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Problem: Number of Distinct Islands

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30 min
Understand how to count distinct islands in a binary matrix by recognizing connected land components without rotations or flips. Explore hash map applications to efficiently solve this pattern-based coding problem common in technical interviews.

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Given an m x n binary matrix where 11 represents land and 00 represents water. An island is a group of connected 1s1s that are adjacent horizontally or vertically. Two islands are considered the same if one matches the other without rotating or flipping. The task is to return the number of distinct islands.

Constraints:

  • m == grid.length

  • n == grid[i].length

  • 11 \leq m, n 100\leq100

  • grid[i][j] is either 00 or 11.

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Problem: Number of Distinct Islands

Medium
30 min
Understand how to count distinct islands in a binary matrix by recognizing connected land components without rotations or flips. Explore hash map applications to efficiently solve this pattern-based coding problem common in technical interviews.

Statement

Given an m x n binary matrix where 11 represents land and 00 represents water. An island is a group of connected 1s1s that are adjacent horizontally or vertically. Two islands are considered the same if one matches the other without rotating or flipping. The task is to return the number of distinct islands.

Constraints:

  • m == grid.length

  • n == grid[i].length

  • 11 \leq m, n 100\leq100

  • grid[i][j] is either 00 or 11.