Black Shapes
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// adding these deltas to i and j
// moves them up-down and left-right respectively.
int xDelta[4] = {0, 0, -1, 1};
int yDelta[4] = {-1, 1 , 0, 0};
class Coordinate {
public:
int i;
int j;
Coordinate(int i, int j) {
this->i = i;
this->j = j;
}
};
// checks if (i, j) is a valid index for the matrix A
bool isBounded(int i, int j, vector<string> &A) {
if(i < 0 || j < 0 || i >= A.size() || j >= A[0].size())
return false;
return true;
}
int Solution::black(vector<string> &A) {
// Step 1: untill each cell have been traversed, find an X
// Step 2: increment the count of shapes
// Step 3: remove all adjacent Xs
// Step 4: go to step 1
// set count initially to 0
int count = 0;
// travese each cell
for(int i = 0; i < A.size(); i++)
for(int j = 0; j < A[0].size(); j++)
// if the cell is an X
if(A[i][j] == 'X') {
// increment the count since an unvisited bunch of X is here
count++;
// create a queue of pair of (i, j)
queue<Coordinate> q;
// insert current cell containing X
q.push(Coordinate(i, j));
A[i][j] = 'O';
// untill all Xs have been removed
while(!q.empty()) {
// current size of queue
int size = q.size();
// process all the elements currently in queue
for(int i = 1; i <= size; i++) {
// get front cell
Coordinate frontCell = q.front();
// remove it fron the queue
q.pop();
// use xDelta and yDelta to get all 4 neighbours
for(int dir = 0; dir < 4; dir++) {
int nextI = frontCell.i + xDelta[dir];
int nextJ = frontCell.j + yDelta[dir];
// check if neighbour index are in bounds
// and that they contain X
if(isBounded(nextI, nextJ, A) && A[nextI][nextJ] == 'X') {
// if so then push them into the queue for having its neighbours checked
q.push(Coordinate(nextI, nextJ));
// PROCESSING:
// remove X and replace with O
A[nextI][nextJ] = 'O';
}
}
}
}
}
// return the count
return count;
}class Coordinate {
public:
int i;
int j;
Coordinate(int i, int j) {
this->i = i;
this->j = j;
}
// checks if (i, j) is a valid index for the matrix A
bool isBounded(vector<string> &A) {
if(i < 0 || j < 0 || i >= A.size() || j >= A[0].size())
return false;
return true;
}
// get neighbours of i, j
vector<Coordinate> getNeighbours() {
// adding these deltas to i and j
// moves them up-down and left-right respectively.
int xDelta[4] = {0, 0, -1, 1};
int yDelta[4] = {-1, 1 , 0, 0};
// Resulting neighbours contains four negihbours in four directions
vector<Coordinate> neighbours;
// loop to get delta
for(int dir = 0; dir < 4; dir++)
// craete a neighbour using delta and
// push it into result
neighbours.push_back(Coordinate(i + xDelta[dir], j + yDelta[dir]));
return neighbours;
}
};
int Solution::black(vector<string> &A) {
// Step 1: untill each cell have been traversed, find an X
// Step 2: increment the count of shapes
// Step 3: remove all adjacent Xs
// Step 4: go to step 1
// set count initially to 0
int count = 0;
// travese each cell
for(int i = 0; i < A.size(); i++)
for(int j = 0; j < A[0].size(); j++)
// if the cell is an X
if(A[i][j] == 'X') {
// increment the count since an unvisited bunch of X is here
count++;
// create a queue of pair of (i, j)
queue<Coordinate> q;
// insert current cell containing X
q.push(Coordinate(i, j));
A[i][j] = 'O';
// untill all Xs have been removed
while(!q.empty()) {
// current size of queue
int size = q.size();
// process all the elements currently in queue
for(int i = 1; i <= size; i++) {
// get front cell
Coordinate frontCell = q.front();
// remove it fron the queue
q.pop();
// get neighbours and process them
for(Coordinate neighbour: frontCell.getNeighbours()) {
// check if neighbour is bounded and contain X
if(neighbour.isBounded(A) && A[neighbour.i][neighbour.j] == 'X') {
// if so then push it into the queue for having its neighbours processed
q.push(neighbour);
// PROCESSING:
// Replace X with O
A[neighbour.i][neighbour.j] = 'O';
}
}
}
}
}
// return the count
return count;
}class Coordinate {
public:
int i;
int j;
Coordinate(int i, int j) {
this->i = i;
this->j = j;
}
bool isBounded(vector<string> &A) {
if(i < 0 || j < 0 || i >= A.size() || j >= A[0].size())
return false;
return true;
}
vector<Coordinate> getNeighbours() {
int xDelta[4] = {0, 0, -1, 1};
int yDelta[4] = {-1, 1 , 0, 0};
vector<Coordinate> neighbours;
for(int dir = 0; dir < 4; dir++)
neighbours.push_back(
Coordinate(i + xDelta[dir], j + yDelta[dir])
);
return neighbours;
}
};
int Solution::black(vector<string> &A) {
int count = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < A.size(); i++)
for(int j = 0; j < A[0].size(); j++)
if(A[i][j] == 'X') {
count++;
queue<Coordinate> q;
q.push(Coordinate(i, j));
A[i][j] = 'O';
while(!q.empty()) {
int size = q.size();
for(int i = 1; i <= size; i++) {
Coordinate frontCell = q.front();
q.pop();
for(Coordinate neighbour: frontCell.getNeighbours()) {
if(neighbour.isBounded(A)
&& A[neighbour.i][neighbour.j] == 'X') {
q.push(neighbour);
A[neighbour.i][neighbour.j] = 'O';
}
}
}
}
}
return count;
}