Solution: Number of Islands II
Explore the Union Find approach to solve the Number of Islands II problem in a 2D grid. Understand how to add land, merge connected components, and track the number of islands dynamically with efficient union and find operations for improved problem-solving skills on graph connectivity.
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Statements
You are given a
You can perform an add land operation that changes a water cell into land. An array positions is provided, where each element positions[i] = [ri, ci] indicates the cell (ri, ci), where the ith operation is applied.
Your task is to return an array of integers answer, where answer[i] gives the number of islands present in the grid after executing the ith operation.
An island is defined as a cluster of land cells connected horizontally or vertically (diagonal connections are not considered). The grid is assumed to be completely enclosed by water along its four boundaries.
Constraints:
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