# Problem

https://leetcode.com/problems/string-compression/description/

Given an array of characters, compress it in-place.

The length after compression must always be smaller than or equal to the original array.

Every element of the array should be a character (not int) of length 1.

After you are done modifying the input array in-place, return the new length of the array.

Could you solve it using only O(1) extra space?

Example 1:

Input:
["a","a","b","b","c","c","c"]

Output:
Return 6, and the first 6 characters of the input array should be: ["a","2","b","2","c","3"]

Explanation:
"aa" is replaced by "a2". "bb" is replaced by "b2". "ccc" is replaced by "c3".


Example 2:

Input:
["a"]

Output:
Return 1, and the first 1 characters of the input array should be: ["a"]

Explanation:
Nothing is replaced.


Example 3:

Input:
["a","b","b","b","b","b","b","b","b","b","b","b","b"]

Output:
Return 4, and the first 4 characters of the input array should be: ["a","b","1","2"].

Explanation:
Since the character "a" does not repeat, it is not compressed. "bbbbbbbbbbbb" is replaced by "b12".
Notice each digit has it's own entry in the array.


Note:

1. All characters have an ASCII value in [35, 126].
2. 1 <= len(chars) <= 1000.

# Solution

Time complexity: O(n)

Space complexity: O(1)

C++

# Problem

Given n points in the plane that are all pairwise distinct, a “boomerang” is a tuple of points (i, j, k) such that the distance between i and j equals the distance between i and k (the order of the tuple matters).

Find the number of boomerangs. You may assume that n will be at most 500 and coordinates of points are all in the range [-10000, 10000] (inclusive).

Example:

Input:
[[0,0],[1,0],[2,0]]

Output:
2

Explanation:
The two boomerangs are [[1,0],[0,0],[2,0]] and [[1,0],[2,0],[0,0]]


# Solution: HashTable

For each point, compute the distance to the rest of the points and count.

if there are k points that have the same distance to current point, then there are P(k,2) = k*k-1 Boomerangs.

for example, p1, p2, p3 have the same distance to p0, then there are P(3,2) = 3 * (3-1) = 6 Boomerangs

(p1, p0, p2), (p1, p0, p3)

(p2, p0, p1), (p2, p0, p3)

(p3, p0, p1), (p3, p0, p2)

C++

## Solution 2: Sorting

dist = [1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 5]

sorted_dist = [1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5], 1*3, 2*2, 5*1

ans = 3*(3-1) + 2 * (2 – 1) * 1 * (1 – 1) = 8

Time complexity: O(n*nlogn)

Space complexity: O(n)

# Problem

https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-genetic-mutation/description/

A gene string can be represented by an 8-character long string, with choices from "A""C""G""T".

Suppose we need to investigate about a mutation (mutation from “start” to “end”), where ONE mutation is defined as ONE single character changed in the gene string.

For example, "AACCGGTT" -> "AACCGGTA" is 1 mutation.

Also, there is a given gene “bank”, which records all the valid gene mutations. A gene must be in the bank to make it a valid gene string.

Now, given 3 things – start, end, bank, your task is to determine what is the minimum number of mutations needed to mutate from “start” to “end”. If there is no such a mutation, return -1.

Note:

1. Starting point is assumed to be valid, so it might not be included in the bank.
2. If multiple mutations are needed, all mutations during in the sequence must be valid.
3. You may assume start and end string is not the same.

Example 1:

start: "AACCGGTT"
end:   "AACCGGTA"
bank: ["AACCGGTA"]

return: 1


Example 2:

start: "AACCGGTT"
end:   "AAACGGTA"
bank: ["AACCGGTA", "AACCGCTA", "AAACGGTA"]

return: 2


Example 3:

start: "AAAAACCC"
end:   "AACCCCCC"
bank: ["AAAACCCC", "AAACCCCC", "AACCCCCC"]

return: 3

# Solution: BFS Shortest Path

Time complexity: O(n^2)

Space complexity: O(n)

# Problem

https://leetcode.com/problems/path-sum-iii/description/

You are given a binary tree in which each node contains an integer value.

Find the number of paths that sum to a given value.

The path does not need to start or end at the root or a leaf, but it must go downwards (traveling only from parent nodes to child nodes).

The tree has no more than 1,000 nodes and the values are in the range -1,000,000 to 1,000,000.

## Example:

root = [10,5,-3,3,2,null,11,3,-2,null,1], sum = 8

10
/  \
5   -3
/ \    \
3   2   11
/ \   \
3  -2   1

Return 3. The paths that sum to 8 are:

1.  5 -> 3
2.  5 -> 2 -> 1
3. -3 -> 11

# Solution 1: Recursion

Time complexity: O(n^2)

Space complexity: O(n)

C++

# Solution 2: Running Prefix Sum

Same idea to 花花酱 LeetCode 560. Subarray Sum Equals K

Time complexity: O(n)

Space complexity: O(h)

C++

# Problem

https://leetcode.com/problems/number-of-segments-in-a-string/description/

Count the number of segments in a string, where a segment is defined to be a contiguous sequence of non-space characters.

Please note that the string does not contain any non-printable characters.

Example:

Input: "Hello, my name is John"
Output: 5


# Solution

Be aware of special cases: like ”      “.

Time complexity: O(n)

Space complexity: O(1)

C++

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