2025-03-14
2226. Maximum Candies Allocated to K Children

Topic: Array, Binary Search
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given a 0-indexed integer array candies. Each element in the array denotes a pile of candies of size candies[i]. You can divide each pile into any number of sub piles, but you cannot merge two piles together.

You are also given an integer k. You should allocate piles of candies to k children such that each child gets the same number of candies. Each child can be allocated candies from only one pile of candies and some piles of candies may go unused.

Return the maximum number of candies each child can get.

Example 1:

Input: candies = [5,8,6], k = 3
Output: 5
Explanation: We can divide candies[1] into 2 piles of size 5 and 3, and candies[2] into 2 piles of size 5 and 1. We now have five piles of candies of sizes 5, 5, 3, 5, and 1. We can allocate the 3 piles of size 5 to 3 children. It can be proven that each child cannot receive more than 5 candies.

Example 2:

Input: candies = [2,5], k = 11
Output: 0
Explanation: There are 11 children but only 7 candies in total, so it is impossible to ensure each child receives at least one candy. Thus, each child gets no candy and the answer is 0.

Constraints:

• 1 <= candies.length <= 10^5
• 1 <= candies[i] <= 10^7
• 1 <= k <= 10^12

2025-03-15
2560. House Robber IV

Topic: Array, Binary Search
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
There are several consecutive houses along a street, each of which has some money inside. There is also a robber, who wants to steal money from the homes, but he refuses to steal from adjacent homes.

The capability of the robber is the maximum amount of money he steals from one house of all the houses he robbed.

You are given an integer array nums representing how much money is stashed in each house. More formally, the i^th house from the left has nums[i] dollars.

You are also given an integer k, representing the minimum number of houses the robber will steal from. It is always possible to steal at least k houses.

Return the minimum capability of the robber out of all the possible ways to steal at least k houses.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [2,3,5,9], k = 2
Output: 5
Explanation: 
There are three ways to rob at least 2 houses:
- Rob the houses at indices 0 and 2. Capability is max(nums[0], nums[2]) = 5.
- Rob the houses at indices 0 and 3. Capability is max(nums[0], nums[3]) = 9.
- Rob the houses at indices 1 and 3. Capability is max(nums[1], nums[3]) = 9.
Therefore, we return min(5, 9, 9) = 5.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,7,9,3,1], k = 2
Output: 2
Explanation: There are 7 ways to rob the houses. The way which leads to minimum capability is to rob the house at index 0 and 4. Return max(nums[0], nums[4]) = 2.

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
• 1 <= k <= (nums.length + 1)/2

2025-03-17
2206. Divide Array Into Equal Pairs

Topic: Array, Hash Table, Bit Manipulation, Counting
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
You are given an integer array nums consisting of 2 * n integers.

You need to divide nums into n pairs such that:

• Each element belongs to exactly one pair.
• The elements present in a pair are equal.

Return true if nums can be divided into n pairs, otherwise return false.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [3,2,3,2,2,2]
Output: true
Explanation: 
There are 6 elements in nums, so they should be divided into 6 / 2 = 3 pairs.
If nums is divided into the pairs (2, 2), (3, 3), and (2, 2), it will satisfy all the conditions.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,2,3,4]
Output: false
Explanation: 
There is no way to divide nums into 4 / 2 = 2 pairs such that the pairs satisfy every condition.

Constraints:

• nums.length == 2 * n
• 1 <= n <= 500
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 500

2025-03-18
2401. Longest Nice Subarray

Topic: Array, Bit Manipulation, Sliding Window
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given an array nums consisting of positive integers.

We call a subarray of nums nice if the bitwise AND of every pair of elements that are in different positions in the subarray is equal to 0.

Return the length of the longest nice subarray.

A subarray is a contiguous part of an array.

Note that subarrays of length 1 are always considered nice.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,3,8,48,10]
Output: 3
Explanation: The longest nice subarray is [3,8,48]. This subarray satisfies the conditions:
- 3 AND 8 = 0.
- 3 AND 48 = 0.
- 8 AND 48 = 0.
It can be proven that no longer nice subarray can be obtained, so we return 3.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [3,1,5,11,13]
Output: 1
Explanation: The length of the longest nice subarray is 1. Any subarray of length 1 can be chosen.

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^9

2025-03-19
3191. Minimum Operations to Make Binary Array Elements Equal to One I

Topic: Array, Bit Manipulation, Queue, Sliding Window, Prefix Sum
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given a binary array nums.

You can do the following operation on the array any number of times (possibly zero):

• Choose any 3 consecutive elements from the array and flip all of them.

Flipping an element means changing its value from 0 to 1, and from 1 to 0.

Return the minimum number of operations required to make all elements in nums equal to 1. If it is impossible, return -1.

Example 1:

Input: nums = 0,1,1,1,0,0

Output: 3

Explanation:

We can do the following operations:

• Choose the elements at indices 0, 1 and 2. The resulting array is nums = [1,0,0,1,0,0].
• Choose the elements at indices 1, 2 and 3. The resulting array is nums = [1,1,1,0,0,0].
• Choose the elements at indices 3, 4 and 5. The resulting array is nums = [1,1,1,1,1,1].

