#1351
Count Negative Numbers in a Sorted Matrix
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array · binary search · matrix
Description
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
Solution