Number of Islands
Given a 2D grid of '1' (land) and '0' (water), count the number of islands surrounded by water.
Number of Islands in a Matrix
Count the number of distinct islands (connected groups of 1s) in a 2D binary matrix.
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Matrix & 2D Arrays — Python coding challenges
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