Solution 1 for Scaler Topics Fortnightly Contest - 25
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This article is part of the Scaler Topics Fortnightly Contest - 25
Solution Approach
When there are no tiles initially on the wall, placing one tile on any block suffices to begin forming a square pattern. In the scenario where tiles already exist on the wall, the following steps are taken to determine the required calculations:
Identify Four Values:
- minX: The index of the upper row with a tile.
- maxX: The index of the bottom row with a tile.
- minY: The index of the leftmost column with a tile.
- maxY: The index of the rightmost column with a tile.
Subsequently, we derive the length of the square side needed after attaching tiles. Let this side be denoted as ‘len.’ The value of ‘len’ is determined as follows: len = max(maxX − minX + 1, maxY − minY + 1). A solution isn’t feasible if ‘len’ exceeds either N (the wall’s length) or M (the wall’s width). Otherwise, the answer is calculated as len × len − cnt, where len × len represents the number of cells in the resulting square, and ‘cnt’ represents the number of tiles initially present on the wall.
Time Complexity: O(N * M) Space Complexity: O(N * M)
C++ Implementation
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