Smallest Rectangle Enclosing Black Pixels — LeetCode 302 Python Solution

HardLeetCode PremiumDepth-First SearchBreadth-First SearchArrayBinary SearchMatrix
Problem
#302
Reading time
8 min

The problem

You are given an m x n binary matrix image where 0 represents a white pixel and 1 represents a black pixel. The black pixels are connected (i.e., there is only one black region).

Example

Input
image = [["0","0","1","0"],["0","1","1","0"],["0","1","0","0"]], x = 0, y = 2
Output
6

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def minArea(self, image: List[List[str]], x: int, y: int) -> int:
        m, n = len(image), len(image[0])
        left, right = 0, x
        while left < right:
            mid = (left + right) >> 1
            c = 0
            while c < n and image[mid][c] == '0':
                c += 1
            if c < n:
                right = mid
            else:
                left = mid + 1
        u = left
        left, right = x, m - 1
        while left < right:
            mid = (left + right + 1) >> 1
            c = 0
            while c < n and image[mid][c] == '0':
                c += 1
            if c < n:
                left = mid
            else:
                right = mid - 1
        d = left
        left, right = 0, y
        while left < right:
            mid = (left + right) >> 1
            r = 0
            while r < m and image[r][mid] == '0':
                r += 1
            if r < m:
                right = mid
            else:
                left = mid + 1
        l = left
        left, right = y, n - 1
        while left < right:
            mid = (left + right + 1) >> 1
            r = 0
            while r < m and image[r][mid] == '0':
                r += 1
            if r < m:
                left = mid
            else:
                right = mid - 1
        r = left
        return (d - u + 1) * (r - l + 1)

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(log n) or O(n log n)
SpaceO(1) auxiliary

Pattern: Matrix and Grid

Treat a 2-D grid as a graph whose neighbours are the four adjacent cells. LeetCode 302. Smallest Rectangle Enclosing Black Pixels is filed here because LeetCode tags it Matrix, which is the vocabulary this hub collects.

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