Dynamic Programming
15. Climbing Stairs
You are climbing a staircase. It takes n steps to reach the top.
Each time, you can either climb 1 step or 2 steps. In how many distinct ways can you climb to the top?
Examples
Example 1
Input: n = 2
Output: 2
Explanation: There are two ways to climb to the top:
1. 1 step + 1 step
2. 2 steps
Example 2
Input: n = 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
Constraints
1 <= n <= 45
# Climbing stairs: count distinct ways to reach step n (Fibonacci approach)
n: int = 8
one: int = 1
two: int = 1
# Iterate n times, shifting the two-variable window forward
for i in range(n):
temp: int = one
one = one + two
two = temp
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