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---
id: 69162d64f96574d9bb629efc
title: "Challenge 111: Ball Trajectory"
challengeType: 29
dashedName: challenge-111
---
# --description--
Today's challenge is inspired by the video game Pong, which was released November 29, 1972.
Given a matrix (array of arrays) that includes the location of the ball (`2`), and the previous location of the ball (`1`), return the matrix indices for the next location of the ball.
- The ball always moves in a straight line.
- The movement direction is determined by how the ball moved from `1` to `2`.
- The edges of the matrix are considered walls. If the ball hits a:
- top or bottom wall, it bounces by reversing its vertical direction.
- left or right wall, it bounces by reversing its horizontal direction.
- corner, it bounces by reversing both directions.
# --hints--
`get_next_location([[0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0], [0,1,2,0], [0,0,0,0]])` should return `[2, 3]`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_next_location([[0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0], [0,1,2,0], [0,0,0,0]]), [2, 3])`)
}})
```
`get_next_location([[0,0,0,0], [0,0,1,0], [0,2,0,0], [0,0,0,0]])` should return `[3, 0]`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_next_location([[0,0,0,0], [0,0,1,0], [0,2,0,0], [0,0,0,0]]), [3, 0])`)
}})
```
`get_next_location([[0,2,0,0], [1,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0]])` should return `[1, 2]`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_next_location([[0,2,0,0], [1,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0]]), [1, 2])`)
}})
```
`get_next_location([[0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0], [2,0,0,0], [0,1,0,0]])` should return `[1, 1]`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_next_location([[0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0], [2,0,0,0], [0,1,0,0]]), [1, 1])`)
}})
```
`get_next_location([[0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0], [0,0,1,0], [0,0,0,2]])` should return `[2, 2]`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_next_location([[0,0,0,0], [0,0,0,0], [0,0,1,0], [0,0,0,2]]), [2, 2])`)
}})
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```py
def get_next_location(matrix):
return matrix
```
# --solutions--
```py
def get_next_location(matrix):
prev = None
curr = None
for r in range(len(matrix)):
for c in range(len(matrix[0])):
if matrix[r][c] == 1:
prev = (r, c)
if matrix[r][c] == 2:
curr = (r, c)
prev_row, prev_col = prev
curr_row, curr_col = curr
dir_x = curr_col - prev_col
dir_y = curr_row - prev_row
next_row = curr_row + dir_y
next_col = curr_col + dir_x
max_row = len(matrix) - 1
max_col = len(matrix[0]) - 1
if next_col < 0 or next_col > max_col:
dir_x *= -1
if next_row < 0 or next_row > max_row:
dir_y *= -1
next_row = curr_row + dir_y
next_col = curr_col + dir_x
return [next_row, next_col]
```