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花花酱 LeetCode 1470. Shuffle the Array

By zxi on June 6, 2020

Given the array nums consisting of 2n elements in the form [x₁,x₂,...,x_n,y₁,y₂,...,y_n].

Return the array in the form [x₁,y₁,x₂,y₂,...,x_n,y_n].

Example 1:

Input: nums = [2,5,1,3,4,7], n = 3
Output: [2,3,5,4,1,7] 
Explanation: Since x₁=2, x₂=5, x₃=1, y₁=3, y₂=4, y₃=7 then the answer is [2,3,5,4,1,7].

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1], n = 4
Output: [1,4,2,3,3,2,4,1]

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1,1,2,2], n = 2
Output: [1,2,1,2]

Constraints:

1 <= n <= 500
nums.length == 2n
1 <= nums[i] <= 10^3

Solution: Simulation

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

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

vector<int> shuffle(vector<int>& nums, int n) {

vector<int> ans(n * 2);

for (int i = 0; i < 2 * n; ++i)

ans[i] = nums[i / 2 + n * (i % 2)];

return ans;

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 1464. Maximum Product of Two Elements in an Array

By zxi on May 31, 2020

Given the array of integers nums, you will choose two different indices i and j of that array. Return the maximum value of(nums[i]-1)*(nums[j]-1).

Example 1:

Input: nums = [3,4,5,2]
Output: 12 
Explanation: If you choose the indices i=1 and j=2 (indexed from 0), you will get the maximum value, that is, (nums[1]-1)*(nums[2]-1) = (4-1)*(5-1) = 3*4 = 12.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,5,4,5]
Output: 16
Explanation: Choosing the indices i=1 and j=3 (indexed from 0), you will get the maximum value of (5-1)*(5-1) = 16.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [3,7]
Output: 12

Constraints:

2 <= nums.length <= 500
1 <= nums[i] <= 10^3

Solution 1: Sort

We want to find the largest and second largest elements.

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

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

int maxProduct(vector<int>& nums) {

sort(rbegin(nums), rend(nums));

return (nums[0] - 1) * (nums[1] - 1);

}

};

Solution 2: Without sorting

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

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

int maxProduct(vector<int>& nums) {

int m1 = 0;

int m2 = 0;

for (int n : nums) {

if (n > m1) {

m2 = m1;

m1 = n;

} else if (n > m2) {

m2 = n;

}

return (m1 - 1) * (m2 - 1);

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 1460. Make Two Arrays Equal by Reversing Sub-arrays

By zxi on May 30, 2020

Given two integer arrays of equal length target and arr.

In one step, you can select any non-empty sub-array of arr and reverse it. You are allowed to make any number of steps.

Return True if you can make arr equal to target, or False otherwise.

Example 1:

Input: target = [1,2,3,4], arr = [2,4,1,3]
Output: true
Explanation: You can follow the next steps to convert arr to target:
1- Reverse sub-array [2,4,1], arr becomes [1,4,2,3]
2- Reverse sub-array [4,2], arr becomes [1,2,4,3]
3- Reverse sub-array [4,3], arr becomes [1,2,3,4]
There are multiple ways to convert arr to target, this is not the only way to do so.

Example 2:

Input: target = [7], arr = [7]
Output: true
Explanation: arr is equal to target without any reverses.

Example 3:

Input: target = [1,12], arr = [12,1]
Output: true

Example 4:

Input: target = [3,7,9], arr = [3,7,11]
Output: false
Explanation: arr doesn't have value 9 and it can never be converted to target.

Example 5:

Input: target = [1,1,1,1,1], arr = [1,1,1,1,1]
Output: true

Constraints:

target.length == arr.length
1 <= target.length <= 1000
1 <= target[i] <= 1000
1 <= arr[i] <= 1000

Solution: Counting

target and arr must have same elements.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1001)

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

bool canBeEqual(vector<int>& target, vector<int>& arr) {

vector<int> t(1001);

vector<int> a(1001);

for (int i = 0; i < target.size(); ++i) {

++t[target[i]];

++a[arr[i]];

}

return t == a;

}

};

Python3

# Author: Huahua

class Solution:

def canBeEqual(self, target: List[int], arr: List[int]) -> bool:

return Counter(target) == Counter(arr)

花花酱 LeetCode 1455. Check If a Word Occurs As a Prefix of Any Word in a Sentence

By zxi on May 23, 2020

Given a sentence that consists of some words separated by a single space, and a searchWord.

You have to check if searchWord is a prefix of any word in sentence.

Return the index of the word in sentence where searchWord is a prefix of this word (1-indexed).

If searchWord is a prefix of more than one word, return the index of the first word (minimum index). If there is no such word return -1.

A prefix of a string S is any leading contiguous substring of S.

Example 1:

Input: sentence = "i love eating burger", searchWord = "burg"
Output: 4
Explanation: "burg" is prefix of "burger" which is the 4th word in the sentence.

Example 2:

Input: sentence = "this problem is an easy problem", searchWord = "pro"
Output: 2
Explanation: "pro" is prefix of "problem" which is the 2nd and the 6th word in the sentence, but we return 2 as it's the minimal index.

Example 3:

Input: sentence = "i am tired", searchWord = "you"
Output: -1
Explanation: "you" is not a prefix of any word in the sentence.

Example 4:

Input: sentence = "i use triple pillow", searchWord = "pill"
Output: 4

Example 5:

Input: sentence = "hello from the other side", searchWord = "they"
Output: -1

Constraints:

1 <= sentence.length <= 100
1 <= searchWord.length <= 10
sentence consists of lowercase English letters and spaces.
searchWord consists of lowercase English letters.

Solution 1: Brute Force

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

C++

class Solution {

public:

int isPrefixOfWord(string sentence, string searchWord) {

const int n = sentence.size();

const int l = searchWord.size();

int word = 0;

for (int i = 0; i <= n - l; ++i) {

if (i == 0 || sentence[i - 1] == ' ') {

++word;

bool valid = true;

for (int j = 0; j < l && valid; ++j)

valid = valid && (sentence[i + j] == searchWord[j]);

if (valid) return word;

}

return -1;

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 1446. Consecutive Characters

By zxi on May 17, 2020

Given a string s, the power of the string is the maximum length of a non-empty substring that contains only one unique character.

Return the power of the string.

Example 1:

Input: s = "leetcode"
Output: 2
Explanation: The substring "ee" is of length 2 with the character 'e' only.

Example 2:

Input: s = "abbcccddddeeeeedcba"
Output: 5
Explanation: The substring "eeeee" is of length 5 with the character 'e' only.

Example 3:

Input: s = "triplepillooooow"
Output: 5

Example 4:

Input: s = "hooraaaaaaaaaaay"
Output: 11

Example 5:

Input: s = "tourist"
Output: 1

Constraints:

1 <= s.length <= 500
s contains only lowercase English letters.

Solution: Run length encoding?

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

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

int maxPower(string s) {

char p = '?';

int ans = 0;

int cur = 0;

for (char c : s) {

if (c != p) cur = 0;

p = c;

ans = max(ans, ++cur);

}

return ans;

}

};