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Longest Line of Consecutive One in Matrix — LeetCode 562 Python Solution

Topics
Array, Dynamic Programming, Matrix
Reading time
3 min

The problem

Given an m x n binary matrix mat, return the length of the longest line of consecutive one in the matrix. The line could be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or anti-diagonal.

Example

Input
mat = [[0,1,1,0],[0,1,1,0],[0,0,0,1]]
Output
3

Python solution

PythonSolution
class Solution:
    def longestLine(self, mat: List[List[int]]) -> int:
        m, n = len(mat), len(mat[0])
        a = [[0] * (n + 2) for _ in range(m + 2)]
        b = [[0] * (n + 2) for _ in range(m + 2)]
        c = [[0] * (n + 2) for _ in range(m + 2)]
        d = [[0] * (n + 2) for _ in range(m + 2)]
        ans = 0
        for i in range(1, m + 1):
            for j in range(1, n + 1):
                if mat[i - 1][j - 1]:
                    a[i][j] = a[i - 1][j] + 1
                    b[i][j] = b[i][j - 1] + 1
                    c[i][j] = c[i - 1][j - 1] + 1
                    d[i][j] = d[i - 1][j + 1] + 1
                    ans = max(ans, a[i][j], b[i][j], c[i][j], d[i][j])
        return ans

Complexity

Time
O(m × n)
Space · auxiliary
O(m × n)where m and n are the number of rows and columns in the matrix, respectively

Pattern: Matrix and Grid

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The Python solution on this page runs in O(m × n).

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The Python solution on this page uses O(m × n), where m and n are the number of rows and columns in the matrix, respectively auxiliary space.

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