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Microsoft Mülakat Sorusu – Count Negative Numbers in a Sorted Matrix

LeetCode içerisinde bulunan “Count Negative Numbers in a Sorted Matrix” sorusunun açıklaması ve çözümü. Bu soruda size verilen bir matrix içerisinde kaç adet negatif sayı olduğunu efektif bir şekilde bulmanız isteniyor.

► LeetCode 1351. Count Negative Numbers in a Sorted Matrix: https://leetcode.com/problems/count-negative-numbers-in-a-sorted-matrix/

► Problem açıklaması:

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

Example 3:

Input: grid = [[1,-1],[-1,-1]]

Output: 3

Example 4:

Input: grid = [[-1]]

Output: 1