947. Most Stones Removed with Same Row or Column

On a 2D plane, we place n stones at some integer coordinate points. Each coordinate point may have at most one stone.

A stone can be removed if it shares either the same row or the same column as another stone that has not been removed.

Given an array stones of length n where stones[i] = [xi, yi] represents the location of the ith stone, return the largest possible number of stones that can be removed.

Example 1:

Input: stones = [[0,0],[0,1],[1,0],[1,2],[2,1],[2,2]]
Output: 5
Explanation: One way to remove 5 stones is as follows:
1. Remove stone [2,2] because it shares the same row as [2,1].
2. Remove stone [2,1] because it shares the same column as [0,1].
3. Remove stone [1,2] because it shares the same row as [1,0].
4. Remove stone [1,0] because it shares the same column as [0,0].
5. Remove stone [0,1] because it shares the same row as [0,0].
Stone [0,0] cannot be removed since it does not share a row/column with another stone still on the plane.

My Solutions:

用union find的思想来做。所有的坐标如果x或者y相同则结合成一个set,这道题是在找可以组成几个unique set,结果是stones的数量减去set。对一个点(x,y)来说,find到点的x,y坐标的root,然后union起来。

Example 3:

Input: stones = [[0,0]]
Output: 0
Explanation: [0,0] is the only stone on the plane, so you cannot remove it.

x/rootX: 10000/10000; y/rootY: 0/0

key = 10000; value = 0

key = 0; value = 0

Example 2:

x/rootX: 10000/10000; y/rootY: 0/0 --> 对应点(10000,0)

x/rootX: 10000/0; y/rootY: 2/2 -> 对应点(0,2)

x/rootX: 10001/10001; y/rootY: 1/1 -> 对应点(10001,1)

x/rootX: 10002/10002; y/rootY: 0/2 -> 对应点(10002,2)

x/rootX: 10002/2; y/rootY: 2/2 -> 对应点(2,2)

key = 10000; value = 0

key = 0; value = 2

key = 10001; value = 1

key = 1; value = 1

key = 2; value = 2

key = 10002; value = 2

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