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花花酱 LeetCode 2267. Check if There Is a Valid Parentheses String Path

A parentheses string is a non-empty string consisting only of '(' and ')'. It is valid if any of the following conditions is true:

  • It is ().
  • It can be written as AB (A concatenated with B), where A and B are valid parentheses strings.
  • It can be written as (A), where A is a valid parentheses string.

You are given an m x n matrix of parentheses grid. A valid parentheses string path in the grid is a path satisfying all of the following conditions:

  • The path starts from the upper left cell (0, 0).
  • The path ends at the bottom-right cell (m - 1, n - 1).
  • The path only ever moves down or right.
  • The resulting parentheses string formed by the path is valid.

Return true if there exists a valid parentheses string path in the grid. Otherwise, return false.

Example 1:

Input: grid = [["(","(","("],[")","(",")"],["(","(",")"],["(","(",")"]]
Output: true
Explanation: The above diagram shows two possible paths that form valid parentheses strings.
The first path shown results in the valid parentheses string "()(())".
The second path shown results in the valid parentheses string "((()))".
Note that there may be other valid parentheses string paths.

Example 2:

Input: grid = [[")",")"],["(","("]]
Output: false
Explanation: The two possible paths form the parentheses strings "))(" and ")((". Since neither of them are valid parentheses strings, we return false.

Constraints:

  • m == grid.length
  • n == grid[i].length
  • 1 <= m, n <= 100
  • grid[i][j] is either '(' or ')'.

Solution: DP

Let dp(i, j, b) denote whether there is a path from (i,j) to (m-1, n-1) given b open parentheses.
if we are at (m – 1, n – 1) and b == 0 then we found a valid path.
dp(i, j, b) = dp(i + 1, j, b’) or dp(i, j + 1, b’) where b’ = b + 1 if grid[i][j] == ‘(‘ else -1

Time complexity: O(m*n*(m + n))
Space complexity: O(m*n*(m + n))

Python3

花花酱 LeetCode 2266. Count Number of Texts

Alice is texting Bob using her phone. The mapping of digits to letters is shown in the figure below.

In order to add a letter, Alice has to press the key of the corresponding digit i times, where i is the position of the letter in the key.

  • For example, to add the letter 's', Alice has to press '7' four times. Similarly, to add the letter 'k', Alice has to press '5' twice.
  • Note that the digits '0' and '1' do not map to any letters, so Alice does not use them.

However, due to an error in transmission, Bob did not receive Alice’s text message but received a string of pressed keys instead.

  • For example, when Alice sent the message "bob", Bob received the string "2266622".

Given a string pressedKeys representing the string received by Bob, return the total number of possible text messages Alice could have sent.

Since the answer may be very large, return it modulo 109 + 7.

Example 1:

Input: pressedKeys = "22233"
Output: 8
Explanation:
The possible text messages Alice could have sent are:
"aaadd", "abdd", "badd", "cdd", "aaae", "abe", "bae", and "ce".
Since there are 8 possible messages, we return 8.

Example 2:

Input: pressedKeys = "222222222222222222222222222222222222"
Output: 82876089
Explanation:
There are 2082876103 possible text messages Alice could have sent.
Since we need to return the answer modulo 109 + 7, we return 2082876103 % (109 + 7) = 82876089.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= pressedKeys.length <= 105
  • pressedKeys only consists of digits from '2' – '9'.

Solution: DP

Similar to 花花酱 LeetCode 91. Decode Ways, let dp[i] denote # of possible messages of substr s[i:]

dp[i] = dp[i + 1]
+ dp[i + 2] (if s[i:i+1] are the same)
+ dp[i + 3] (if s[i:i+2] are the same)
+ dp[i + 4] (if s[i:i+3] are the same and s[i] in ’79’)

dp[n] = 1

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(n) -> O(4)

Python3

花花酱 LeetCode 2265. Count Nodes Equal to Average of Subtree

Given the root of a binary tree, return the number of nodes where the value of the node is equal to the average of the values in its subtree.

Note:

  • The average of n elements is the sum of the n elements divided by n and rounded down to the nearest integer.
  • subtree of root is a tree consisting of root and all of its descendants.

Example 1:

Input: root = [4,8,5,0,1,null,6]
Output: 5
Explanation: 
For the node with value 4: The average of its subtree is (4 + 8 + 5 + 0 + 1 + 6) / 6 = 24 / 6 = 4.
For the node with value 5: The average of its subtree is (5 + 6) / 2 = 11 / 2 = 5.
For the node with value 0: The average of its subtree is 0 / 1 = 0.
For the node with value 1: The average of its subtree is 1 / 1 = 1.
For the node with value 6: The average of its subtree is 6 / 1 = 6.

Example 2:

Input: root = [1]
Output: 1
Explanation: For the node with value 1: The average of its subtree is 1 / 1 = 1.

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1, 1000].
  • 0 <= Node.val <= 1000

Solution: Recursion

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

C++

花花酱 LeetCode 2264. Largest 3-Same-Digit Number in String

You are given a string num representing a large integer. An integer is good if it meets the following conditions:

  • It is a substring of num with length 3.
  • It consists of only one unique digit.

Return the maximum good integer as a string or an empty string "" if no such integer exists.

Note:

  • substring is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string.
  • There may be leading zeroes in num or a good integer.

Example 1:

Input: num = "6777133339"
Output: "777"
Explanation: There are two distinct good integers: "777" and "333".
"777" is the largest, so we return "777".

Example 2:

Input: num = "2300019"
Output: "000"
Explanation: "000" is the only good integer.

Example 3:

Input: num = "42352338"
Output: ""
Explanation: No substring of length 3 consists of only one unique digit. Therefore, there are no good integers.

Constraints:

  • 3 <= num.length <= 1000
  • num only consists of digits.

Solution:

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

C++

花花酱 LeetCode 2260. Minimum Consecutive Cards to Pick Up

You are given an integer array cards where cards[i] represents the value of the ith card. A pair of cards are matching if the cards have the same value.

Return the minimum number of consecutive cards you have to pick up to have a pair of matching cards among the picked cards. If it is impossible to have matching cards, return -1.

Example 1:

Input: cards = [3,4,2,3,4,7]
Output: 4
Explanation: We can pick up the cards [3,4,2,3] which contain a matching pair of cards with value 3. Note that picking up the cards [4,2,3,4] is also optimal.

Example 2:

Input: cards = [1,0,5,3]
Output: -1
Explanation: There is no way to pick up a set of consecutive cards that contain a pair of matching cards.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= cards.length <= 105
  • 0 <= cards[i] <= 106

Solution: Hashtable

Record the last position of each number,
ans = min{cardi – last[cardi]}

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

C++