blocked = {(1, 1), (2, 3)} dp = [[0] * 5 for _ in range(5)] for x in range(5): for y in range(5): if (x, y) in blocked: continue if (x, y) == (0, 0): dp[x][y] = 1 else: dp[x][y] = (dp[x-1][y] if x else 0) + (dp[x][y-1] if y else 0) assert dp[1][1] == 0 and dp[2][3] == 0 result = {"valid_paths": dp[4][4]} import json print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True))