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花花酱 LeetCode 1535. Find the Winner of an Array Game

Given an integer array arr of distinct integers and an integer k.

A game will be played between the first two elements of the array (i.e. arr[0] and arr[1]). In each round of the game, we compare arr[0] with arr[1], the larger integer wins and remains at position 0 and the smaller integer moves to the end of the array. The game ends when an integer wins k consecutive rounds.

Return the integer which will win the game.

It is guaranteed that there will be a winner of the game.

Example 1:

Input: arr = [2,1,3,5,4,6,7], k = 2
Output: 5
Explanation: Let's see the rounds of the game:
Round |       arr       | winner | win_count
  1   | [2,1,3,5,4,6,7] | 2      | 1
  2   | [2,3,5,4,6,7,1] | 3      | 1
  3   | [3,5,4,6,7,1,2] | 5      | 1
  4   | [5,4,6,7,1,2,3] | 5      | 2
So we can see that 4 rounds will be played and 5 is the winner because it wins 2 consecutive games.

Example 2:

Input: arr = [3,2,1], k = 10
Output: 3
Explanation: 3 will win the first 10 rounds consecutively.

Example 3:

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

Example 4:

Input: arr = [1,11,22,33,44,55,66,77,88,99], k = 1000000000
Output: 99

Constraints:

  • 2 <= arr.length <= 10^5
  • 1 <= arr[i] <= 10^6
  • arr contains distinct integers.
  • 1 <= k <= 10^9

Solution 1: Simulation with a List

Observation : if k >= n – 1, ans = max(arr)

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

C++

Solution 2: One pass

Since smaller numbers will be put to the end of the array, we must compare the rest of array before meeting those used numbers again. And the winner is monotonically increasing. So we can do it in one pass, just keep the largest number seen so far. If we reach to the end of the array, arr[0] will be max(arr) and it will always win no matter what k is.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)

C++

Java

Python3

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