Practice · 4 of 5

Neighbor counting

CHALLENGE

Difficulty: intermediate+25 XP

Implement int countNeighbors(int[][] grid, int row, int col, int value): how many orthogonal neighbors (up/down/left/right) equal value. Guard each direction independently — corners have 2, edges 3, interior 4.

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