# Program to update elements in a given range in Python

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Suppose we have a list of numbers called nums and a list of operations. Here each operation has three fields [L, R, X], this indicated that we should increment by X all the elements from indices L to R (inclusive). We have to apply all operations and return the final list.

So, if the input is like nums = [8, 4, 2, -9, 4] operations = [ [0, 0, 3], [1, 3, 2], [2, 3, 5] ], then the output will be [11, 6, 9, -2, 4], as the initial list was [8, 4, 2, -9, 4].

• Performing first operation [0, 0, 3] the list will be [11, 4, 2, -9, 4].
• Performing first operation [1, 3, 2] the list will be [11, 6, 4, -7, 4].
• Performing first operation [2, 3, 5] the list will be [11, 6, 9, -2, 4].

To solve this, we will follow these steps −

• events := a new list
• for each (l, r, inc) in operations, do
• insert (l, inc) at the end of events
• insert (r + 1, -inc) at the end of events
• sort the list events
• inc := 0, ptr := 0
• for i in range 0 to size of nums, do
• while ptr < size of events and events[ptr, 0] is same as i, do
• inc := inc + events[ptr, 1]
• ptr := ptr + 1
• nums[i] := nums[i] + inc
• return nums

Let us see the following implementation to get better understanding −

## Example

Live Demo

class Solution:
def solve(self, nums, operations):
events = []
for l, r, inc in operations:
events.append((l, inc))
events.append((r + 1, -inc))
events.sort()
inc = 0
ptr = 0
for i in range(len(nums)):
while ptr < len(events) and events[ptr][0] == i:
inc += events[ptr][1]
ptr += 1
nums[i] += inc
return nums
ob = Solution()
nums = [8, 4, 2, -9, 4]
operations = [ [0, 0, 3], [1, 3, 2], [2, 3, 5] ]
print(ob.solve(nums, operations))

## Input

[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10], 3

## Output

[11, 6, 9, -2, 4]
Published on 20-Oct-2020 10:30:22