leetcode 70. climbing stairs

70. Climbing Stairs

Difficulty:: Easy

You are climbing a stair case. It takes n steps 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?

Note: Given n will be a positive integer.

Example 1:

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Input: 2
Output: 2
Explanation: There are two ways to climb to the top.
1. 1 step + 1 step
2. 2 steps

Example 2:

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Input: 3
Output: 3
Explanation: There are three ways to climb to the top.
1. 1 step + 1 step + 1 step
2. 1 step + 2 steps
3. 2 steps + 1 step

Solution

Language: Java

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class  {
public int climbStairs(int n) {
int result = 0;
int a = 0, b = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
result = a + b;
a = b;
b = result;
}
return result;
}
}
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class  {
public int climbStairs(int n) {
if (n <= 0) {
return 1;
}
int[] dp = new int[n + 1];
dp[0] = 1;
dp[1] = 1;
for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++) {
dp[i] = dp[i - 1] + dp[i - 2];
}
return dp[n];
}
}