Count Sub Islands

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1Give yourself 5 minutes
2Answer out loud, not in your head
3Then compare with the answer below
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  1. 01Traverse every land component in grid2.
  2. 02DFS or BFS its four-directional cells.
  3. 03Mark invalid if any visited cell is water in grid1.
  4. 04Always finish visiting the component.
  5. 05Increment only if the final flag remains valid.

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  • How would you avoid recursion-depth risk?

    Tests: follow-up reasoning

  • What changes if grid2 may be mutated?

    Tests: constraint adaptation

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