chapter 22: Union-find

22.1 count islands

A 2d grid map of m rows and n columns is initially filled with water. We may perform an addLand operation which turns the water at position (row, col) into a land. Given a list of positions to operate, count the number of islands after each addLand operation. An island is surrounded by water and is formed by connecting adjacent lands horizontally or vertically. You may assume all four edges of the grid are all surrounded by water.

Given m = 3, n = 3, positions = [[0,0], [0,1], [1,2], [2,1]]. Initially, the 2d grid grid is filled with water. (Assume 0 represents water and 1 represents land).

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Operation #1: addLand(0, 0) turns the water at grid[0][0] into a land.

1 0 0 0 0 0 Number of islands = 1 0 0 0 Operation #2: addLand(0, 1) turns the water at grid[0][1] into a land.

1 1 0 0 0 0 Number of islands = 1 0 0 0 Operation #3: addLand(1, 2) turns the water at grid[1][2] into a land.

1 1 0 0 0 1 Number of islands = 2 0 0 0 Operation #4: addLand(2, 1) turns the water at grid[2][1] into a land.

1 1 0 0 0 1 Number of islands = 3 0 1 0

class Solution(object):
    def num_islands2(self, m, n, positions):
        ans = []
        islands = Union()
        for p in map(tuple, positions):
            islands.add(p)
            for dp in (0, 1), (0, -1), (1, 0), (-1, 0):
                q = (p[0] + dp[0], p[1] + dp[1])
                if q in islands.id:
                    islands.unite(p, q)
            ans += [islands.count]
        return ans

class Union(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.id = {}
        self.sz = {}
        self.count = 0

    def add(self, p):
        self.id[p] = p
        self.sz[p] = 1
        self.count += 1

    def root(self, i):
        while i != self.id[i]:
            self.id[i] = self.id[self.id[i]]
            i = self.id[i]
        return i

    def unite(self, p, q):
        i, j = self.root(p), self.root(q)
        if i == j:
            return
        if self.sz[i] > self.sz[j]:
            i, j = j, i
        self.id[i] = j
        self.sz[j] += self.sz[i]
        self.count -= 1