LeetCode 296 Best Meeting Point

LeetCode 296 Best Meeting Point Problem

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class Solution(object):
    # def minTotalDistance(self, grid):
    #     """
    #     :type grid: List[List[int]]
    #     :rtype: int
    #     """
    #     # sort
    #     rows = []
    #     cols = []
    #     for i in range(len(grid)):
    #         for j in range(len(grid[0])):
    #             if grid[i][j] == 1:
    #                 rows.append(i)
    #                 cols.append(j)
    #     row = rows[len(rows) / 2]
    #     cols.sort()
    #     col = cols[len(cols) / 2]
    #     return self.minDistance1D(rows, row) + self.minDistance1D(cols, col)

    # def minDistance1D(self, points, origin):
    #     distance = 0
    #     for point in points:
    #         distance += abs(point - origin)
    #     return distance

    def minDistance1D(self, points):
        # two points
        distance = 0
        i, j = 0, len(points) - 1
        while i < j:
            distance += points[j] - points[i]
            i += 1
            j -= 1
        return distance

    def minTotalDistance(self, grid):
        rows = self.collectRows(grid)
        cols = self.collectCols(grid)
        row = rows[len(rows) / 2]
        col = cols[len(cols) / 2]
        return self.minDistance1D(rows) + self.minDistance1D(cols)

    def collectRows(self, grid):
        rows = []
        for i in range(len(grid)):
            for j in range(len(grid[0])):
                if grid[i][j] == 1:
                    rows.append(i)
        return rows

    def collectCols(self, grid):
        cols = []
        for j in range(len(grid[0])):
            for i in range(len(grid)):
                if grid[i][j] == 1:
                    cols.append(j)
        return cols
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