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Knight Probability in Chessboard in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 494 Views

Suppose we have one NxN chessboard, a knight starts at the r-th row and c-th column and attempts to make exactly K moves. Here the rows and columns are 0 indexed, so the top-left square is (0, 0), and the bottom-right square is (N-1, N-1).A knight can move in 8 different cells from a cell, that can be shown in this diagram −Each time the knight is to move, it chooses one of eight possible moves randomly. The knight continues moving until it has made exactly K moves or has moved off the chessboard. We have to find the probability ...

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Program to find the maximum element in a Matrix in C++

Ayush Gupta
Ayush Gupta
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 1K+ Views

In this problem, we are given a matrix of size nXm. Our task is to create a program to find the maximum element in a Matrix in C++.Problem Description − Here, we need to simply find the largest element of matrix.Let’s take an example to understand the problem, Inputmat[3][3] = {{4, 1, 6}, {5, 2, 9}, {7, 3, 0}}Output9Solution ApproachThe solution to the problem is by simply traversing the matrix. This is done by using two nested loops, and checking whether each element of the matrix is greater than maxVal. And return the maxVal at the end.Program to illustrate the ...

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Monotone Increasing Digits in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 623 Views

Suppose we have a non-negative integer N, we have to find the largest number that is less than or equal to N with monotone increasing digits. We know that an integer has monotone increasing digits if and only if each pair of adjacent digits’ x and y satisfy x = s[i – 1]increase i by 1if i < nwhile i > 0 and s[i – 1] > s[i], thendecrease i by 1decrease s[i] by 1for j in range i + 1 to ns[j] := ‘9’return s as numberLet us see the following implementation to get better understanding −Example#include using ...

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Program to find the maximum difference between the index of any two different numbers in C++

Ayush Gupta
Ayush Gupta
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 485 Views

In this problem, we are given an array arr[] consisting of n integers. Our task is to create a program to find the maximum difference between the index of any two different numbers in C++.Code Description − Here, we need to find the maximum difference between the index of integer values of the array, given that the two integers are different.Let’s take an example to understand the problem, Inputarr[] = {4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 4}Output5ExplanationThe difference between index 0, element 4, and index 5, element 2.Solution ApproachWe will try to find the maximum possible difference between the index ...

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Reach a Number in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 298 Views

Suppose you are standing at position 0 on an infinite number line. Now there is a goal at position target. Here in each move, you can either go to the left side or the right side. During the n-th move (starting from 1), you take n steps. We have to find the minimum number of steps required to reach the destination. So if the input is like target = 3, then we need 2 steps. From 0 to 1, from 1 to 3.To solve this, we will follow these steps −target := |target|, cnt := 0while target > 0, decrease ...

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Global and Local Inversions in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 442 Views

Suppose we have some permutation A of [0, 1, ..., N - 1], where N is the length of A. Now the number of (global) inversions is the number of i < j with 0 A[j]. And the number of local inversions is the number of i with 0 A[i+1]. We have to return true if and only if the number of global inversions is equal to the number of local inversions. So if the input is like [1, 0, 2], then return true, as there is only one local inversion and one global inversion.To solve this, we ...

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K-th Symbol in Grammar in C++

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

Suppose on the first row, we have a 0. Now in every subsequent row, we look at the previous row and replace each occurrence of 0 by 01, and each occurrence of 1 by 10. Suppose we have N rows and index K, we have to find the K-th indexed symbol in row N. (The values of K are 1-indexed.) (1 indexed). So if N = 4 and K = 5, then the output will be 1. This is because −Row 1: 0Row 2: 01Row 3: 0110Row 4: 01101001To solve this, we will follow these steps −Suppose the name of ...

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Program to find the minimum (or maximum) element of an array in C++

Ayush Gupta
Ayush Gupta
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 14K+ Views

In this problem, we are given an array arr[] of n integers. Our task is to create a program to find the minimum and maximum element of an array in C++.Problem Description − Here, we have an array arr[]. The contains n integer values. We have to find the maximum value and minimum value out of all values of the array.Let’s take an example to understand the problem, Inputarr[] = {2, 1, 6, 9, 4, 10, 15, 21}Outputmax = 21 , min = 1Solution ApproachThere can be multiple solutions to the problem, One solution would be directly comparing elements of ...

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Rabbits in Forest in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 542 Views

Suppose In a forest, each rabbit has some color. Now some subset of rabbits (possibly all of them) will tell us how many other rabbits have the same color as them. Those answers are placed in an array. We have to find the minimum number of rabbits that could be in the forest. So if the input is like [1, 1, 2], then the output will be 5, as the two rabbits that answered "1" that could both be the same color, say white. Now the rabbit than answered "2" can't be white or the answers would be inconsistent. Say ...

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Odd Even Jump in C++

Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 698 Views

Suppose we have an array A. From some starting index, we can make a series of jumps. The position (1, 3, 5, ...) jumps in the series are called odd numbered jumps, and position (2, 4, 6, ...) jumps in the series are called even numbered jumps.Now we may from index i jump forward to index j (with i < j) in this way −During odd numbered jumps, we can jump to the index j such that A[i] = A[j] and A[j] is the largest possible value. When there are multiple such indexes j, we can only jump to the ...

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