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LeetCode 1091, Medium. Topics: Array, Breadth-First Search, Matrix. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 13 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

Given an n x n binary matrix grid, return the length of the shortest clear path in the matrix. If there is no clear path, return -1. A clear path in a binary matrix is a path from the top-left cell (i.e., (0, 0)) to the bottom-right cell (i.e., (n - 1, n - 1)) such that:
  • All the visited cells of the path are 0.
  • All the adjacent cells of the path are 8-directionally connected (i.e., they are different and they share an edge or a corner).
The length of a clear path is the number of visited cells of this path.

Examples

Constraints

  • n == grid.length
  • n == grid[i].length
  • 1 <= n <= 100
  • grid[i][j] is 0 or 1

Solution

Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:

Complexity

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Last modified on August 25, 2026