Cavity Map

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Solutions

We can check each element against its neighbors’ depth and mark it with ‘X’ if the cavity condition is satisfied.

Here is a C++ Solution:

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size_t n;
cin >> n;
vector<vector<char>> data; data.reserve(n);
for (auto i=0u; i<n; ++i)
{
    data.emplace_back(n);
    copy_n(istream_iterator<char>(cin), n, begin(data[i]));
}

for (auto i=1u; i<n-1; ++i)
{
    for (auto j=1u; j<n-1; ++j)
    {
        auto cavity = data[i][j]-'0';
        if (cavity > (data[i][j+1]-'0') && 
            cavity > (data[i][j-1]-'0') &&
            cavity > (data[i-1][j]-'0') &&
            cavity > (data[i+1][j]-'0'))
            data[i][j] = 'X';
    }    
}

for (const auto& row : data)
{
    copy(begin(row), end(row), ostream_iterator<char>(cout));
    cout << endl;
}
ad hoc 
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