1351. Count Negative Numbers in a Sorted Matrix

Easy


Given a m x n matrix grid which is sorted in non-increasing order both row-wise and column-wise, return the number of negative numbers in grid.

 

Example 1:

Input: grid = [[4,3,2,-1],[3,2,1,-1],[1,1,-1,-2],[-1,-1,-2,-3]]
Output: 8
Explanation: There are 8 negatives number in the matrix.

Example 2:

Input: grid = [[3,2],[1,0]]
Output: 0

 

Constraints:

  • m == grid.length
  • n == grid[i].length
  • 1 <= m, n <= 100
  • -100 <= grid[i][j] <= 100

 

Follow up: Could you find an O(n + m) solution?




 class Solution:
    def countNegatives(self, grid: List[List[int]]) -> int:

        # brute force 

        count = 0
        for col in grid:
            for item in col:
                if item < 0:
                    count += 1

        return count

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