# Posts tagged as “random”

In a array A of size 2N, there are N+1 unique elements, and exactly one of these elements is repeated N times.

Return the element repeated N times.

Example 1:

Input: [1,2,3,3]Output: 3

Example 2:

Input: [2,1,2,5,3,2]Output: 2

Example 3:

Input: [5,1,5,2,5,3,5,4]Output: 5

Note:

1. 4 <= A.length <= 10000
2. 0 <= A[i] < 10000
3. A.length is even

# Solution: Randomization

Randomly pick two numbers in the array, if they are the same (25% probability) return the number, do it until the two numbers are the same.

Time complexity: O(1) expected 4
Space complexity: O(1)

# Problem

You are given the number of rows n_rows and number of columns n_cols of a 2D binary matrix where all values are initially 0. Write a function flip which chooses a 0 value uniformly at random, changes it to 1, and then returns the position [row.id, col.id] of that value. Also, write a function reset which sets all values back to 0. Try to minimize the number of calls to system’s Math.random() and optimize the time and space complexity.

Note:

1. 1 <= n_rows, n_cols <= 10000
2. 0 <= row.id < n_rows and 0 <= col.id < n_cols
3. flip will not be called when the matrix has no 0 values left.
4. the total number of calls to flip and reset will not exceed 1000.

Example 1:

Input:
["Solution","flip","flip","flip","flip"]
[[2,3],[],[],[],[]]
Output: [null,[0,1],[1,2],[1,0],[1,1]]


Example 2:

Input:
["Solution","flip","flip","reset","flip"]
[[1,2],[],[],[],[]]
Output: [null,[0,0],[0,1],null,[0,0]]

Explanation of Input Syntax:

The input is two lists: the subroutines called and their arguments. Solution‘s constructor has two arguments, n_rows and n_colsflip and reset have no arguments. Arguments are always wrapped with a list, even if there aren’t any.

# Solution 1: Hashtable + Resample

Time complexity: O(|flip|) = O(1000) = O(1)

Space complexity: O(|flip|) = O(1000) = O(1)

# Solution 2: Fisher–Yates shuffle

Generate a random shuffle of 0 to n – 1, one number at a time.

Time complexity: flip: O(1)

Space complexity: O(|flip|) = O(1000) = O(1)

C++

# Problem

Given a list of non-overlapping axis-aligned rectangles rects, write a function pick which randomly and uniformily picks an integer point in the space covered by the rectangles.

Note:

1. An integer point is a point that has integer coordinates.
2. A point on the perimeter of a rectangle is included in the space covered by the rectangles.
3. ith rectangle = rects[i] = [x1,y1,x2,y2], where [x1, y1] are the integer coordinates of the bottom-left corner, and [x2, y2] are the integer coordinates of the top-right corner.
4. length and width of each rectangle does not exceed 2000.
5. 1 <= rects.length <= 100
6. pick return a point as an array of integer coordinates [p_x, p_y]
7. pick is called at most 10000 times.

Example 1:

Input:
["Solution","pick","pick","pick"]
[[[[1,1,5,5]]],[],[],[]]
Output:
[null,[4,1],[4,1],[3,3]]


Example 2:

Input:
["Solution","pick","pick","pick","pick","pick"]
[[[[-2,-2,-1,-1],[1,0,3,0]]],[],[],[],[],[]]
Output:
[null,[-1,-2],[2,0],[-2,-1],[3,0],[-2,-2]]

Explanation of Input Syntax:

The input is two lists: the subroutines called and their arguments. Solution‘s constructor has one argument, the array of rectangles rectspick has no arguments. Arguments are always wrapped with a list, even if there aren’t any.

# Solution: Binary Search

Use area of the rectangles as weights.

Time complexity: Init: O(n) Pick: O(logn)

Space complexity: O(n)

# Problem

Given an array w of positive integers, where w[i] describes the weight of index i, write a function pickIndex which randomly picks an index in proportion to its weight.

Note:

1. 1 <= w.length <= 10000
2. 1 <= w[i] <= 10^5
3. pickIndex will be called at most 10000 times.

Example 1:

Input:
["Solution","pickIndex"]
[[[1]],[]]
Output: [null,0]


Example 2:

Input:
["Solution","pickIndex","pickIndex","pickIndex","pickIndex","pickIndex"]
[[[1,3]],[],[],[],[],[]]
Output: [null,0,1,1,1,0]

Explanation of Input Syntax:

The input is two lists: the subroutines called and their arguments. Solution‘s constructor has one argument, the array wpickIndex has no arguments. Arguments are always wrapped with a list, even if there aren’t any.

# Solution: Binary Search

1. Convert PDF to CDF
2. Uniformly sample a value s in [1, sum(weights)].
3. Use binary search to find first index such that PDF[index] >= s.

Time complexity: Init O(n), query O(logn)

Space complexity: O(n)

C++

# Problem

Given the radius and x-y positions of the center of a circle, write a function randPoint which generates a uniform random point in the circle.

Note:

1. input and output values are in floating-point.
2. radius and x-y position of the center of the circle is passed into the class constructor.
3. a point on the circumference of the circle is considered to be in the circle.
4. randPoint returns a size 2 array containing x-position and y-position of the random point, in that order.

Example 1:

Input:
["Solution","randPoint","randPoint","randPoint"]
[[1,0,0],[],[],[]]
Output: [null,[-0.72939,-0.65505],[-0.78502,-0.28626],[-0.83119,-0.19803]]


Example 2:

Input:
["Solution","randPoint","randPoint","randPoint"]
[[10,5,-7.5],[],[],[]]
Output: [null,[11.52438,-8.33273],[2.46992,-16.21705],[11.13430,-12.42337]]

Explanation of Input Syntax:

The input is two lists: the subroutines called and their arguments. Solution‘s constructor has three arguments, the radius, x-position of the center, and y-position of the center of the circle. randPoint has no arguments. Arguments are always wrapped with a list, even if there aren’t any.

# Solution: Polar Coordinate

uniform sample an angle a: [0, 2*Pi)

uniform sample a radius r: [0, 1)

Number of random points in a cycle should be proportional to the square of distance to the center.

e.g. there are 4 times of points with distance d than points with distance d/2.

Thus sqrt(r) is uniformly distributed.

r’ = sqrt(r),

## C++

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