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Quiz

#407 Trapping Rain Water II

APPROACH

Given an m x n integer matrix heightMap representing the height of each unit cell in a 2D elevation map, return the volume of water it can trap after raining.

Example 1:

Input: heightMap = [[1,4,3,1,3,2],[3,2,1,3,2,4],[2,3,3,2,3,1]]

Output: 4

Explanation: After the rain, water is trapped between the blocks.

We have two small ponds 1 and 3 units trapped.

The total volume of water trapped is 4.

Example 2:

Input: heightMap = [[3,3,3,3,3],[3,2,2,2,3],[3,2,1,2,3],[3,2,2,2,3],[3,3,3,3,3]]

Output: 10

1 of 4

What is the optimal approach for this problem?