Matrix

Subtitle / Summary Do not start this problem by memorizing a Union-Find template. Start from the pressure: each land cell looks like one island at first, but adjacent land cells must collapse into one connected component. Reading time: 10-12 min Tags: Hot100, Union-Find, DSU, matrix, connected components SEO keywords: LeetCode 200, Number of Islands, Union-Find, DSU, connected components Meta description: A pressure-first Python guide to LeetCode 200 that derives land-only count, 2D-to-1D ids, Union-Find merges, and the final runnable solution. Problem Requirement You are given an m x n 2D character grid: ...

Subtitle / Summary Spiral traversal looks like “just printing in a fancy order”, but the real difficulty is getting boundaries and invariants right. This ACERS guide gives a reusable boundary-shrinking template and runnable multi-language solutions. Reading time: 12–15 min Tags: Hot100, matrix, simulation, boundary shrinking SEO keywords: Hot100, Spiral Matrix, clockwise traversal, boundary shrinking, LeetCode 54 Meta description: O(mn) spiral order traversal using boundary shrinking, with pitfalls, engineering scenarios, and runnable code. A — Algorithm Problem Restatement Given an m × n matrix matrix, return all elements in clockwise spiral order. ...