbor = (word, index, char) => {
const neighbor = word.split('');
neighbor[index] = char;
return neighbor.join('');
};