221. Maximal Square

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Given an m x n binary matrix filled with 0's and 1's, find the largest square containing only 1's and return its area. Example 1: Input: matrix = [["1","0","1","0","0"],["1","0","1","1","1"],["1","1","1","1","1"],["1","0","0","1","0"]] Output: 4 Example 2: Input: matrix = [["0","1"],["1","0"]] Output: 1 Example 3: Input: matrix = [["0"]] Output: 0 Constraints: - m == matrix.length - n

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