Problem

Given an array, rotate the array to the right by k steps, where k is non-negative.

Example 1:

Input: [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] and k = 3 
Output: [5,6,7,1,2,3,4]
Explanation: rotate 1 steps to the right: [7,1,2,3,4,5,6] rotate 2 steps to the right: [6,7,1,2,3,4,5] 
rotate 3 steps to the right: [5,6,7,1,2,3,4]

Example 2:

Input:[-1,-100,3,99] and k = 2 
Output: [3,99,-1,-100] 
Explanation: rotate 1 steps to the right: [99,-1,-100,3] rotate 2 steps to the right: [3,99,-1,-100]

Note:

• Try to come up as many solutions as you can, there are at least 3 different ways to solve this problem.
• Could you do it in-place with O(1) extra space?

Solution 1: Simulate rotation with three reverses.

If k >= n, rotating k times has the same effect as rotating k % n times.

[1,2,3,4,5,6,7], K = 3

[5,6,7,1,2,3,4]

We can simulate the rotation with three reverses.

1. reverse the whole array O(n) [7,6,5,4,3,2,1]
2. reverse the left part 0 ~ k – 1 O(k) [5,6,7,4,3,2,1]
3. reverse the right part k ~ n – 1 O(n-k) [5,6,7,1,2,3,4]

Time complexity: O(n)

Space complexity: O(1) in-place

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