# Posts tagged as “binary search”

We have n jobs, where every job is scheduled to be done from startTime[i] to endTime[i], obtaining a profit of profit[i].

You’re given the startTime , endTime and profit arrays, you need to output the maximum profit you can take such that there are no 2 jobs in the subset with overlapping time range.

If you choose a job that ends at time X you will be able to start another job that starts at time X.

Example 1:

Input: startTime = [1,2,3,3], endTime = [3,4,5,6], profit = [50,10,40,70]
Output: 120
Explanation: The subset chosen is the first and fourth job.
Time range [1-3]+[3-6] , we get profit of 120 = 50 + 70.


Example 2:


Input: startTime = [1,2,3,4,6], endTime = [3,5,10,6,9], profit = [20,20,100,70,60]
Output: 150
Explanation: The subset chosen is the first, fourth and fifth job.
Profit obtained 150 = 20 + 70 + 60.


Example 3:

Input: startTime = [1,1,1], endTime = [2,3,4], profit = [5,6,4]
Output: 6


Constraints:

• 1 <= startTime.length == endTime.length == profit.length <= 5 * 10^4
• 1 <= startTime[i] < endTime[i] <= 10^9
• 1 <= profit[i] <= 10^4

## Solution: DP + binary search

Sort jobs by ending time.
dp[t] := max profit by end time t.

for a job = (s, e, p)
dp[e] = dp[u] + p, u <= s, and if dp[u] + p > last_element in dp.

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

## C++

On an 8×8 chessboard, there can be multiple Black Queens and one White King.

Given an array of integer coordinates queens that represents the positions of the Black Queens, and a pair of coordinates king that represent the position of the White King, return the coordinates of all the queens (in any order) that can attack the King.

Example 1:

Input: queens = [[0,1],[1,0],[4,0],[0,4],[3,3],[2,4]], king = [0,0]
Output: [[0,1],[1,0],[3,3]]
Explanation:
The queen at [0,1] can attack the king cause they're in the same row.
The queen at [1,0] can attack the king cause they're in the same column.
The queen at [3,3] can attack the king cause they're in the same diagnal.
The queen at [0,4] can't attack the king cause it's blocked by the queen at [0,1].
The queen at [4,0] can't attack the king cause it's blocked by the queen at [1,0].
The queen at [2,4] can't attack the king cause it's not in the same row/column/diagnal as the king.


Example 2:

Input: queens = [[0,0],[1,1],[2,2],[3,4],[3,5],[4,4],[4,5]], king = [3,3]
Output: [[2,2],[3,4],[4,4]]


Example 3:

Input: queens = [[5,6],[7,7],[2,1],[0,7],[1,6],[5,1],[3,7],[0,3],[4,0],[1,2],[6,3],[5,0],[0,4],[2,2],[1,1],[6,4],[5,4],[0,0],[2,6],[4,5],[5,2],[1,4],[7,5],[2,3],[0,5],[4,2],[1,0],[2,7],[0,1],[4,6],[6,1],[0,6],[4,3],[1,7]], king = [3,4]
Output: [[2,3],[1,4],[1,6],[3,7],[4,3],[5,4],[4,5]]


Constraints:

• 1 <= queens.length <= 63
• queens[0].length == 2
• 0 <= queens[i][j] < 8
• king.length == 2
• 0 <= king[0], king[1] < 8
• At most one piece is allowed in a cell.

## Solution2: Simulation

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

## Solution 2: HashTable + Binary Search

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

Support arbitrarily large boards, e.g. 1e9 x 1e9 with 1e6 # of queens.

## C++

You are given two strings s and t of the same length. You want to change s to t. Changing the i-th character of s to i-th character of t costs |s[i] - t[i]| that is, the absolute difference between the ASCII values of the characters.

You are also given an integer maxCost.

Return the maximum length of a substring of s that can be changed to be the same as the corresponding substring of twith a cost less than or equal to maxCost.

If there is no substring from s that can be changed to its corresponding substring from t, return 0.

Example 1:

Input: s = "abcd", t = "bcdf", cost = 3
Output: 3
Explanation: "abc" of s can change to "bcd". That costs 3, so the maximum length is 3.

Example 2:

Input: s = "abcd", t = "cdef", cost = 3
Output: 1
Explanation: Each charactor in s costs 2 to change to charactor in t, so the maximum length is 1.


Example 3:

Input: s = "abcd", t = "acde", cost = 0
Output: 1
Explanation: You can't make any change, so the maximum length is 1.


Constraints:

• 1 <= s.length, t.length <= 10^5
• 0 <= maxCost <= 10^6
• s and t only contain lower case English letters.

## Solution 1: Binary Search

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

## Solution 2: Sliding Window

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

## C++

Write a program to find the n-th ugly number.

Ugly numbers are positive integers which are divisible by a or b or c.

Example 1:

Input: n = 3, a = 2, b = 3, c = 5
Output: 4
Explanation: The ugly numbers are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10... The 3rd is 4.

Example 2:

Input: n = 4, a = 2, b = 3, c = 4
Output: 6
Explanation: The ugly numbers are 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12... The 4th is 6.


Example 3:

Input: n = 5, a = 2, b = 11, c = 13
Output: 10
Explanation: The ugly numbers are 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13... The 5th is 10.


Example 4:

Input: n = 1000000000, a = 2, b = 217983653, c = 336916467
Output: 1999999984


Constraints:

• 1 <= n, a, b, c <= 10^9
• 1 <= a * b * c <= 10^18
• It’s guaranteed that the result will be in range [1, 2 * 10^9]

## Solution: Binary Search

Number of ugly numbers that are <= m are:

m / a + m / b + m / c – (m / LCM(a,b) + m / LCM(a, c) + m / LCM(b, c) + m / LCM(a, LCM(b, c))

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

## C++

Given an array of integers nums sorted in ascending order, find the starting and ending position of a given target value.

Your algorithm’s runtime complexity must be in the order of O(log n).

If the target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].

Example 1:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 8
Output: [3,4]

Example 2:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 6
Output: [-1,-1]

## Solution: Binary Search

Basically this problem asks you to implement lower_bound and upper_bound using binary search.

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

## C++

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