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花花酱 LeetCode 1345. Jump Game IV

By zxi on February 8, 2020

Given an array of integers arr, you are initially positioned at the first index of the array.

In one step you can jump from index i to index:

  • i + 1 where: i + 1 < arr.length.
  • i - 1 where: i - 1 >= 0.
  • j where: arr[i] == arr[j] and i != j.

Return the minimum number of steps to reach the last index of the array.

Notice that you can not jump outside of the array at any time.

Example 1:

Input: arr = [100,-23,-23,404,100,23,23,23,3,404]
Output: 3
Explanation: You need three jumps from index 0 --> 4 --> 3 --> 9. Note that index 9 is the last index of the array.

Example 2:

Input: arr = [7]
Output: 0
Explanation: Start index is the last index. You don't need to jump.

Example 3:

Input: arr = [7,6,9,6,9,6,9,7]
Output: 1
Explanation: You can jump directly from index 0 to index 7 which is last index of the array.

Example 4:

Input: arr = [6,1,9]
Output: 2

Example 5:

Input: arr = [11,22,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,22,13]
Output: 3

Constraints:

  • 1 <= arr.length <= 5 * 10^4
  • -10^8 <= arr[i] <= 10^8

Solution: HashTable + BFS

Use a hashtable to store the indices of each unique number.

each index i has neighbors (i-1, i + 1, hashtable[arr[i]])

Use BFS to find the shortest path in this unweighted graph.

Key optimization, clear hashtable[arr[i]] after the first use, since all nodes are already on queue, no longer needed.

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

C++

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