Number of Islands II — C++

// Time:  O(klog*k) ~= O(k), k is the length of the positions
// Space: O(k)

// Using unordered_map.
class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> numIslands2(int m, int n, vector<pair<int, int>>& positions) {
        vector<int> numbers;
        int number = 0;
        const vector<pair<int, int>> directions{{0, -1}, {0, 1},
                                                {-1, 0}, {1, 0}};
        unordered_map<int, int> set;
        for (const auto& position : positions) {
            const auto& node = make_pair(position.first, position.second);
            set[node_id(node, n)] = node_id(node, n);
            ++number;

            for (const auto& d : directions) {
                const auto& neighbor = make_pair(position.first + d.first,
                                                 position.second + d.second);
                if (neighbor.first >= 0 && neighbor.first < m &&
                    neighbor.second >= 0 && neighbor.second < n &&
                    set.find(node_id(neighbor, n)) != set.end()) {
                    if (find_set(node_id(node, n), &set) != 
                        find_set(node_id(neighbor, n), &set)) {
                        // Merge different islands, amortised time: O(log*k) ~= O(1)
                        union_set(&set, node_id(node, n), node_id(neighbor, n));
                        --number;
                    }
                }
            }
            numbers.emplace_back(number);
        }

        return numbers;
    }

    int node_id(const pair<int, int>& node, const int n) {
        return node.first * n + node.second;
    }

    int find_set(int x, unordered_map<int, int> *set) {
       if ((*set)[x] != x) {
           (*set)[x] = find_set((*set)[x], set);  // path compression.
       }
       return (*set)[x];
    }

    void union_set(unordered_map<int, int> *set, const int x, const int y) {
        int x_root = find_set(x, set), y_root = find_set(y, set);
        (*set)[min(x_root, y_root)] = max(x_root, y_root);
    }
};


// Time:  O(klog*k) ~= O(k), k is the length of the positions
// Space: O(m * n)
// Using vector.
class Solution2 {
public:
    /**
     * @param n an integer
     * @param m an integer
     * @param operators an array of point
     * @return an integer array
     */
    vector<int> numIslands2(int m, int n, vector<pair<int, int>>& positions) {
        vector<int> numbers;
        int number = 0;
        const vector<pair<int, int>> directions{{0, -1}, {0, 1},
                                                {-1, 0}, {1, 0}};
        vector<int> set(m * n, -1);
        for (const auto& position : positions) {
            const auto& node = make_pair(position.first, position.second);
            set[node_id(node, n)] = node_id(node, n);
            ++number;

            for (const auto& d : directions) {
                const auto& neighbor = make_pair(position.first + d.first,
                                                 position.second + d.second);
                if (neighbor.first >= 0 && neighbor.first < m &&
                    neighbor.second >= 0 && neighbor.second < n &&
                    set[node_id(neighbor, n)] != -1) {
                    if (find_set(node_id(node, n), &set) != 
                        find_set(node_id(neighbor, n), &set)) {
                        // Merge different islands, amortised time: O(log*k) ~= O(1)
                        union_set(&set, node_id(node, n), node_id(neighbor, n));
                        --number;
                    }
                }
            }
            numbers.emplace_back(number);
        }

        return numbers;
    }

    int node_id(const pair<int, int>& node, const int m) {
        return node.first * m + node.second;
    }

    int find_set(int x, vector<int> *set) {
        int parent = x;
        while ((*set)[parent] != parent) {
            parent = (*set)[parent];
        }
        while ((*set)[x] != x) {
            int tmp = (*set)[x];
            (*set)[x] = parent;
            x = tmp;
        }
        return parent;
    }

    void union_set(vector<int> *set, const int x, const int y) {
        int x_root = find_set(x, set), y_root = find_set(y, set);
        (*set)[min(x_root, y_root)] = max(x_root, y_root);
    }
};