LeetCode - Set Matrix Zeroes

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Problem description

description

Given a m x n matrix, if an element is 0, set its entire row and column to 0. Do it in-place.

Example 1:

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Input: 
[
  [1,1,1],
  [1,0,1],
  [1,1,1]
]
Output: 
[
  [1,0,1],
  [0,0,0],
  [1,0,1]
]

Example 2:

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Input: 
[
  [0,1,2,0],
  [3,4,5,2],
  [1,3,1,5]
]
Output: 
[
  [0,0,0,0],
  [0,4,5,0],
  [0,3,1,0]
]

Follow up:

  • A straight forward solution using O(mn) space is probably a bad idea.
  • A simple improvement uses O(m + n) space, but still not the best solution.
  • Could you devise a constant space solution?

Analysis

The general idea is to save information in the first position of each row/column.

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class Solution {
    public void setZeroes(int[][] matrix) {
        if (matrix == null){
            return;
        }
        int m = matrix.length;
        if (m == 0){
            return;
        }
        int n = matrix[0].length;
        if (n == 0){
            return;
        }
        
        boolean col = false;
        boolean row = false;
        
        for (int i = 0; i< m ;i++){
            if (matrix[i][0] == 0){
                col = true;
            }
        }
        
        for (int i = 0; i< n ;i++){
            if (matrix[0][i] == 0){
                row = true;
            }
        }
        
        for (int i = 1; i < m; i++){
            for (int j = 1; j< n; j++){
                if (matrix[i][j] == 0){
                    matrix[0][j] = 0;                
                    matrix[i][0] = 0;
                } 
            }
        }
        
        for (int i = 1; i < m; i++){
            if (matrix[i][0] == 0){
                for (int j = 0; j < n; j++){
                    matrix[i][j] = 0;
                }
            }
        }
        
 
        for (int j = 1; j < n; j++){
            if (matrix[0][j] == 0){
                for (int i = 0; i< m; i++){
                    matrix[i][j] = 0;
                }
            }
        }
        
        if (col){
            for (int i = 0; i < m; i++){
                matrix[i][0] = 0;
            }
        }
        
        if (row){
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++){
                matrix[0][i] = 0;
            }
        }
    
    }
}

What to improve

  • think and code, be careful about start index.