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Challenge: Finding the Largest Island of Connected Ones in a Matrix

Introduction

Imagine you're an explorer on a digital ocean filled with islands made up of ones (1s) and water represented by zeroes (0s). Your task is to find the largest island composed of connected 1s in a given 2D grid (or matrix).

Here's a sample grid:

1const matrix = [
2  [1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
3  [0, 1, 1, 0, 0],
4  [0, 1, 0, 1, 0],
5  [1, 0, 0, 0, 0]
6];

Your Task

Write a class or method called MostConnectedOnes(matrix: array[]) that identifies the largest island of connected 1s in this digital ocean.

Defining "Connected"

Two 1s are considered connected if one is positioned:

1. Above the other
2. Below the other
3. To the left of the other
4. To the right of the other

Note: Diagonal connections do not count!

Examples

In the very first sample grid, the largest island has a size of 5. The connected 1s can be found starting at [0][0], moving right to [0][1], down to [1][1], right to [1][2], and finally down again to [2][1].

1const matrix = [
2  [1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
3  [0, 1, 1, 0, 0],
4  [0, 1, 0, 1, 0],
5  [1, 0, 0, 0, 0]
6];

Here's another example:

1const matrix = [
2  [1, 1, 0, 0],
3  [0, 0, 1, 0],
4  [0, 1, 1, 0],
5  [1, 0, 0, 0]
6];
7
8const mco = new MostConnectedOnes(matrix);
9mco.max();
10// Output: 3

Constraints

• The total number of elements in the matrix will be <= 100000
• The value of each element inside the matrix will either be 0 or 1
• If n is the number of rows and m is the number of columns, the expected time and space complexity should be O(n * m)

Your task is to find the "area" or the size of the largest island of connected 1s in the given matrix.

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How do I practice this challenge?

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var assert = require('assert');

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class MostConnectedOnes {

  constructor(matrix) {

    // implement this method

  }

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  // main interface

  max() {

    // implement this method

  }

}

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try {

  const matrix = [

    [1, 1, 0, 0],

    [0, 0, 1, 0],

    [0, 1, 1, 0],

    [1, 0, 0, 0],

  ];

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  const mco = new MostConnectedOnes(matrix);

  assert.equal(mco.max(), 3);

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  console.log('PASSED: ' + 'Test 1');

} catch (err) {

  console.log(err);

}

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