Search⌘ K
AI Features

Solution: Number of Islands

Explore how to use the Union Find pattern to solve the Number of Islands problem by identifying connected land cells in a grid. Learn to merge neighboring lands, track connected components, and compute the total islands efficiently in C++ using this graph connectivity approach.

Statement

Let’s consider a scenario with an (m×n)(m \times n) 2D grid containing binary numbers, where '0' represents water and '1' represents land. If any '1' cells are connected to each other horizontally or vertically (not diagonally), they form an island. Your task is to return the total number of islands in the grid.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq grid.length 50\leq 50

  • 11 \leq ...