/** * File: climbing_stairs_backtrack.swift * Created Time: 2023-07-15 * Author: nuomi1 (nuomi1@qq.com) */ /* Backtracking */ func backtrack(choices: [Int], state: Int, n: Int, res: inout [Int]) { // When climbing to the nth step, add 1 to the number of solutions if state == n { res[0] += 1 } // Traverse all choices for choice in choices { // Pruning: do not allow climbing beyond the nth step if state + choice > n { continue } // Attempt: make a choice, update the state backtrack(choices: choices, state: state + choice, n: n, res: &res) // Retract } } /* Climbing stairs: Backtracking */ func climbingStairsBacktrack(n: Int) -> Int { let choices = [1, 2] // Can choose to climb up 1 step or 2 steps let state = 0 // Start climbing from the 0th step var res: [Int] = [] res.append(0) // Use res[0] to record the number of solutions backtrack(choices: choices, state: state, n: n, res: &res) return res[0] } @main enum ClimbingStairsBacktrack { /* Driver Code */ static func main() { let n = 9 let res = climbingStairsBacktrack(n: n) print("Climbing \(n) stairs, there are \(res) different solutions") } }