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Random Pick Index in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 911 Views

Suppose we have an array of integers with possible duplicates, we have to pick the index randomly of a given target number. We can assume that the given target number must exist in the array. So if the array is like [1, 2, 3, 3, 3], then pick(3), may return 2, 3, 4 randomly.To solve this, we will follow these steps −ret := - 1, cnt := 1for i in range 0 to size of vif v[i] = target, thenif random number mod cnt = 0, then ret = icnt := cnt + 1return retExample (C++)Let us see the following ...

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Domino and Tromino Tiling in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 546 Views

Suppose we have two types of shapes, Domino and Tromino. They can be rotated like below −In a tiling, every square must be covered by a tile. Here two tilings are different if and only if there are two 4-directionally adjacent cells on the board such that exactly one of the tilings has both squares occupied by a tile.Given N, then we have to find in how many ways we can tile 2xN board? So if the input is 3, then the output will be 5. So the arrangements can be [XYZ XXZ XYY XXY XYY] and [XYZ YYZ XZZ ...

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Exclusive Time of Functions in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 371 Views

Suppose on a single threaded CPU, we execute some functions. Now each function has a unique id between 0 and N-1. We will store logs in timestamp order that describe when a function is entered or exited.Here each log is a string written this format: "{function_id}:{"start" | "end"}:{timestamp}". For example, if the string is like "0:start:3" this means that the function with id 0 started at the beginning of timestamp 3. "1:end:2" means the function with id 1 ended at the end of timestamp 2. A function's exclusive time is the number of units of time spent in this function.So ...

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Shopping Offers in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 356 Views

Suppose there is a store, there are some items to sell. Each item has some price. However, there are some special offers, and a special offer consists of one or more different kinds of items with a sale price. So we have the list of prices, a set of special offers, and the number we need to buy for each item. The task is to find the lowest price we have to pay for exactly certain items as given, where we could make optimal use of the special offers.Here each special offer is represented in the form of an array, ...

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Asteroid Collision in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 1K+ Views

Suppose we have an array asteroids of integers representing asteroids in a row. Now for each asteroid, the absolute value represents its size, and the sign represents its direction that can be positive or negative for the right and left respectively. Each asteroid moves at the same speed.We have to find the state of the asteroids after all collisions. When two asteroids meet, the smaller one will explode. If both are the same size, both will explode. Two asteroids moving in the same direction will never meet.So if the input is like [5, 10, -5], then output will be [5, ...

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Custom Sort String in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 621 Views

Suppose we have S and T two strings these are composed of lowercase letters. In S, no letter occurs more than once. S was sorted in some custom order previously. We have to permute the characters of T so that they match the order that S was sorted. More specifically, if x occurs before y in S, then x will occur before y in the returned string.So if the S = “cba” and T = “abcd”, then the output will be “cbad”. Here "a", "b", "c" appear in S, so the order of "a", "b", "c" should be "c", "b", ...

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Delete and Earn in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 325 Views

Suppose we have an array nums of integers, we can perform some operations on the array. Here in each operation, we pick any nums[i] and delete it to earn nums[i] amount of points. We must delete every element equal to nums[i] - 1 or nums[i] + 1. Initially the point is 0. We have to find the maximum number of points we can earn by applying such operations. So if the input is like [3, 4, 2], then the output will be 6. So this is because, if we delete 4, we will get 4 points, consequently 3 will also ...

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Number of Subarrays with Bounded Maximum in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 264 Views

Suppose we have an array A of positive integers, and two positive integers L and R are also given. We have to find the number of (contiguous, non-empty) subarrays such that the value of the maximum array element in that subarray is at least L and at most R. So if A = [2, 1, 4, 3] and L = 2 and R = 3, then output will be 3 as there are three sub arrays that meet the requirements. So these are [2], [2, 1], [3].To solve this, we will follow these steps −ret := 0, dp := 0, ...

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All Paths From Source to Target in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 574 Views

Suppose we have a directed, acyclic graph with N nodes. We have to find all possible paths from node 0 to node N-1, and return them in any order. The graph is given as follows: the nodes are 0, 1, ..., graph.length - 1. graph[i] is a list of all nodes j for which the edge (i, j) exists.So if the input is like [[1, 2], [3], [3], []], then the output will be [[0, 1, 3], [0, 2, 3]].To solve this, we will follow these steps −Make one 2d array called resDefine a method called solve, this will take ...

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Replace the Substring for Balanced String in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 563 Views

Suppose we have a string containing only 4 kinds of characters 'Q', 'W', 'E' and 'R'. A string will be balanced if each of its characters appears n/4 times where n is the length of the string. Find the minimum length of the substring that can be replaced with any other string of the same length to make the original string is balanced. So if s = “QQWE”, then output will be 1. This is because we can replace Q to R, so that “RQWE”, that is balanced.Return 0 if the string is already balanced.To solve this, we will follow ...

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