/** * 944. Delete Columns to Make Sorted * https://leetcode.com/problems/delete-columns-to-make-sorted/ * Difficulty: Easy * * You are given an array of n strings strs, all of the same length. * * The strings can be arranged such that there is one on each line, making a grid. * * For example, strs = ["abc", "bce", "cae"] can be arranged as follows: * - abc * - bce * - cae * * You want to delete the columns that are not sorted lexicographically. In the above * example (0-indexed), columns 0 ('a', 'b', 'c') and 2 ('c', 'e', 'e') are sorted, * while column 1 ('b', 'c', 'a') is not, so you would delete column 1. * * Return the number of columns that you will delete. */ /** * @param {string[]} strs * @return {number} */ var minDeletionSize = function(strs) { let result = 0; for (let col = 0; col < strs[0].length; col++) { for (let row = 1; row < strs.length; row++) { if (strs[row][col] < strs[row - 1][col]) { result++; break; } } } return result; };