Count Square Submatrices with All Ones — LeetCode 1277 Python Solution

MediumArrayDynamic ProgrammingMatrix
Problem
#1277
Reading time
3 min

The problem

Given a m * n matrix of ones and zeros, return how many square submatrices have all ones.

Example

Input
matrix =
Output
15
Explanation
There are 10 squares of side 1.

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def countSquares(self, matrix: List[List[int]]) -> int:
        m, n = len(matrix), len(matrix[0])
        f = [[0] * n for _ in range(m)]
        ans = 0
        for i, row in enumerate(matrix):
            for j, v in enumerate(row):
                if v == 0:
                    continue
                if i == 0 or j == 0:
                    f[i][j] = 1
                else:
                    f[i][j] = min(f[i - 1][j - 1], f[i - 1][j], f[i][j - 1]) + 1
                ans += f[i][j]
        return ans

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(n·m) (typical)
SpaceO(n·m) or optimized auxiliary

Pattern: Matrix and Grid

Treat a 2-D grid as a graph whose neighbours are the four adjacent cells. LeetCode 1277. Count Square Submatrices with All Ones is filed here because LeetCode tags it Matrix, which is the vocabulary this hub collects.

The matrix and grid guide has the Python template for the pattern and the 216 LeetCode problems that use it.

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