Leetcode 221 Solution

This article provides solution to leetcode question 221 (maximal-square)

https://leetcode.com/problems/maximal-square

Solution

class Solution { public: int maximalSquare(vector<vector<char>>& matrix) { int m = matrix.size();
if (m == 0) return 0;
int n = matrix[0].size();
vector<vector<int>> dp;
for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) dp.push_back(vector<int>(n));
dp[0][0] = matrix[0][0] - '0'; int max_size = dp[0][0];
for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) { dp[i][0] = matrix[i][0] - '0'; max_size = max(max_size, dp[i][0]); }
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) { dp[0][j] = matrix[0][j] - '0'; max_size = max(max_size, dp[0][j]); }
for (int i = 1; i < m; i++) { for (int j = 1; j < n; j++) { if (matrix[i][j] == '0') dp[i][j] = 0; else dp[i][j] = min(dp[i - 1][j - 1], min(dp[i][j - 1], dp[i - 1][j])) + 1;
max_size = max(max_size, dp[i][j]); } }
return max_size * max_size; } };