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花花酱 LeetCode 724. Find Pivot Index

Problem:

Given an array of integers nums, write a method that returns the “pivot” index of this array.

We define the pivot index as the index where the sum of the numbers to the left of the index is equal to the sum of the numbers to the right of the index.

If no such index exists, we should return -1. If there are multiple pivot indexes, you should return the left-most pivot index.

Example 1:

Example 2:

Note:

 

  • The length of nums will be in the range [0, 10000].
  • Each element nums[i] will be an integer in the range [-1000, 1000].



Idea:

DP

Solution:

C++

 

Java

 

Python

 

 

花花酱 LeetCode 91. Decode Ways

题目大意:

给你一个加密的数字字符串,问你一共有多少种不同的解密方式。

Problem:

A message containing letters from A-Z is being encoded to numbers using the following mapping:

‘A’ -> 1

‘B’ -> 2

‘Z’ -> 26

Given an encoded message containing digits, determine the total number of ways to decode it.

For example,
Given encoded message "12", it could be decoded as "AB" (1 2) or "L" (12).

The number of ways decoding "12" is 2.

 



Idea:

Dynamic Programming

Solution:

C++

Time complexity: O(n^2)

Space complexity: O(n^2)

 

C++

Time complexity: O(n)

Space complexity: O(n)

 

 

 

C++

Time complexity: O(n)

Space complexity: O(1)

 

Related Problems:

花花酱 LeetCode 72. Edit Distance

Problem:

Given two words word1 and word2, find the minimum number of steps required to convert word1 to word2. (each operation is counted as 1 step.)

You have the following 3 operations permitted on a word:

a) Insert a character
b) Delete a character
c) Replace a character

Idea:

Dynamic Programming

Solution:

Recursive

Iterative

 

花花酱 688. Knight Probability in Chessboard

https://leetcode.com/problems/knight-probability-in-chessboard/description/

Problem:

On an NxN chessboard, a knight starts at the r-th row and c-th column and attempts to make exactly Kmoves. The rows and columns are 0 indexed, so the top-left square is (0, 0), and the bottom-right square is (N-1, N-1).

A chess knight has 8 possible moves it can make, as illustrated below. Each move is two squares in a cardinal direction, then one square in an orthogonal direction.

Each time the knight is to move, it chooses one of eight possible moves uniformly at random (even if the piece would go off the chessboard) and moves there.

The knight continues moving until it has made exactly K moves or has moved off the chessboard. Return the probability that the knight remains on the board after it has stopped moving.

Example:

Note:

  • N will be between 1 and 25.
  • K will be between 0 and 100.
  • The knight always initially starts on the board.



Idea:
Dynamic programming
Count the ways to reach (x, y) after k moves from start.
Time Complexity: O(k*n^2)
Space Complexity: O(n^2)
Solution:

 

Related problems:

花花酱 LeetCode 678. Valid Parenthesis String

Problem:

Given a string containing only three types of characters: ‘(‘, ‘)’ and ‘*’, write a function to check whether this string is valid. We define the validity of a string by these rules:

  1. Any left parenthesis '(' must have a corresponding right parenthesis ')'.
  2. Any right parenthesis ')' must have a corresponding left parenthesis '('.
  3. Left parenthesis '(' must go before the corresponding right parenthesis ')'.
  4. '*' could be treated as a single right parenthesis ')' or a single left parenthesis '(' or an empty string.
  5. An empty string is also valid.

Example 1:

Example 2:

Example 3:

Note:

  1. The string size will be in the range [1, 100].



Idea:

Dynamic Programming / Counting

Solution 1:

C++ / DP / Top-down O(n^3)

 

C++ / DP/ Bottom-up O(n^3)

 

C++ / Counting O(n)

 

Java / DP / Bottom-up O(n^3)