Difference of Number of Distinct Values on Diagonals — LeetCode 2711 Python Solution

MediumArrayHash TableMatrix
Problem
#2711
Reading time
4 min

The problem

Given a 2D grid of size m x n, you should find the matrix answer of size m x n. The cell answer[r][c] is calculated by looking at the diagonal values of the cell grid[r][c]: Let leftAbove[r][c] be the number of distinct values on the diagonal to the left and above the cell grid[r][c] not including the cell grid[r][c] itself.

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def differenceOfDistinctValues(self, grid: List[List[int]]) -> List[List[int]]:
        m, n = len(grid), len(grid[0])
        ans = [[0] * n for _ in range(m)]
        for i in range(m):
            for j in range(n):
                x, y = i, j
                s = set()
                while x and y:
                    x, y = x - 1, y - 1
                    s.add(grid[x][y])
                tl = len(s)
                x, y = i, j
                s = set()
                while x + 1 < m and y + 1 < n:
                    x, y = x + 1, y + 1
                    s.add(grid[x][y])
                br = len(s)
                ans[i][j] = abs(tl - br)
        return ans

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(m \times n \times \min(m, n))
SpaceO(m \times n) auxiliary

Pattern: Matrix and Grid

Treat a 2-D grid as a graph whose neighbours are the four adjacent cells. LeetCode 2711. Difference of Number of Distinct Values on Diagonals 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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The Python solution on this page runs in O(m \times n \times \min(m, n)).
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The Python solution on this page uses O(m \times n) auxiliary space.
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LeetCode 2711. Difference of Number of Distinct Values on Diagonals is tagged Array, Hash Table and Matrix on LeetCode.

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