Find Rectangle in Binary Matrix with Corners as 1 in C++

Suppose we have a binary matrix. We have to find if there is any rectangle or sequence in the given matrix whose all four corners are equal to 1. The matrix is like

The result will be yes. Here one rectangle is present, whose corners are with 1s.

To solve this we will use one efficient approach. We will follow these steps −

• Scan the matrix from top to bottom line by line

• For each line remember each combination of two 1’s and push that into a hash-set.

• If we ever find that combination again in the later line, we will get our rectangle.

Example

Live Demo

#include<iostream>
#include<unordered_set>
#include<unordered_map>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;
bool isRectanglePresent(const vector<vector<int> >& matrix) {
   int rows = matrix.size();
   if (rows == 0)
   return false;
   int columns = matrix[0].size();
   unordered_map<int, unordered_set<int> > table;
   for (int i = 0; i < rows; ++i) {
      for (int j = 0; j < columns - 1; ++j) {
         for (int k = j + 1; k < columns; ++k) {
            if (matrix[i][j] == 1 && matrix[i][k] == 1) {
               if (table.find(j) != table.end() && table[j].find(k) != table[j].end())
                  return true;
               if (table.find(k) != table.end() && table[k].find(j) != table[k].end())
                  return true;
               table[j].insert(k);
               table[k].insert(j);
            }
         }
      }
   }
   return false;
}
int main() {
   vector<vector<int> > matrix = {
      { 1, 0, 0, 1, 0 },
      { 0, 0, 1, 0, 1 },
      { 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 },
      { 1, 0, 1, 0, 1 }
   };
   if (isRectanglePresent(matrix))
      cout << "Rectangle is present";
   else
      cout << "Rectangle is not present";
}

Output

Rectangle is present