<p>You are given an <code>m x n</code> matrix <code>grid</code> consisting of positive integers.</p> <p>Perform the following operation until <code>grid</code> becomes empty:</p> <ul> <li>Delete the element with the greatest value from each row. If multiple such elements exist, delete any of them.</li> <li>Add the maximum of deleted elements to the answer.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Note</strong> that the number of columns decreases by one after each operation.</p> <p>Return <em>the answer after performing the operations described above</em>.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p> <img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2022/10/19/q1ex1.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 135px;" /> <pre> <strong>Input:</strong> grid = [[1,2,4],[3,3,1]] <strong>Output:</strong> 8 <strong>Explanation:</strong> The diagram above shows the removed values in each step. - In the first operation, we remove 4 from the first row and 3 from the second row (notice that, there are two cells with value 3 and we can remove any of them). We add 4 to the answer. - In the second operation, we remove 2 from the first row and 3 from the second row. We add 3 to the answer. - In the third operation, we remove 1 from the first row and 1 from the second row. We add 1 to the answer. The final answer = 4 + 3 + 1 = 8. </pre> <p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p> <img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2022/10/19/q1ex2.jpg" style="width: 83px; height: 83px;" /> <pre> <strong>Input:</strong> grid = [[10]] <strong>Output:</strong> 10 <strong>Explanation:</strong> The diagram above shows the removed values in each step. - In the first operation, we remove 10 from the first row. We add 10 to the answer. The final answer = 10. </pre> <p> </p> <p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p> <ul> <li><code>m == grid.length</code></li> <li><code>n == grid[i].length</code></li> <li><code>1 <= m, n <= 50</code></li> <li><code>1 <= grid[i][j] <= 100</code></li> </ul>