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花花酱 LeetCode 741. Cherry Pickup

题目大意:给你樱桃田的地图(1: 樱桃, 0: 空, -1: 障碍物)。然你从左上角走到右下角(只能往右或往下),再从右下角走回左上角(只能往左或者往上)。问你最多能采到多少棵樱桃。

Problem:

In a N x N grid representing a field of cherries, each cell is one of three possible integers.

  • 0 means the cell is empty, so you can pass through;
  • 1 means the cell contains a cherry, that you can pick up and pass through;
  • -1 means the cell contains a thorn that blocks your way.

Your task is to collect maximum number of cherries possible by following the rules below:

  • Starting at the position (0, 0) and reaching (N-1, N-1) by moving right or down through valid path cells (cells with value 0 or 1);
  • After reaching (N-1, N-1), returning to (0, 0) by moving left or up through valid path cells;
  • When passing through a path cell containing a cherry, you pick it up and the cell becomes an empty cell (0);
  • If there is no valid path between (0, 0) and (N-1, N-1), then no cherries can be collected.

Example 1:

Note:

  • grid is an N by N 2D array, with 1 <= N <= 50.
  • Each grid[i][j] is an integer in the set {-1, 0, 1}.
  • It is guaranteed that grid[0][0] and grid[N-1][N-1] are not -1.


Idea:

DP

Key observation: (0,0) to (n-1, n-1) to (0, 0) is the same as (n-1,n-1) to (0,0) twice

  1. Two people starting from (n-1, n-1) and go to (0, 0).
  2. They move one step (left or up) at a time simultaneously. And pick up the cherry within the grid (if there is one).
  3. if they ended up at the same grid with a cherry. Only one of them can pick up it.

Solution: DP / Recursion with memoization.

x1, y1, x2 to represent a state y2 can be computed: y2 = x1 + y1 – x2

dp(x1, y1, x2) computes the max cherries if start from {(x1, y1), (x2, y2)} to (0, 0), which is a recursive function.

Since two people move independently, there are 4 subproblems: (left, left), (left, up), (up, left), (left, up). Finally, we have:

dp(x1, y1, x2)= g[y1][x1] + g[y2][x2] + max{dp(x1-1,y1,x2-1), dp(x1,y1-1,x2-1), dp(x1-1,y1,x2), dp(x1,y1-1,x2)}

Time complexity: O(n^3)

Space complexity: O(n^3)

Solution: DP

Time complexity: O(n^3)

Space complexity: O(n^3)

C ++

Java

 

Related Problems:

花花酱 LeetCode 735. Asteroid Collision

Problem:

We are given an array asteroids of integers representing asteroids in a row.

For each asteroid, the absolute value represents its size, and the sign represents its direction (positive meaning right, negative meaning left). Each asteroid moves at the same speed.

Find out the state of the asteroids after all collisions. If two asteroids meet, the smaller one will explode. If both are the same size, both will explode. Two asteroids moving in the same direction will never meet.

Example 1:

Example 2:

Example 3:

Example 4:

Note:

  • The length of asteroids will be at most 10000.
  • Each asteroid will be a non-zero integer in the range [-1000, 1000]..
Idea:
Simulation

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

Solution:

C ++

 

花花酱 LeetCode 11. Container With Most Water

Problem:

Given n non-negative integers a1a2, …, an, where each represents a point at coordinate (iai). n vertical lines are drawn such that the two endpoints of line i is at (iai) and (i, 0). Find two lines, which together with x-axis forms a container, such that the container contains the most water.

Note: You may not slant the container and n is at least 2.

Examples:

input: [1 3 2 4]
output: 6
explanation: use 3, 4, we have the following, which contains (4th-2nd) * min(3, 4) = 2 * 3 = 6 unit of water.

Idea:

Two pointers

Time complexity: O(n)

Space complexity: O(1)

Solution:

C++ two pointers

Java

 

花花酱 LeetCode 399. Evaluate Division

题目大意:给你一些含有变量名的分式的值,让你计算另外一些分式的值,如果不能计算返回-1。

Problem:

Equations are given in the format A / B = k, where A and B are variables represented as strings, and k is a real number (floating point number). Given some queries, return the answers. If the answer does not exist, return -1.0.

Example:
Given a / b = 2.0, b / c = 3.0.
queries are: a / c = ?, b / a = ?, a / e = ?, a / a = ?, x / x = ? .
return [6.0, 0.5, -1.0, 1.0, -1.0 ].

The input is: vector<pair<string, string>> equations, vector<double>& values, vector<pair<string, string>> queries , where equations.size() == values.size(), and the values are positive. This represents the equations. Return vector<double>.

According to the example above:

The input is always valid. You may assume that evaluating the queries will result in no division by zero and there is no contradiction.

 

Solution 1: DFS

C++

Java

Python3



Solution 2: Union Find

C++

Java

Python3

Related Problems:

花花酱 LeetCode 736. Parse Lisp Expression

Problem:

You are given a string expression representing a Lisp-like expression to return the integer value of.

The syntax for these expressions is given as follows.

  • An expression is either an integer, a let-expression, an add-expression, a mult-expression, or an assigned variable. Expressions always evaluate to a single integer.
  • (An integer could be positive or negative.)
  • A let-expression takes the form (let v1 e1 v2 e2 ... vn en expr), where let is always the string "let", then there are 1 or more pairs of alternating variables and expressions, meaning that the first variable v1is assigned the value of the expression e1, the second variable v2 is assigned the value of the expression e2, and so on sequentially; and then the value of this let-expression is the value of the expression expr.
  • An add-expression takes the form (add e1 e2) where add is always the string "add", there are always two expressions e1, e2, and this expression evaluates to the addition of the evaluation of e1 and the evaluation of e2.
  • A mult-expression takes the form (mult e1 e2) where mult is always the string "mult", there are always two expressions e1, e2, and this expression evaluates to the multiplication of the evaluation of e1 and the evaluation of e2.
  • For the purposes of this question, we will use a smaller subset of variable names. A variable starts with a lowercase letter, then zero or more lowercase letters or digits. Additionally for your convenience, the names “add”, “let”, or “mult” are protected and will never be used as variable names.
  • Finally, there is the concept of scope. When an expression of a variable name is evaluated, within the context of that evaluation, the innermost scope (in terms of parentheses) is checked first for the value of that variable, and then outer scopes are checked sequentially. It is guaranteed that every expression is legal. Please see the examples for more details on scope.

Evaluation Examples:

Note:

  • The given string expression is well formatted: There are no leading or trailing spaces, there is only a single space separating different components of the string, and no space between adjacent parentheses. The expression is guaranteed to be legal and evaluate to an integer.
  • The length of expression is at most 2000. (It is also non-empty, as that would not be a legal expression.)
  • The answer and all intermediate calculations of that answer are guaranteed to fit in a 32-bit integer.


Idea:

Recursive parsing

Time complexity: O(n^2) in worst case O(n) in practice

Space complexity: O(n)