#C8760. Counting Distinct Islands
Counting Distinct Islands
Counting Distinct Islands
You are given a 2D grid of characters, where each cell is either '1' (land) or '0' (water). An island is a group of adjacent lands connected vertically or horizontally. Your task is to count the number of islands in the grid.
Note:
- Two lands are considered connected if they are adjacent vertically or horizontally (not diagonally).
- If a cell with '1' is not connected (in the above manner) to any other '1', it is considered an island by itself.
Input/Output: The input is provided from standard input (stdin) and the output must be written to standard output (stdout).
Example:
Input: 4 5 11000 11000 00100 00011</p>Output: 3
inputFormat
The first line contains two space-separated integers N and M, representing the number of rows and columns of the grid respectively.
This is followed by N lines, each containing a string of length M, consisting solely of the characters '0' and '1', representing the grid.
outputFormat
Output a single integer which is the total number of islands in the grid.
The answer must be printed to standard output.
## sample4 5
11000
11000
00100
00011
3