0073: Set Matrix Zeroes
Problem Statement
Given an m x n
integer matrix matrix
, if an element is 0
, set its entire row and column to 0
's.
You must do it in place.
Example 1:

Input: matrix = [[1,1,1],[1,0,1],[1,1,1]] Output: [[1,0,1],[0,0,0],[1,0,1]]
Example 2:

Input: matrix = [[0,1,2,0],[3,4,5,2],[1,3,1,5]] Output: [[0,0,0,0],[0,4,5,0],[0,3,1,0]]
Constraints:
m == matrix.length
n == matrix[0].length
1 <= m, n <= 200
-231 <= matrix[i][j] <= 231 - 1
Follow up:
- A straightforward solution using
O(mn)
space is probably a bad idea. - A simple improvement uses
O(m + n)
space, but still not the best solution. - Could you devise a constant space solution?
Code Solution
class Solution:
def setZeroes(self, matrix):
nR = len(matrix)
nC = len(matrix[0])
hasRow0 = False
hasCol0 = False
m = matrix
for rx in range(nR):
if m[rx][0] == 0:
hasCol0 = True
for cx in range(nC):
if m[0][cx] == 0:
hasRow0 = True
for rx in range(1, nR):
for cx in range(1, nC):
if m[rx][cx] == 0:
m[0][cx] = 0
m[rx][0] = 0
for rx in range(1, nR):
if m[rx][0] == 0:
for cx in range(1, nC):
m[rx][cx] = 0
for cx in range(1, nC):
if m[0][cx] == 0:
for rx in range(1, nR):
m[rx][cx] = 0
if hasRow0:
for cx in range(nC):
m[0][cx] = 0
if hasCol0:
for rx in range(nR):
m[rx][0] = 0