Given a matrix mat[][] containing the characters Z, P and * where Z is a zombie, P is a plant and * is a bare land. Given that a zombie can attack a plant if the plant is adjacent to the zombie (total, 8 adjacent cells are possible). The task is to print the number of plants that are safe from the zombies.
Examples:
Input: mat[] = { "**P*", "*Z**", "*Z**", "***P" } Output: 1 Input: mat[] = { "**P*P", "*Z**", "*P**", "***P" } Output: 2
Approach: Traverse the matrix element by element, if the current element is a plant i.e., mat[i][j] = ‘P’ then check if the plant is surrounded by any zombie (in all the 8 adjacent cells). If the plant is safe, then update count = count + 1. Print the count in the end.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
// C++ implementation of the approach #include <iostream> using namespace std; // Function that returns true if mat[i][j] is a zombie bool isZombie( int i, int j, int r, int c, string mat[]) { if (i < 0 || j < 0 || i >= r || j >= c || mat[i][j] != 'Z' ) return false ; return true ; } // Function to return the count of plants // that survived from the zombies attack int Plant_Vs_Zombies(string mat[], int row, int col) { int i, j, count = 0; for (i = 0; i < row; i++) { for (j = 0; j < col; j++) { // If current cell is a plant if (mat[i][j] == 'P' ) { // If current plant is safe from zombies if (!isZombie(i - 1, j - 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i - 1, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i - 1, j + 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j - 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j + 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1, j - 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1, j + 1, row, col, mat)) { count++; } } } } return count; } // Driver Code int main() { // Input matrix string mat[] = { "**P*" , "*Z**" , "*Z**" , "***P" }; // Rows and columns of the matrix int row = sizeof (mat) / sizeof (mat[0]); int col = mat[0].length(); // Total plants survived cout << Plant_Vs_Zombies(mat, row, col); } |
Java
// Java implementation of the approach. class GfG { // Function that returns true if // mat[i][j] is a zombie static boolean isZombie( int i, int j, int r, int c, String mat[]) { if (i < 0 || j < 0 || i >= r || j >= c || mat[i].charAt(j) != 'Z' ) return false ; return true ; } // Function to return the count of plants // that survived from the zombies attack static int Plant_Vs_Zombies(String mat[], int row, int col) { int i, j, count = 0 ; for (i = 0 ; i < row; i++) { for (j = 0 ; j < col; j++) { // If current cell is a plant if (mat[i].charAt(j) == 'P' ) { // If current plant is safe from zombies if (!isZombie(i - 1 , j - 1 , row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i - 1 , j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i - 1 , j + 1 , row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j - 1 , row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j + 1 , row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1 , j - 1 , row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1 , j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1 , j + 1 , row, col, mat)) { count++; } } } } return count; } // Driver code public static void main(String []args) { // Input matrix String[] mat = { "**P*" , "*Z**" , "*Z**" , "***P" }; // Rows and columns of the matrix int row = mat.length; int col = mat[ 0 ].length(); // Total plants survived System.out.println(Plant_Vs_Zombies(mat, row, col)); } } // This code is contributed by Rituraj Jain |
Python3
# Python3 implementation of the approach. # Function that returns true if # mat[i][j] is a zombie def isZombie(i, j, r, c, mat): if (i < 0 or j < 0 or i > = r or j > = c or mat[i][j] ! = 'Z' ): return True ; return False ; # Function to return the count of plants # that survived from the zombies attack def Plant_Vs_Zombies(mat, row, col): count = 0 ; for i in range (row): for j in range (col): # If current cell is a plant if (mat[i][j] = = 'P' ): # If current plant is safe from zombies if (isZombie(i - 1 , j - 1 , row, col, mat) and isZombie(i - 1 , j, row, col, mat) and isZombie(i - 1 , j + 1 , row, col, mat) and isZombie(i, j - 1 , row, col, mat) and isZombie(i, j, row, col, mat) and isZombie(i, j + 1 , row, col, mat) and isZombie(i + 1 , j - 1 , row, col, mat) and isZombie(i + 1 , j, row, col, mat) and isZombie(i + 1 , j + 1 , row, col, mat)): count + = 1 ; return count; # Driver code # Input matrix mat = [ "**P*" , "*Z**" , "*Z**" , "***P" ]; # Rows and columns of the matrix row = len (mat); col = len (mat[ 0 ]); # Total plants survived print (Plant_Vs_Zombies(mat, row, col)); # This code is contributed by mits |
C#
