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Problem: Number of Islands

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30 min
Explore how to apply the Union Find pattern to solve the Number of Islands problem. Understand how to identify connected components in a grid and implement an efficient solution in Python. This lesson helps you improve your skills in graph and connectivity problems for coding interviews.

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Let’s consider a scenario with an (m×n)(m \times n) 2D grid containing binary numbers, where '0' represents water and '1' represents land. If any '1' cells are connected to each other horizontally or vertically (not diagonally), they form an island. Your task is to return the total number of islands in the grid.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq grid.length 50\leq 50

  • 11 \leq grid[i].length 50\leq 50

  • grid[i][j] is either '0' or '1'.

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Problem: Number of Islands

Medium
30 min
Explore how to apply the Union Find pattern to solve the Number of Islands problem. Understand how to identify connected components in a grid and implement an efficient solution in Python. This lesson helps you improve your skills in graph and connectivity problems for coding interviews.

Statement

Let’s consider a scenario with an (m×n)(m \times n) 2D grid containing binary numbers, where '0' represents water and '1' represents land. If any '1' cells are connected to each other horizontally or vertically (not diagonally), they form an island. Your task is to return the total number of islands in the grid.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq grid.length 50\leq 50

  • 11 \leq grid[i].length 50\leq 50

  • grid[i][j] is either '0' or '1'.