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花花酱 LeetCode 1888. Minimum Number of Flips to Make the Binary String Alternating

By zxi on August 9, 2021

You are given a binary string s. You are allowed to perform two types of operations on the string in any sequence:

Type-1: Remove the character at the start of the string s and append it to the end of the string.
Type-2: Pick any character in s and flip its value, i.e., if its value is '0' it becomes '1' and vice-versa.

Return the minimum number of type-2 operations you need to perform such that s becomes alternating.

The string is called alternating if no two adjacent characters are equal.

For example, the strings "010" and "1010" are alternating, while the string "0100" is not.

Example 1:

Input: s = "111000"
Output: 2
Explanation: Use the first operation two times to make s = "100011".
Then, use the second operation on the third and sixth elements to make s = "101010".

Example 2:

Input: s = "010"
Output: 0
Explanation: The string is already alternating.

Example 3:

Input: s = "1110"
Output: 1
Explanation: Use the second operation on the second element to make s = "1010".

Constraints:

1 <= s.length <= 10⁵
s[i] is either '0' or '1'.

Solution: Sliding Window

Trying all possible rotations will take O(n²) that leads to TLE, we have to do better.

concatenate the s to itself, then using a sliding window length of n to check how many count needed to make the string in the window alternating which will cover all possible rotations. We can update the count in O(1) when moving to the next window.

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

C++

// Author: Huahua
class Solution {
public:
  int minFlips(string s) {
    const int n = s.length();    
    int ans = INT_MAX;
    for (int i = 0, c0 = 0, c1 = 1, a0 = 0, a1 = 0; i < 2 * n; ++i, c0 ^= 1, c1 ^= 1) {
      if (s[i % n] - '0' != c0) ++a0;
      if (s[i % n] - '0' != c1) ++a1;
      if (i < n - 1) continue;
      if (i >= n) {
        if (s[i - n] - '0' != c0 ^ (n & 1)) --a0;
        if (s[i - n] - '0' != c1 ^ (n & 1)) --a1;
      }
      ans = min({ans, a0, a1});      
    }    
    return ans;
  }
};

花花酱 LeetCode 1884. Egg Drop With 2 Eggs and N Floors

By zxi on August 8, 2021

You are given two identical eggs and you have access to a building with n floors labeled from 1 to n.

You know that there exists a floor f where 0 <= f <= n such that any egg dropped at a floor higher than f will break, and any egg dropped at or below floor f will not break.

In each move, you may take an unbroken egg and drop it from any floor x (where 1 <= x <= n). If the egg breaks, you can no longer use it. However, if the egg does not break, you may reuse it in future moves.

Return the minimum number of moves that you need to determine with certainty what the value of f is.

Example 1:

Input: n = 2
Output: 2
Explanation: We can drop the first egg from floor 1 and the second egg from floor 2.
If the first egg breaks, we know that f = 0.
If the second egg breaks but the first egg didn't, we know that f = 1.
Otherwise, if both eggs survive, we know that f = 2.

Example 2:

Input: n = 100
Output: 14
Explanation: One optimal strategy is:
- Drop the 1st egg at floor 9. If it breaks, we know f is between 0 and 8. Drop the 2nd egg starting
  from floor 1 and going up one at a time to find f within 7 more drops. Total drops is 1 + 7 = 8.
- If the 1st egg does not break, drop the 1st egg again at floor 22. If it breaks, we know f is between 9
  and 21. Drop the 2nd egg starting from floor 10 and going up one at a time to find f within 12 more
  drops. Total drops is 2 + 12 = 14.
- If the 1st egg does not break again, follow a similar process dropping the 1st egg from floors 34, 45,
  55, 64, 72, 79, 85, 90, 94, 97, 99, and 100.
Regardless of the outcome, it takes at most 14 drops to determine f.

Constraints:

1 <= n <= 1000

Solution: Math

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

C++

class Solution {

public:

int twoEggDrop(int n) {

int ans{0};

while (ans < n) n -= ans++;

return ans;

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 1882. Process Tasks Using Servers

By zxi on August 8, 2021

You are given two 0-indexed integer arrays servers and tasks of lengths n and m respectively. servers[i] is the weight of the i^th server, and tasks[j] is the time needed to process the j^th task in seconds.

