Pseudo code

1. Create an empty queue and enqueue the source cell having a distance 0 from source (itself) and mark it as visited.
2. Loop till queue is empty
   1. Dequeue the front node.
   2. If the popped node is the destination node, return its distance.
   3. Otherwise, for each of four adjacent cells of the current cell, enqueue each of the valid cells with +1 distance and mark them as visited.
3. If all the queue nodes are processed, and the destination is not reached, then return false.

Python code

from collections import deque


# A queue node used in BFS
class Node:
    # (x, y) represents coordinates of a cell in the matrix
    # maintain a parent node for the printing path
    def __init__(self, x, y, parent=None):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y
        self.parent = parent

    def __repr__(self):
        return str((self.x, self.y))

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self.x == other.x and self.y == other.y


# Below lists detail all four possible movements from a cell
row = [-1, 0, 0, 1]
col = [0, -1, 1, 0]


# The function returns false if (x, y) is not a valid position
def isValid(x, y, N):
    return (0 <= x < N) and (0 <= y < N)


# Utility function to find path from source to destination
def getPath(node, path=[]):
    if node:
        getPath(node.parent, path)
        path.append(node)


# Find the shortest route in a matrix from source cell (x, y) to
# destination cell (N-1, N-1)
def findPath(matrix, x=0, y=0):
    # base case
    if not matrix or not len(matrix):
        return

    # `N × N` matrix
    N = len(matrix)

    # create a queue and enqueue the first node
    q = deque()
    src = Node(x, y)
    q.append(src)

    # set to check if the matrix cell is visited before or not
    visited = set()

    key = (src.x, src.y)
    visited.add(key)

    # loop till queue is empty
    while q:

        # dequeue front node and process it
        curr = q.popleft()
        i = curr.x
        j = curr.y

        # return if the destination is found
        if i == N - 1 and j == N - 1:
            path = []
            getPath(curr, path)
            return path

        # value of the current cell
        n = matrix[i][j]

        # check all four possible movements from the current cell
        # and recur for each valid movement
        for k in range(len(row)):
            # get next position coordinates using the value of the current cell
            x = i + row[k] * n
            y = j + col[k] * n

            # check if it is possible to go to the next position
            # from the current position
            if isValid(x, y, N):
                # construct the next cell node
                next = Node(x, y, curr)
                key = (next.x, next.y)

                # if it isn't visited yet
                if key not in visited:
                    # enqueue it and mark it as visited
                    q.append(next)
                    visited.add(key)

    # return None if the path is not possible
    return


if __name__ == '__main__':

    matrix = [
        [4, 4, 6, 5, 5, 1, 1, 1, 7, 4],
        [3, 6, 2, 4, 6, 5, 7, 2, 6, 6],
        [1, 3, 6, 1, 1, 1, 7, 1, 4, 5],
        [7, 5, 6, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 7],
        [3, 4, 6, 4, 7, 2, 6, 5, 4, 4],
        [3, 2, 5, 1, 2, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4],
        [4, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3, 7, 7, 3],
        [7, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 2, 3, 6, 3],
        [5, 1, 4, 2, 6, 4, 6, 7, 3, 7],
        [1, 4, 1, 7, 5, 3, 6, 5, 3, 4]
    ]

    # Find a route in the matrix from source cell (0, 0) to
    # destination cell (N-1, N-1)
    path = findPath(matrix)

    if path:
        print('The shortest path is', path)
    else:
        print('Destination is not found')

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