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Java-based LeetCode algorithm problem solutions, regularly updated
1138\. Alphabet Board Path
Medium
On an alphabet board, we start at position `(0, 0)`, corresponding to character `board[0][0]`.
Here, `board = ["abcde", "fghij", "klmno", "pqrst", "uvwxy", "z"]`, as shown in the diagram below.
![](https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2019/07/28/azboard.png)
We may make the following moves:
* `'U'` moves our position up one row, if the position exists on the board;
* `'D'` moves our position down one row, if the position exists on the board;
* `'L'` moves our position left one column, if the position exists on the board;
* `'R'` moves our position right one column, if the position exists on the board;
* `'!'` adds the character `board[r][c]` at our current position `(r, c)` to the answer.
(Here, the only positions that exist on the board are positions with letters on them.)
Return a sequence of moves that makes our answer equal to `target` in the minimum number of moves. You may return any path that does so.
**Example 1:**
**Input:** target = "leet"
**Output:** "DDR!UURRR!!DDD!"
**Example 2:**
**Input:** target = "code"
**Output:** "RR!DDRR!UUL!R!"
**Constraints:**
* `1 <= target.length <= 100`
* `target` consists only of English lowercase letters.