1033. Moving Stones Until Consecutive
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Difficulty: medium Acceptance: 49% Topics: Math, Brainteaser
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Reference solution (spoiler · python)
# Time: O(1)
# Space: O(1)
class Solution(object):
def numMovesStones(self, a, b, c):
"""
:type a: int
:type b: int
:type c: int
:rtype: List[int]
"""
s = [a, b, c]
s.sort()
if s[0]+1 == s[1] and s[1]+1 == s[2]:
return [0, 0]
return [1 if s[0]+2 >= s[1] or s[1]+2 >= s[2] else 2, s[2]-s[0]-2]
# Time: O(1)
# Space: O(1)
class Solution2(object):
def numMovesStones(self, a, b, c):
"""
:type a: int
:type b: int
:type c: int
:rtype: List[int]
"""
stones = [a, b, c]
stones.sort()
left, min_moves = 0, float("inf")
max_moves = (stones[-1]-stones[0]) - (len(stones)-1)
for right in xrange(len(stones)):
while stones[right]-stones[left]+1 > len(stones): # find window size <= len(stones)
left += 1
min_moves = min(min_moves, len(stones)-(right-left+1)) # move stones not in this window
return [min_moves, max_moves]
Solution from kamyu104/LeetCode-Solutions · MIT