Tasks are assigned to the servers using a task queue. Initially, all servers are free, and the queue is empty.

At second j, the j^th task is inserted into the queue (starting with the 0^th task being inserted at second 0). As long as there are free servers and the queue is not empty, the task in the front of the queue will be assigned to a free server with the smallest weight, and in case of a tie, it is assigned to a free server with the smallest index.

If there are no free servers and the queue is not empty, we wait until a server becomes free and immediately assign the next task. If multiple servers become free at the same time, then multiple tasks from the queue will be assigned in order of insertion following the weight and index priorities above.

A server that is assigned task j at second t will be free again at second t + tasks[j].

Build an array ans of length m, where ans[j] is the index of the server the j^th task will be assigned to.

Return the array ans.

Example 1:

Input: servers = [3,3,2], tasks = [1,2,3,2,1,2]
Output: [2,2,0,2,1,2]
Explanation: Events in chronological order go as follows:
- At second 0, task 0 is added and processed using server 2 until second 1.
- At second 1, server 2 becomes free. Task 1 is added and processed using server 2 until second 3.
- At second 2, task 2 is added and processed using server 0 until second 5.
- At second 3, server 2 becomes free. Task 3 is added and processed using server 2 until second 5.
- At second 4, task 4 is added and processed using server 1 until second 5.
- At second 5, all servers become free. Task 5 is added and processed using server 2 until second 7.

Example 2:

Input: servers = [5,1,4,3,2], tasks = [2,1,2,4,5,2,1]
Output: [1,4,1,4,1,3,2]
Explanation: Events in chronological order go as follows: 
- At second 0, task 0 is added and processed using server 1 until second 2.
- At second 1, task 1 is added and processed using server 4 until second 2.
- At second 2, servers 1 and 4 become free. Task 2 is added and processed using server 1 until second 4. 
- At second 3, task 3 is added and processed using server 4 until second 7.
- At second 4, server 1 becomes free. Task 4 is added and processed using server 1 until second 9. 
- At second 5, task 5 is added and processed using server 3 until second 7.
- At second 6, task 6 is added and processed using server 2 until second 7.

Constraints:

servers.length == n
tasks.length == m
1 <= n, m <= 2 * 10⁵
1 <= servers[i], tasks[j] <= 2 * 10⁵

Solution: Simulation / Priority Queue

Two priority queues, one for free servers, another for releasing events.
One FIFO queue for tasks to schedule.

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

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

vector<int> assignTasks(vector<int>& servers, vector<int>& tasks) {

const int n = servers.size();

const int m = tasks.size();

using P = pair<long, int>;

priority_queue<P, vector<P>, greater<P>> frees, release;

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

frees.emplace(servers[i], i);

vector<int> ans(m);

queue<int> q;

int l = 0;

long t = 0;

int count = 0;

while (count != m) {

// Release servers.

while (!release.empty() && release.top().first <= t) {

auto [rt, i] = release.top(); release.pop();

frees.emplace(servers[i], i);

}

// Enqueue tasks.

while (l < m && l <= t) q.push(l++);

// Schedule tasks.

while (q.size() && frees.size()) {

const int j = q.front(); q.pop();

auto [w, i] = frees.top(); frees.pop();

release.emplace(t + tasks[j], i);

ans[j] = i;

++count;

}

// Advance time.

if (frees.empty() && !release.empty()) {

t = release.top().first;

} else {

++t;

}

return ans;

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 1881. Maximum Value after Insertion

By zxi on August 8, 2021

You are given a very large integer n, represented as a string, and an integer digit x. The digits in n and the digit x are in the inclusive range [1, 9], and n may represent a negative number.

You want to maximize n‘s numerical value by inserting x anywhere in the decimal representation of n. You cannot insert x to the left of the negative sign.

For example, if n = 73 and x = 6, it would be best to insert it between 7 and 3, making n = 763.
If n = -55 and x = 2, it would be best to insert it before the first 5, making n = -255.

Return a string representing the maximum value of n after the insertion.

