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62. Unique Paths

There is a robot on an m x n grid. The robot is initially located at the top-left corner (i.e., grid[0][0]). The robot tries to move to the bottom-right corner (i.e., grid[m - 1][n - 1]). The robot can only move either down or right at any point in time.

Given the two integers m and n, return the number of possible unique paths that the robot can take to reach the bottom-right corner.

The test cases are generated so that the answer will be less than or equal to 2 * 109.

Example 1:

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Input: m = 3, n = 7
Output: 28

Example 2:

Input: m = 3, n = 2
Output: 3
Explanation: From the top-left corner, there are a total of 3 ways to reach the bottom-right corner:
1. Right -> Down -> Down
2. Down -> Down -> Right
3. Down -> Right -> Down

Solution:

class Solution {
    public int uniquePaths(int m, int n) {
        int[][] dp = new int[m][n];

        for (int[] arr : dp){
            Arrays.fill(arr, 1);
        }

        for (int i = 1; i < m; i++){
            for (int j = 1; j < n; j++){
                dp[i][j] = dp[i-1][j] + dp[i][j-1];
            }
        }

        return dp[m-1][n-1];
    }
}

// TC: O(m*n)
// SC: O(m*n)