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You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums of even length and there is also an empty array arr. Alice and Bob decided to play a game where in every round Alice and Bob will do one move. The rules of the game are as follows:

• Every round, first Alice will remove the minimum element from nums, and then Bob does the same.
• Now, first Bob will append the removed element in the array arr, and then Alice does the same.
• The game continues until nums becomes empty.

Return the resulting array arr.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [5,4,2,3]
Output: [3,2,5,4]
Explanation: In round one, first Alice removes 2 and then Bob removes 3. Then in arr firstly Bob appends 3 and then Alice appends 2. So arr = [3,2].
At the begining of round two, nums = [5,4]. Now, first Alice removes 4 and then Bob removes 5. Then both append in arr which becomes [3,2,5,4].

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,5]
Output: [5,2]
Explanation: In round one, first Alice removes 2 and then Bob removes 5. Then in arr firstly Bob appends and then Alice appends. So arr = [5,2].

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 100
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 100
• nums.length % 2 == 0

Solution: Sort and Swap

Sort the array first and then swap the adjacent elements.

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

You are given two arrays nums1 and nums2 consisting of positive integers.

You have to replace all the 0‘s in both arrays with strictly positive integers such that the sum of elements of both arrays becomes equal.

Return the minimum equal sum you can obtain, or -1 if it is impossible.

Example 1:

Input: nums1 = [3,2,0,1,0], nums2 = [6,5,0]
Output: 12
Explanation: We can replace 0's in the following way:
- Replace the two 0's in nums1 with the values 2 and 4. The resulting array is nums1 = [3,2,2,1,4].
- Replace the 0 in nums2 with the value 1. The resulting array is nums2 = [6,5,1].
Both arrays have an equal sum of 12. It can be shown that it is the minimum sum we can obtain.

Example 2:

Input: nums1 = [2,0,2,0], nums2 = [1,4]
Output: -1
Explanation: It is impossible to make the sum of both arrays equal.

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums1.length, nums2.length <= 105
• 0 <= nums1[i], nums2[i] <= 106

Solution: A few cases

Calculate the sum of number of zeros of each array as (s1, z1), (s2, z2). There are a few cases:

1. z1 == z2 == 0, there is no way to change, just check s1 == s2.
2. z1 == 0, z1 != 0 or z2 == 0, z1 != 0. Need to at least increase the sum by number of zeros, check s1 + z1 <= s2 / s2 + z2 <= s1
3. z1 != 0, z2 != 0, the min sum is max(s1 + z1, s2 + z2)

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

You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums, and an integer k.

The K-or of nums is a non-negative integer that satisfies the following:

• The ith bit is set in the K-or if and only if there are at least k elements of nums in which bit i is set.

Return the K-or of nums.

Note that a bit i is set in x if (2i AND x) == 2i, where AND is the bitwise AND operator.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [7,12,9,8,9,15], k = 4
Output: 9
Explanation: Bit 0 is set at nums[0], nums[2], nums[4], and nums[5].
Bit 1 is set at nums[0], and nums[5].
Bit 2 is set at nums[0], nums[1], and nums[5].
Bit 3 is set at nums[1], nums[2], nums[3], nums[4], and nums[5].
Only bits 0 and 3 are set in at least k elements of the array, and bits i >= 4 are not set in any of the array's elements. Hence, the answer is 2^0 + 2^3 = 9.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,12,1,11,4,5], k = 6
Output: 0
Explanation: Since k == 6 == nums.length, the 6-or of the array is equal to the bitwise AND of all its elements. Hence, the answer is 2 AND 12 AND 1 AND 11 AND 4 AND 5 = 0.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [10,8,5,9,11,6,8], k = 1
Output: 15
Explanation: Since k == 1, the 1-or of the array is equal to the bitwise OR of all its elements. Hence, the answer is 10 OR 8 OR 5 OR 9 OR 11 OR 6 OR 8 = 15.

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 50
• 0 <= nums[i] < 231
• 1 <= k <= nums.length

Solution: Bit Operation

Enumerate every bit and enumerate every number.

Time complexity: O(31 * n)
Space complexity: O(1)

Given a function fn, return a new function that is identical to the original function except that it ensures fn is called at most once.

• The first time the returned function is called, it should return the same result as fn.
• Every subsequent time it is called, it should return undefined.

Example 1:

Input: fn = (a,b,c) => (a + b + c), calls = [[1,2,3],[2,3,6]]
Output: [{"calls":1,"value":6}]
Explanation:
const onceFn = once(fn);
onceFn(1, 2, 3); // 6
onceFn(2, 3, 6); // undefined, fn was not called

Example 2:

Input: fn = (a,b,c) => (a * b * c), calls = [[5,7,4],[2,3,6],[4,6,8]]
Output: [{"calls":1,"value":140}]
Explanation:
const onceFn = once(fn);
onceFn(5, 7, 4); // 140
onceFn(2, 3, 6); // undefined, fn was not called
onceFn(4, 6, 8); // undefined, fn was not called

Constraints:

• 1 <= calls.length <= 10
• 1 <= calls[i].length <= 100
• 2 <= JSON.stringify(calls).length <= 1000

Solution: