City Blocks
You are given a two-dimensional matrix
of unique strings representing city blocks, and a list of strings blocks
to visit. Given that you are sitting at block matrix[0][0]
, return the total Manhattan distance required to visit every block in order.
Constraints
0 ≤ n * m ≤ 100,000
wheren
andm
are the number of rows and columns inmatrix
https://binarysearch.com/problems/City-Blocks
Examples
Example 1
Input
- matrix =
[['a','b','c'],
['d','e','f'],
['g','h','i']]
- blocks =
['h', 'b', 'c']
Output
- answer =
6
Explanation
- “h” is
2
blocks south and1
block east. - “b” is
2
blocks north. - “c” is
1
block east.
Which adds up to 6.
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