Example 1:

Input: n = "99", x = 9
Output: "999"
Explanation: The result is the same regardless of where you insert 9.

Example 2:

Input: n = "-13", x = 2
Output: "-123"
Explanation: You can make n one of {-213, -123, -132}, and the largest of those three is -123.

Constraints:

1 <= n.length <= 10⁵
1 <= x <= 9
The digits in n are in the range [1, 9].
n is a valid representation of an integer.
In the case of a negative n, it will begin with '-'.

Solution: Greedy

Find the best position to insert x. For positive numbers, insert x to the first position i such that s[i] < x or s[i] > x for negatives.

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

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

string maxValue(string n, int x) {

const int l = n.length();

if (n[0] == '-') {

for (int i = 1; i <= l; ++i)

if (i == l || n[i] - '0' > x)

return n.substr(0, i) + static_cast<char>('0' + x) + n.substr(i);

} else {

for (int i = 0; i <= l; ++i)

if (i == l || x > n[i] - '0')

return n.substr(0, i) + static_cast<char>('0' + x) + n.substr(i);

}

return "";

}

};

花花酱 LeetCode 1878. Get Biggest Three Rhombus Sums in a Grid

By zxi on August 6, 2021

You are given an m x n integer matrix grid.

A rhombus sum is the sum of the elements that form the border of a regular rhombus shape in grid. The rhombus must have the shape of a square rotated 45 degrees with each of the corners centered in a grid cell. Below is an image of four valid rhombus shapes with the corresponding colored cells that should be included in each rhombus sum:

Note that the rhombus can have an area of 0, which is depicted by the purple rhombus in the bottom right corner.

Return the biggest three distinct rhombus sums in the grid in descending order. If there are less than three distinct values, return all of them.

Example 1:

Input: grid = [[3,4,5,1,3],[3,3,4,2,3],[20,30,200,40,10],[1,5,5,4,1],[4,3,2,2,5]]
Output: [228,216,211]
Explanation: The rhombus shapes for the three biggest distinct rhombus sums are depicted above.
- Blue: 20 + 3 + 200 + 5 = 228
- Red: 200 + 2 + 10 + 4 = 216
- Green: 5 + 200 + 4 + 2 = 211

Example 2:

Input: grid = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]
Output: [20,9,8]
Explanation: The rhombus shapes for the three biggest distinct rhombus sums are depicted above.
- Blue: 4 + 2 + 6 + 8 = 20
- Red: 9 (area 0 rhombus in the bottom right corner)
- Green: 8 (area 0 rhombus in the bottom middle)

Example 3:

Input: grid = [[7,7,7]]
Output: [7]
Explanation: All three possible rhombus sums are the same, so return [7].

Constraints:

m == grid.length
n == grid[i].length
1 <= m, n <= 50
1 <= grid[i][j] <= 10⁵

Solution: Brute Force

Just find all Rhombus…

Time complexity: O(mn*min(n,m)²)
Space complexity: O(mn*min(n,m)²)

C++

// Author: Huahua

class Solution {

public:

vector<int> getBiggestThree(vector<vector<int>>& grid) {

const int m = grid.size();

const int n = grid[0].size();

vector<int> ans;

for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i)

for (int j = 0; j < n; ++j)

ans.push_back(grid[i][j]);

for (int a = 2; a <= min(m, n); ++a)

for (int cy = a - 1; cy + a <= m; ++cy)

for (int cx = a - 1; cx + a <= n; ++cx) {

int s = grid[cy][cx - a + 1]

+ grid[cy][cx + a - 1]

+ grid[cy + a - 1][cx]

+ grid[cy - a + 1][cx];

for (int i = 1; i < a - 1; ++i)

s += grid[cy - i][cx - a + i + 1]

+ grid[cy - i][cx + a - i - 1]

+ grid[cy + i][cx - a + i + 1]

+ grid[cy + i][cx + a - i - 1];

ans.push_back(s);

}

sort(rbegin(ans), rend(ans));

vector<int> output;

for (int x : ans) {

if (output.empty() || output.back() != x)

output.push_back(x);

if (output.size() == 3) break;

}

return output;

}

};