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花花酱 LeetCode 96. Unique Binary Search Trees

Given n, how many structurally unique BST’s (binary search trees) that store values 1 … n?

Example:

Input: 3
Output: 5
Explanation:
Given n = 3, there are a total of 5 unique BST's:

   1         3     3      2      1
    \       /     /      / \      \
     3     2     1      1   3      2
    /     /       \                 \
   2     1         2                 3

Solution: DP

dp[i] = sum(dp[j] * dp[i – j – 1]) (0 <= j < i )

root: 1 node
left child: j nodes
right child i – j – 1 nodes

try all possible partitions

ans = dp[n]

Time complexity: O(n^2)
Space complexity: O(n)

C++

花花酱 LeetCode 528. Random Pick with Weight

Given an array w of positive integers, where w[i] describes the weight of index i, write a function pickIndex which randomly picks an index in proportion to its weight.

Note:

  1. 1 <= w.length <= 10000
  2. 1 <= w[i] <= 10^5
  3. pickIndex will be called at most 10000 times.

Example 1:

Input: 
["Solution","pickIndex"]
[[[1]],[]]
Output: [null,0]

Example 2:

Input: 
["Solution","pickIndex","pickIndex","pickIndex","pickIndex","pickIndex"]
[[[1,3]],[],[],[],[],[]]
Output: [null,0,1,1,1,0]

Explanation of Input Syntax:

The input is two lists: the subroutines called and their arguments. Solution‘s constructor has one argument, the array wpickIndex has no arguments. Arguments are always wrapped with a list, even if there aren’t any.

Solution: Binary Search

Crate a cumulative weight array, random sample a “weight”, do a binary search to see which bucket that weight falls in.
e.g. w = [2, 3, 1, 4], sum = [2, 5, 6, 10]
sample 3 => index = 1
sample 7 => index = 3

Time complexity: Init: O(n) Pick: O(logn)
Space complexity: O(n)

C++

花花酱 LeetCode 60. Permutation Sequence

The set [1,2,3,...,n] contains a total of n! unique permutations.

By listing and labeling all of the permutations in order, we get the following sequence for n = 3:

  1. "123"
  2. "132"
  3. "213"
  4. "231"
  5. "312"
  6. "321"

Given n and k, return the kth permutation sequence.

Note:

  • Given n will be between 1 and 9 inclusive.
  • Given k will be between 1 and n! inclusive.

Example 1:

Input: n = 3, k = 3
Output: "213"

Example 2:

Input: n = 4, k = 9
Output: "2314"

Solution: Math

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(n)

C++

花花酱 LeetCode 59. Spiral Matrix II

Given a positive integer n, generate a square matrix filled with elements from 1 to n2 in spiral order.

Example:

Input: 3
Output:
[
 [ 1, 2, 3 ],
 [ 8, 9, 4 ],
 [ 7, 6, 5 ]
]

Solution: Simulation

Time complexity: O(n^2)
Space complexity: O(n^2)

C++

花花酱 LeetCode 1210. Minimum Moves to Reach Target with Rotations

In an n*n grid, there is a snake that spans 2 cells and starts moving from the top left corner at (0, 0) and (0, 1). The grid has empty cells represented by zeros and blocked cells represented by ones. The snake wants to reach the lower right corner at (n-1, n-2) and (n-1, n-1).

In one move the snake can:

  • Move one cell to the right if there are no blocked cells there. This move keeps the horizontal/vertical position of the snake as it is.
  • Move down one cell if there are no blocked cells there. This move keeps the horizontal/vertical position of the snake as it is.
  • Rotate clockwise if it’s in a horizontal position and the two cells under it are both empty. In that case the snake moves from (r, c) and (r, c+1) to (r, c) and (r+1, c).
  • Rotate counterclockwise if it’s in a vertical position and the two cells to its right are both empty. In that case the snake moves from (r, c) and (r+1, c) to (r, c) and (r, c+1).

Return the minimum number of moves to reach the target.

If there is no way to reach the target, return -1.

Example 1:

Input: grid = [[0,0,0,0,0,1],
               [1,1,0,0,1,0],
               [0,0,0,0,1,1],
               [0,0,1,0,1,0],
               [0,1,1,0,0,0],
               [0,1,1,0,0,0]]
Output: 11
Explanation:
One possible solution is [right, right, rotate clockwise, right, down, down, down, down, rotate counterclockwise, right, down].

Example 2:

Input: grid = [[0,0,1,1,1,1],
               [0,0,0,0,1,1],
               [1,1,0,0,0,1],
               [1,1,1,0,0,1],
               [1,1,1,0,0,1],
               [1,1,1,0,0,0]]
Output: 9

Constraints:

  • 2 <= n <= 100
  • 0 <= grid[i][j] <= 1
  • It is guaranteed that the snake starts at empty cells.

Solution1: BFS

Time complexity: O(n^2)
Space complexity: O(n^2)

C++

Solution 2: DP

dp[i][j].first = min steps to reach i,j (tail pos) facing right
dp[i][j].second = min steps to reach i, j (tail pos) facing down
ans = dp[n][n-1].first

Time complexity: O(n^2)
Space complexity: O(n^2)

C++