c - Find the number of connected objects in a given 2-D binary matrix

Question

Find number of connected objects from a given 2d matrix
Sample Input & Output1:

Enter number of rows: 
5 
Enter number of columns: 
5 
Enter the matrix: 
0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 0
1 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 
Number of connected objects = 2

Answer 1

I found out what you want, here ya have it, this explains how to find the "islands", meaning the number of connected 1's

http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/find-number-of-islands/