[LeetCode]#1337. The K Weakest Rows in a Matrix

Environment: Python 3.8

Key technique: sorted

Given a m * n matrix mat of ones (representing soldiers) and zeros (representing civilians), return the indexes of the k weakest rows in the matrix ordered from the weakest to the strongest.

A row i is weaker than row j, if the number of soldiers in row i is less than the number of soldiers in row j, or they have the same number of soldiers but i is less than j. Soldiers are always stand in the frontier of a row, that is, always ones may appear first and then zeros.

Example 1:

Input: mat = 
[[1,1,0,0,0],
 [1,1,1,1,0],
 [1,0,0,0,0],
 [1,1,0,0,0],
 [1,1,1,1,1]], 
k = 3
Output: [2,0,3]
Explanation: 
The number of soldiers for each row is: 
row 0 -> 2 
row 1 -> 4 
row 2 -> 1 
row 3 -> 2 
row 4 -> 5 
Rows ordered from the weakest to the strongest are [2,0,3,1,4]

Example 2:

Input: mat = 
[[1,0,0,0],
 [1,1,1,1],
 [1,0,0,0],
 [1,0,0,0]], 
k = 2
Output: [0,2]
Explanation: 
The number of soldiers for each row is: 
row 0 -> 1 
row 1 -> 4 
row 2 -> 1 
row 3 -> 1 
Rows ordered from the weakest to the strongest are [0,2,3,1]

Analysis:

1. Convert mat to a dictionary by summary each list[i] value.
2. Sort is and return

Solution:

class Solution:
    def kWeakestRows(self, mat, k):
        ans={}
        for i in range(len(mat)):
            ans[i]=sum(mat[i])
        ans=sorted(ans, key=ans.get)
        return ans[:k]

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Reference:

https://leetcode.com/problems/the-k-weakest-rows-in-a-matrix/discuss/1012471/python3