// C# implementation of the approach. using System; class GfG { // Function that returns true if // mat[i][j] is a zombie static bool isZombie( int i, int j, int r, int c, String []mat) { if (i < 0 || j < 0 || i >= r || j >= c || mat[i][j] != 'Z' ) return false ; return true ; } // Function to return the count of plants // that survived from the zombies attack static int Plant_Vs_Zombies(String []mat, int row, int col) { int i, j, count = 0; for (i = 0; i < row; i++) { for (j = 0; j < col; j++) { // If current cell is a plant if (mat[i][j] == 'P' ) { // If current plant is safe from zombies if (!isZombie(i - 1, j - 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i - 1, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i - 1, j + 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j - 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j + 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1, j - 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1, j + 1, row, col, mat)) { count++; } } } } return count; } // Driver code public static void Main(String []args) { // Input matrix String[] mat = { "**P*" , "*Z**" , "*Z**" , "***P" }; // Rows and columns of the matrix int row = mat.Length; int col = mat[0].Length; // Total plants survived Console.WriteLine(Plant_Vs_Zombies(mat, row, col)); } } // This code contributed by Rajput-Ji |
PHP
<?php // PHP implementation of the approach. // Function that returns true if // mat[i][j] is a zombie function isZombie( $i , $j , $r , $c , $mat ) { if ( $i < 0 || $j < 0 || $i >= $r || $j >= $c || $mat [ $i ][ $j ] != 'Z' ) return false; return true; } // Function to return the count of plants // that survived from the zombies attack function Plant_Vs_Zombies( $mat , $row , $col ) { $i ; $j ; $count = 0; for ( $i = 0; $i < $row ; $i ++) { for ( $j = 0; $j < $col ; $j ++) { // If current cell is a plant if ( $mat [ $i ][ $j ] == 'P' ) { // If current plant is safe from zombies if (!isZombie( $i - 1, $j - 1, $row , $col , $mat ) && !isZombie( $i - 1, $j , $row , $col , $mat ) && !isZombie( $i - 1, $j + 1, $row , $col , $mat ) && !isZombie( $i , $j - 1, $row , $col , $mat ) && !isZombie( $i , $j , $row , $col , $mat ) && !isZombie( $i , $j + 1, $row , $col , $mat ) && !isZombie( $i + 1, $j - 1, $row , $col , $mat ) && !isZombie( $i + 1, $j , $row , $col , $mat ) && !isZombie( $i + 1, $j + 1, $row , $col , $mat )) { $count ++; } } } } return $count ; } // Driver code // Input matrix $mat = array ( "**P*" , "*Z**" , "*Z**" , "***P" ); // Rows and columns of the matrix $row = sizeof( $mat ); $col = strlen ( $mat [0]); // Total plants survived echo (Plant_Vs_Zombies( $mat , $row , $col )); // This code is contributed by Code_Mech. ?> |
Javascript
<script> // Javascript implementation of the approach. // Function that returns true if // mat[i][j] is a zombie function isZombie(i, j, r, c, mat) { if (i < 0 || j < 0 || i >= r || j >= c || mat[i][j] != 'Z' ) return false ; return true ; } // Function to return the count of plants // that survived from the zombies attack function Plant_Vs_Zombies(mat, row, col) { let i, j, count = 0; for (i = 0; i < row; i++) { for (j = 0; j < col; j++) { // If current cell is a plant if (mat[i][j] == 'P' ) { // If current plant is safe from zombies if (!isZombie(i - 1, j - 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i - 1, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i - 1, j + 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j - 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i, j + 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1, j - 1, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1, j, row, col, mat) && !isZombie(i + 1, j + 1, row, col, mat)) { count++; } } } } return count; } // Driver code // Input matrix let mat = [ "**P*" , "*Z**" , "*Z**" , "***P" ]; // Rows and columns of the matrix let row = mat.length; let col = mat[0].length; // Total plants survived document.write(Plant_Vs_Zombies(mat, row, col)); // This code is contributed by mukesh07 </script> |
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Complexity Analysis:
- Time Complexity: O(N×N)
- Auxiliary Space: O(1)
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