# Youtube Explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBRtnuxg-gU from __future__ import annotations def minimum_cost_path(matrix: list[list[int]]) -> int: """ Find the minimum cost traced by all possible paths from top left to bottom right in a given matrix >>> minimum_cost_path([[2, 1], [3, 1], [4, 2]]) 6 >>> minimum_cost_path([[2, 1, 4], [2, 1, 3], [3, 2, 1]]) 7 """ # preprocessing the first row for i in range(1, len(matrix[0])): matrix[0][i] += matrix[0][i - 1] # preprocessing the first column for i in range(1, len(matrix)): matrix[i][0] += matrix[i - 1][0] # updating the path cost for current position for i in range(1, len(matrix)): for j in range(1, len(matrix[0])): matrix[i][j] += min(matrix[i - 1][j], matrix[i][j - 1]) return matrix[-1][-1] if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()