{"id":436,"date":"2025-06-29T16:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codeanddebug.in\/blog\/?p=436"},"modified":"2025-06-29T16:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:00:20","slug":"spiral-matrix-leetcode-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codeanddebug.in\/blog\/spiral-matrix-leetcode-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiral Matrix | Leetcode 54 | Explained in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LeetCode \u201cSpiral Matrix\u201d<\/strong> (#54) asks you to return all the elements of an m \u00d7 n<\/em> matrix in clock-wise spiral order<\/strong>, starting from the top-left corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Example<\/strong>
Input<\/em>
[[1, 2, 3],<\/code>
[4, 5, 6],<\/code>
[7, 8, 9]]<\/code>
Output<\/em>
[1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 8, 7, 4, 5]<\/code><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Think of tracing the outer frame of the matrix, then peeling it away layer by layer\u2014just like unwrapping an onion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the [Problem Link<\/span><\/mark><\/a><\/strong>] to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n

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