Robot Bounded In Circle

Tags : string, leetcode, cpp, medium

On an infinite plane, a robot initially stands at (0, 0) and faces north. The robot can receive one of three instructions:

The robot performs the instructions given in order, and repeats them forever.

Return true if and only if there exists a circle in the plane such that the robot never leaves the circle.

Examples #

Example 1:

Input: instructions = "GGLLGG"
Output: true
Explanation: The robot moves from (0,0) to (0,2), turns 180 degrees, and then returns to (0,0).
When repeating these instructions, the robot remains in the circle of radius 2 centered at the origin.

Example 2:

Input: instructions = "GG"
Output: false
Explanation: The robot moves north indefinitely

Example 3:

Input: instructions = "GL"
Output: true
Explanation: The robot moves from (0, 0) -> (0, 1) -> (-1, 1) -> (-1, 0) -> (0, 0) -> ...

Constraints #

Solutions #

class Solution {
public:
    bool isRobotBounded(string instructions) {
        int x=0, y=0, i=0;
        for(auto ins : instructions){
            if(ins == 'G'){
                switch(i){
                    case 0 :  //N
                        y++;
                        break;
                    case 1 :  //W
                        x--;
                        break;
                    case 2 :  //S
                        y--;
                        break;
                    case 3 :  //E
                        x++;
                        break;
                }
            }else if(ins == 'L') i = (i+1)%4; 
            
            else i = (i+3)%4;
        }
        return x==0 && y==0 || i != 0;
    }
};