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Last Stone Weight in Python
Suppose we have some rocks, each rock has a positive integer weight. In each turn, we will take two heaviest rocks and smash them together. consider the stones have weights x and y and x 1: stones.sort() s1,s2=stones[-1],stones[-2] if s1==s2: stones.pop(-1) stones.pop(-1) else: s1 = abs(s1-s2) stones.pop(-1) stones[-1] = s1 if len(stones): return stones[-1] return 0 ob1 = Solution() print(ob1.lastStoneWeight([2,7,4,1,6,1]))Input[2,7,4,1,6,1]Output1
Read MorePlay with Chips in C++
Suppose there are some chips, the i-th chip is at present at position chips[i]. We can perform any of the two following types of operations any many numbers of times as we want (possibly zero) on any chip −Move the i-th chip by 2 units to the left side or to the right side with a cost of 0.Move the i-th chip by 1 unit to the left side or to the right side with a cost of 1.Initially, there can be two or more chips. We have to return the minimum cost needed to move all the chips to ...
Read MoreMaximize a given unsigned number by swapping bits at its extreme positions in C++
Problem statementGiven a number maximize it by swapping bits at its extreme positions i.e. at first and last position, second and second last position and so on.If the input number is 8 then its binary representation is−00000000 00000000 00000000 00001000After swapping bits at extreme positions number becomes −00010000 00000000 00000000 00000000 and its decimal equivalent is: 268435456Algorithm1. Create a copy of the original number 2. If less significant bit is 1 and more significant bit is 0 then swap the bits in the bit from only, continue the process until less significant bit’s position is less than more significant bit’s ...
Read Moremax() and min() in Python
Finding maximum and minimum values from a given list of values is a very common need in data processing programs. Python has these two functions which handle both numbers and strings. We will see both the scenarios in the below examples.Numeric ValuesWe take a list of numeric values which has integers and floats. The functions work appropriately to give both the max and the min values.Examplex=[10, 15, 25.5, 3, 2, 9/5, 40, 70] print("Maximum number is :", max(x)) print("Minimum number is :", min(x))OutputRunning the above code gives us the following result:Maximum number is : 70 Minimum number is : 1.8String ...
Read MoreMaximum length of rod for Qth person in C++\\n
Problem statementGiven lengths of n rods in an array. If any person picks any rod, half of the longest rod (or (max + 1) / 2 ) is assigned and remaining part (max – 1) / 2 is put back. It may be assumed that sufficient number of rods are always available, answer M queries given in an array q[] to find the largest length of rod available for qith person, provided qi is a valid person number starting from 1ExampleInput : a[] = {6, 5, 9, 10, 12} q[] = {1, 3} Output : 12 9 The first ...
Read MoreRemove All Adjacent Duplicates In String in Python
Suppose we have a string S of lowercase letters; a duplicate removal operation will be performed. This will be done by choosing two adjacent and equal letters, and removing them.We will repeatedly remove duplicates from S until no duplicates are remaining.Return the string after all such duplicate removals have been completed. It is guaranteed that the answer is unique.Suppose the string is “abbacaca”, then answer will be “caca”. At first delete duplicates bb, then string is “aacaca”, then remove aa, then string is “caca”, then no such duplicates are there.To solve this, we will follow these steps −Define an array ...
Read MoreShift 2D Grid in C++
Suppose we have one 2D grid of size m x n. We have another variable k. We have to shift the grid k times. The shift operation will be as followsElement at grid G[i, j] moves to G[i, j + 1]Element at grid G[i, n – 1] moves to G[i + 1, 0]Element at grid G[m - 1, n – 1] moves to G[0, 0]So if the grid is like −123456789The output will be −912345678To solve this, we will follow these steps −The shift operation will take the matrix as inputn = number of rows, m := number of columns, ...
Read MoreFind the last digit when factorial of A divides factorial of B in C++
If we have two integers A and B, and B >= A, we have to compute the last digit of the B! / A! When the value of A = 2 and B = 4, then result is 2, 2! = 2 and 4! = 24, so 24/2 = 12. the last digit is 2.As we know that the last digit of factorial will be in set {0, 1, 2, 4, 6}, then follow these steps to solve this problem −We will find the difference between A and Bif diff >=5, then answer is 0otherwise, iterate from (A + 1) ...
Read MoreMaximize array elements up to given numbers in C++
Problem statementGiven an array of integers, a number and a maximum value, the task is to compute the maximum value that can be obtained from the array elements. Every value on the array traversing from the beginning can be either added to or subtracted from the result obtained from the previous index such that at any point the result is not less than 0 and not greater than the given maximum value. For index 0 take the previous result equal to the given number. In case of no possible answer print -1.If arr[] = {3, 10, 6, 4, 5}, number ...
Read MoreConvert Binary Number in a Linked List to Integer in C++
Suppose we have one ‘head’ which is a reference node to a singly-linked list. The value of each node present in the linked list is either 0 or 1. This linked list stores the binary representation of a number. We have to return the decimal value of the number present in the linked list. So if the list is like [1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1]To solve this, we will follow these steps −x := convert the list elements into an arraythen reverse the list xans := 0, and temp := 1for i in range i := 0, to size ...
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