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Suppose we have an array called nums and two values limit and goal. The array is special because |nums[i]|

Suppose we have an array called nums (with positive values only) and we want to erase a subarray containing unique elements. We will get score that is sum of subarray elements. We have to find the maximum score we can get by erasing exactly one subarray.So, if the input is like nums = [6, 3, 2, 3, 6, 3, 2, 3, 6], then the output will be 11, because here optimal subarray is either [6, 3, 2] or [2, 3, 6], so sum is 11.To solve this, we will follow these steps −seen := a new mapans := sum := ... Read More

Suppose we have a string s. We have to find the sum of beauty of all of its substrings. The beauty of a string is actually the difference in frequencies between the most frequent and least frequent characters. So if the string is "abaacc", then its frequency is 3 - 1 = 2.So, if the input is like s = "xxyzy", then the output will be 5 because the substrings with non-zero beauty are ["xxy", "xxyz", "xxyzy", "xyzy", "yzy"], each has beauty value 1.To solve this, we will follow these steps −res:= 0for i in range 0 to size of ... Read More

Suppose we have an array called stones where stones[i] represents the value of the ith stone from the left. Two friends Amal and Bimal re playing a turn based game with these stones and Amal starts first always. There are n stones arranged in a row. Each player can remove either the leftmost stone or the rightmost stone from the row and get points equal to the sum of the remaining stones' values in the row. Who will get the higher score will win. Now, Bimal found that he will always lose this game, so he decided to minimize the ... Read More

Suppose we have a number n, we have to check whether it is possible to represent n as the sum of distinct powers of three or not. An integer y is said to be power of three if there exists an integer x such that y = 3^x.So, if the input is like n = 117, then the output will be True because 117 = 3^4 + 3^3 + 3^2 + = 81 + 27 + 9.To solve this, we will follow these steps −for i in range 16 to 0, decrease by 1, doif n >= 3^i , thenn ... Read More

Suppose we have a number n in string format. We have to find minimum deci-binary numbers are required, so that whose sum is equal to n. A deci-binary number is a decimal number whose digits are either 0 or 1.So, if the input is like n = "132", then the output will be 3 because 132 is sum of three decibinary number (10 + 11 + 111).To solve this, we will follow these steps −result := 1for each i in n, doif i is not in {0, 1}, thenresult := maximum of result and ireturn resultExampleLet us see the following ... Read More

Suppose Amal and Bimal are playing a game and Amal's turn is first. The game is like below −There are n stones in a pile. Each player can take a stone from the pile and receive points based on the position of that stone. Amal and Bimal may value the stones in different manner.We have two arrays of same length, A_Values and B_Values. Each A_Values[i] and B_Values[i] represents how Amal and Bimal, respectively, value the ith stone. Here whose score is maximum, he will be winner after all the stones are taken out. If there is a tie, the game ... Read More

Suppose we have an array nums, a ramp is a tuple (i, j) for which i < j and nums[i]

Suppose we have an array nums and that is sorted in non-decreasing order. We have to make an array called result with the same length as nums such that result[i] is the summation of absolute differences between nums[i] and all the other elements in the array.So, if the input is like nums = [5, 7, 12], then the output will be [9, 7, 12] because|5-5| + |5-7| + |5-12| = 0+2+7 = 9|7-5| + |7-7| + |7-12| = 2+0+5 = 7|5-12| + |7-12| + |12-12| = 7+5+0 = 12To solve this, we will follow these steps −res := a new ... Read More

Suppose we have two arrays of called nums1 and nums2. The values in the arrays are between 1 and 6(inclusive). In one operation, we can update any value in any of the arrays to any value between 1 and 6. We have to find the minimum number of operations needed to make the sum of values in nums1 equal to the sum of values in nums2. We have to return -1 if it is not possible.So, if the input is like nums1 = [1, 5, 6], nums2 = [4, 1, 1], then the output will be 2 because we can ... Read More