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Rotting Oranges
mediumA grid contains empty cells (0), fresh items (1), and contaminated items (2). Each minute, any fresh item adjacent (up/down/left/right) to a contaminated item becomes contaminated. Report the minimum number of minutes until every item is contaminated, or -1 if some items can never be reached.
Examples
Example 1:
Input:
grid = [[1,2,1],[1,1,1],[0,1,2]]Output:
2Explanation: Both contaminated cells spread outward; after 2 minutes all fresh items are reached.
Example 2:
Input:
grid = [[2,1,0],[0,1,0],[0,0,1]]Output:
-1Explanation: The item at (2,2) is isolated and cannot be contaminated.
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