Rotting Oranges Problem Statement

You are given a grid containing oranges where each cell of the grid can contain one of the three integer values:

0 - representing an empty cell

1 - representing a fresh orange

2 - representing a rotten orange

Every second, any fresh orange that is adjacent (4-directionally) to a rotten orange becomes rotten. Your task is to find the minimum time required after which no cell contains a fresh orange. If it is impossible to rot all the fresh oranges, return -1.

Note:

1. The grid is 0-based indexed. 2. A rotten orange can affect adjacent oranges 4 directionally, i.e., Up, Down, Left, Right.

Example:

Input:

N = 3, M = 3 grid = [ [2, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0], [0, 1, 1] ]

Output:

4

Explanation:

After 4 seconds, all fresh oranges become rotten.

Constraints:

1

Question

Rotting Oranges Problem Statement

You are given a grid containing oranges where each cell of the grid can contain one of the three integer values:

0 - representing an empty cell
1 - representing a fresh orange
2 - representing a rotten orange

Every second, any fresh orange that is adjacent (4-directionally) to a rotten orange becomes rotten. Your task is to find the minimum time required after which no cell contains a fresh orange. If it is impossible to rot all the fresh oranges, return -1.

Note:

1. The grid is 0-based indexed.
2. A rotten orange can affect adjacent oranges 4 directionally, i.e., Up, Down, Left, Right.

Example:

Input:

N = 3, M = 3
grid = [
  [2, 1, 1],
  [1, 1, 0],
  [0, 1, 1]
]

Output:

Explanation:

After 4 seconds, all fresh oranges become rotten.

Constraints:

1 <= N <= 500
1 <= M <= 500
0 <= grid[i][j] <= 2
Time Limit: 1 sec

Accepted Answer

Find the minimum time required to rot all fresh oranges in a grid.

Iterate through the grid to find rotten oranges and their adjacent fresh oranges.
Use BFS or DFS to simulate the rotting process and track the time taken.
Return the minimum time taken to rot all fresh oranges or -1 if not possible.