# 1706. Where Will the Ball Fall ###### tags: `Leetcode` `Medium` `Simulation` Link: https://leetcode.com/problems/where-will-the-ball-fall/description/ ## 思路 if the ball wants to move from column ```i1``` to column ```i2```, we must have the board direction ```grid[j][i1]==grid[j][i2]``` ## Code ```python= class Solution: def findBall(self, grid: List[List[int]]) -> List[int]: m, n = len(grid), len(grid[0]) ans = [] for i in range(n): i1 = i for j in range(m): i2 = i1 + grid[j][i1] if i2==-1 or i2==n or grid[j][i2]!=grid[j][i1]: i1 = -1 break i1 = i2 ans.append(i1) return ans ```