From 15ea67cde9b73a6d101d504676760058147e4de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rvuyyuru7 <likhith530@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 19:17:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Rotting oranges complete

---
 RottingOranges.java | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 RottingOranges.java

diff --git a/RottingOranges.java b/RottingOranges.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c60ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RottingOranges.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+class Solution {
+    // Approach: BFS
+    // TC: O(m * n)
+    // SC: O(m * n) for queue
+    private static final int EMPTY = 0;
+    private static final int FRESH = 1;
+    private static final int ROTTEN = 2;
+    private static final int[][] DIRECTIONS = new int[][] {{-1, 0}, {0, -1}, {1, 0}, {0, 1}};
+    public int orangesRotting(int[][] grid) {
+        int minNumOfMinutes = 0;
+        int countOfFreshOranges = 0;
+        // Add rotten orange indices to queue and maintain count of fresh oranges.
+        Queue<int[]> indicesOfRottenOranges = new LinkedList<>();
+        int numOfRows = grid.length;
+        int numOfColumns = grid[0].length;
+        for (int row = 0; row < numOfRows; row ++) {
+            for (int column = 0; column < numOfColumns; column ++) {
+                if (grid[row][column] == ROTTEN) {
+                    indicesOfRottenOranges.offer(new int[] { row, column }); // add index
+                } else if (grid[row][column] == FRESH) {
+                    countOfFreshOranges ++; // increment count of fresh oranges
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // No fresh oranges.
+        if (countOfFreshOranges == 0) {
+            return minNumOfMinutes;
+        }
+        // Iterate through all rotten oranges and rotten their neighbors.
+        int countOfNewlyRottenOranges = 0;
+        while (!indicesOfRottenOranges.isEmpty()) {
+            int levelSize = indicesOfRottenOranges.size();
+            while (levelSize -- != 0) {
+                int[] rottenOrangeIndex = indicesOfRottenOranges.poll();
+                int row = rottenOrangeIndex[0];
+                int column = rottenOrangeIndex[1];
+                // Check neighbors on all 4 directions.
+                for (int[] direction: DIRECTIONS) {
+                    int newRow = row + direction[0];
+                    int newColumn = column + direction[1];
+                    // Rotten the fresh orange.
+                    if (newRow >= 0 && newColumn >= 0 && newRow < numOfRows && newColumn < numOfColumns
+                        && grid[newRow][newColumn] == FRESH
+                    ) {
+                        grid[newRow][newColumn] = ROTTEN;
+                        indicesOfRottenOranges.offer(new int[] { newRow, newColumn });
+                        countOfNewlyRottenOranges ++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            minNumOfMinutes ++; // increment after each level
+            if (countOfFreshOranges == countOfNewlyRottenOranges) {
+                // All oranges are rotten.
+                return minNumOfMinutes;
+            }
+        }
+        // Unable to rotten all oranges.
+        return -1;
+    }
+}
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From 8a7b4104861debe7212ec475b83701d8901acfa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rvuyyuru7 <likhith530@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:31:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Employee importance done

---
 EmployeeImportance.java | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 EmployeeImportance.java

diff --git a/EmployeeImportance.java b/EmployeeImportance.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f4ce86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/EmployeeImportance.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+// Definition for Employee.
+class Employee {
+    public int id;
+    public int importance;
+    public List<Integer> subordinates;
+};
+*/
+
+// Approach: Employee map + BFS with queue
+// TC: N for populating employeeMap + N for iterating through subordinatesQueue ~= 2N ~= O(N)
+// SC: N for employeeMap + N for subordinatesQueue ~= 2N ~= O(N)
+class Solution {
+    public int getImportance(List<Employee> employees, int id) {
+        Map<Integer, Employee> employeeMap = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Employee employee: employees) {
+            employeeMap.put(employee.id, employee);
+        }
+        Queue<Integer> subordinatesQueue = new LinkedList<>();
+        subordinatesQueue.offer(id);
+        int importance = 0;
+        while (!subordinatesQueue.isEmpty()) {
+            int subordinateId = subordinatesQueue.poll();
+            if (employeeMap.containsKey(subordinateId)) {
+                Employee employee = employeeMap.get(subordinateId);
+                importance += employee.importance;
+                List<Integer> subordinates = employee.subordinates;
+                for (int subordinate: subordinates) {
+                    subordinatesQueue.offer(subordinate);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return importance;
+    }
+}
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