You are climbing a stair case. It takesNSteps to reach to the top.
Each time you can either climb 1 or 2 steps. In how many distinct ways can you climb to the top?
DP enlightened. After finishing this question, I finally got a rough idea of DP. I checked the table from the bottom up and it would be okay after the table is created. The complexity is O (n)
void iter(int acc, int n, vector<int> &table) { if (acc < 0) return; if (acc == n+1) return; int a = acc-1 < 0? 0 : acc-1; int b = acc-2 <0? 0 : acc-2; table.push_back(table[a] + table[b]); iter(acc+1, n, table);}int climbStairs(int n) { vector<int> table; table.push_back(0); table.push_back(1); table.push_back(2); if (n < 3) return table[n]; iter(3, n,table); return table[n];}
A pure recursive version is provided. Of course it is TLE's
int climbstairs_TLE(int n) { if (n == 1) return 1; if (n == 2) return 2; return climbstairs_TLE(n-1) + climbstairs_TLE(n-2);}
Tle
[Leetcode] climbing stairs