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994. Rotting Oranges

You are given an m x n grid where each cell can have one of three values:

Array

Example 1:

  • Input: grid = [[2,1,1],[1,1,0],[0,1,1]]
  • Output: 4

Example 2:

  • Input: grid = [[2,1,1],[0,1,1],[1,0,1]]
  • Output: -1
  • Explanation: The orange in the bottom left corner (row 2, column 0) is never rotten, because rotting only happens 4-directionally.

Example 3:

  • Input: grid = [[0,2]]
  • Output: 0
  • Explanation: Since there are already no fresh oranges at minute 0, the answer is just 0.

Constraints:

  • m == grid.length
  • n == grid[i].length
  • 1 <= m, n <= 10
  • grid[i][j] is 0, 1, or 2.

Solution

from collections import deque


class Solution:
    def orangesRotting(self, grid: list[list[int]]) -> int:
        q = deque()
        time, fresh = 0, 0

        rows, cols = len(grid), len(grid[0])
        for r in range(rows):
            for c in range(cols):
                if grid[r][c] == 1:
                    fresh += 1
                if grid[r][c] == 2:
                    q.append([r, c])

        directions = [[0, 1], [0, -1], [1, 0], [-1, 0]]

        while q and fresh > 0:
            for i in range(len(q)):
                r, c = q.popleft()
                for dr, dc in directions:
                    row, col = dr + r, dc + c
                    # check if in bounds
                    if (
                        row < 0
                        or col < 0
                        or row == len(grid)
                        or col == len(grid[0])
                        or grid[row][col] != 1
                    ):
                        continue
                    grid[row][col] = 2
                    q.append([row, col])
                    fresh -= 1
            time += 1
        return time if fresh == 0 else -1

Last updated on September 24, 2026

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