29 · Topological Sort

#2392 Build a Matrix With Conditions

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Place the numbers 1..k in a k × k matrix (other cells 0). rowConditions[i] = [above, below] means above's row is strictly above below's row; colConditions[i] = [left, right] means left's column is strictly left of right's. Return any valid matrix, or an empty matrix if impossible.

in k = 3, rowConditions = [[1,2],[3,2]], colConditions = [[2,1],[3,2]]

out [[3,0,0],[0,0,1],[0,2,0]]

in k = 3, rowConditions = [[1,2],[2,3],[3,1],[2,3]], colConditions = [[2,1]]

out []

1 above 2 above 3 above 1 — a cycle.

  • 2 ≤ k ≤ 400
  • 1 ≤ rowConditions.length, colConditions.length ≤ 10⁴
  • above ≠ below, left ≠ right
  • 1 ≤ values ≤ k

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