# 09. Predict the Column

The problem can be found at the following link: [Question Link](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/predict-the-column/1)

![](https://badgen.net/badge/Level/Easy/green)

## My Approach

I'll find and return the column index with the maximum number of zeros.

* To do this, I'll iterate through each column, counting the number of zeros in each column, and keeping track of the column with the maximum zeros.

## Time and Auxiliary Space Complexity

* **Time Complexity**: `O(n^2)` because we iterate through all elements in the `n x n` matrix.
* **Auxiliary Space Complexity**: `O(1)` as we use a constant amount of additional space.

## Code (C++)

```cpp
class Solution {
public:
    int columnWithMaxZeros(vector<vector<int>> &arr, int n) {
        int maxZeros = 0;
        int columnIdx = -1;
        
        for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
            int zerosCount = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                if (arr[i][j] == 0) {
                    zerosCount++;
                }
            }
            
            if (zerosCount > maxZeros) {
                maxZeros = zerosCount;
                columnIdx = j;
            }
        }
        
        return columnIdx;
    }
};
```

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