matrix only has one element, which is the word
public boolean exist(char[][] board, String word) {
char[] words = word.toCharArray();
for(int i = 0; i < board.length; i++) {
for(int j = 0; j < board[0].length; j++) {
if(dfs(board, words, i, j, 0)) return true;
}
}
return false;
}
boolean dfs(char[][] board, char[] word, int i, int j, int k) {
if(i >= board.length || i < 0 || j >= board[0].length || j < 0 || board[i][j] != word[k]) return false;
if(k == word.length - 1) return true;
char tmp = board[i][j];
board[i][j] = '/';
boolean res = dfs(board, word, i + 1, j, k + 1) || dfs(board, word, i - 1, j, k + 1) ||
dfs(board, word, i, j + 1, k + 1) || dfs(board, word, i , j - 1, k + 1);
board[i][j] = tmp;
return res;
}
}