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Grokking the Coding Interview Patterns in C++

Solution: Shortest Path in a Grid with Obstacles Elimination

Explore how to apply breadth-first search to find the shortest path in a grid allowing elimination of obstacles. Understand tracking states with remaining eliminations to navigate complex paths and optimize search efficiently.

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Given an m x n integer matrix grid, where each cell contains either 00 (empty) or 11 (obstacle), you may move one step at a time in any of the four directions (up, down, left, right), but only into empty cells.

Return the minimum number of steps required to travel from the upper-left corner ((0, 0 ...