Number Of Corner Rectangles — LeetCode 750 Python Solution

MediumLeetCode PremiumArrayMathDynamic ProgrammingMatrix
Problem
#750
Reading time
2 min

The problem

Given an m x n integer matrix grid where each entry is only 0 or 1, return the number of corner rectangles. A corner rectangle is four distinct 1's on the grid that forms an axis-aligned rectangle.

Example

Input
grid = [[1,0,0,1,0],[0,0,1,0,1],[0,0,0,1,0],[1,0,1,0,1]]
Output
1
Explanation
There is only one corner rectangle, with corners grid[1][2], grid[1][4], grid[3][2], grid[3][4].

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def countCornerRectangles(self, grid: List[List[int]]) -> int:
        ans = 0
        cnt = Counter()
        n = len(grid[0])
        for row in grid:
            for i, c1 in enumerate(row):
                if c1:
                    for j in range(i + 1, n):
                        if row[j]:
                            ans += cnt[(i, j)]
                            cnt[(i, j)] += 1
        return ans

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(m \times n^2)
SpaceO(n^2) auxiliary

Pattern: Matrix and Grid

Treat a 2-D grid as a graph whose neighbours are the four adjacent cells. LeetCode 750. Number Of Corner Rectangles 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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