Example 2:

Input: nums = 0,1,1,1

Output: -1

Explanation:

It is impossible to make all elements equal to 1.

Constraints:

• 3 <= nums.length <= 10^5
• 0 <= nums[i] <= 1

2025-03-20
3108. Minimum Cost Walk in Weighted Graph

Topic: Array, Bit Manipulation, Union Find, Graph
Difficulty: Hard

Problem:
There is an undirected weighted graph with n vertices labeled from 0 to n - 1.

You are given the integer n and an array edges, where edges[i] = [u_i, v_i, w_i] indicates that there is an edge between vertices u_i and v_i with a weight of w_i.

A walk on a graph is a sequence of vertices and edges. The walk starts and ends with a vertex, and each edge connects the vertex that comes before it and the vertex that comes after it. It's important to note that a walk may visit the same edge or vertex more than once.

The cost of a walk starting at node u and ending at node v is defined as the bitwise AND of the weights of the edges traversed during the walk. In other words, if the sequence of edge weights encountered during the walk is w_0, w_1, w_2, ..., w_k, then the cost is calculated as w_0 & w_1 & w_2 & ... & w_k, where & denotes the bitwise AND operator.

You are also given a 2D array query, where query[i] = [s_i, t_i]. For each query, you need to find the minimum cost of the walk starting at vertex s_i and ending at vertex t_i. If there exists no such walk, the answer is -1.

Return the array answer, where answer[i] denotes the minimum cost of a walk for query i.

Example 1:

Input: n = 5, edges = [0,1,7,1,3,7,1,2,1], query = [0,3,3,4]

Output: 1,-1

Explanation:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/01/31/q4_example1-1.png

To achieve the cost of 1 in the first query, we need to move on the following edges: 0->1 (weight 7), 1->2 (weight 1), 2->1 (weight 1), 1->3 (weight 7).

In the second query, there is no walk between nodes 3 and 4, so the answer is -1.

Example 2:

Input: n = 3, edges = [0,2,7,0,1,15,1,2,6,1,2,1], query = [1,2]

Output: 0

Explanation:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/01/31/q4_example2e.png

To achieve the cost of 0 in the first query, we need to move on the following edges: 1->2 (weight 1), 2->1 (weight 6), 1->2 (weight 1).

Constraints:

• 2 <= n <= 10^5
• 0 <= edges.length <= 10^5
• edges[i].length == 3
• 0 <= u_i, v_i <= n - 1
• u_i != v_i
• 0 <= w_i <= 10^5
• 1 <= query.length <= 10^5
• query[i].length == 2
• 0 <= s_i, t_i <= n - 1
• s_i != t_i

2025-03-21
2115. Find All Possible Recipes from Given Supplies

Topic: Array, Hash Table, String, Graph, Topological Sort
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You have information about n different recipes. You are given a string array recipes and a 2D string array ingredients. The i^th recipe has the name recipes[i], and you can create it if you have all the needed ingredients from ingredients[i]. A recipe can also be an ingredient for other recipes, i.e., ingredients[i] may contain a string that is in recipes.

You are also given a string array supplies containing all the ingredients that you initially have, and you have an infinite supply of all of them.

Return a list of all the recipes that you can create. You may return the answer in any order.

Note that two recipes may contain each other in their ingredients.

Example 1:

Input: recipes = ["bread"], ingredients = [["yeast","flour"]], supplies = ["yeast","flour","corn"]
Output: ["bread"]
Explanation:
We can create "bread" since we have the ingredients "yeast" and "flour".

Example 2:

Input: recipes = ["bread","sandwich"], ingredients = [["yeast","flour"],["bread","meat"]], supplies = ["yeast","flour","meat"]
Output: ["bread","sandwich"]
Explanation:
We can create "bread" since we have the ingredients "yeast" and "flour".
We can create "sandwich" since we have the ingredient "meat" and can create the ingredient "bread".

Example 3:

Input: recipes = ["bread","sandwich","burger"], ingredients = [["yeast","flour"],["bread","meat"],["sandwich","meat","bread"]], supplies = ["yeast","flour","meat"]
Output: ["bread","sandwich","burger"]
Explanation:
We can create "bread" since we have the ingredients "yeast" and "flour".
We can create "sandwich" since we have the ingredient "meat" and can create the ingredient "bread".
We can create "burger" since we have the ingredient "meat" and can create the ingredients "bread" and "sandwich".

Constraints:

• n == recipes.length == ingredients.length
• 1 <= n <= 100
• 1 <= ingredients[i].length, supplies.length <= 100
• 1 <= recipes[i].length, ingredients[i][j].length, supplies[k].length <= 10
• recipes[i], ingredients[i][j], and supplies[k] consist only of lowercase English letters.
• All the values of recipes and supplies combined are unique.
• Each ingredients[i] does not contain any duplicate values.

2025-03-22
2685. Count the Number of Complete Components

Topic: Depth-First Search, Breadth-First Search, Union Find, Graph
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given an integer n. There is an undirected graph with n vertices, numbered from 0 to n - 1. You are given a 2D integer array edges where edges[i] = [a_i, b_i] denotes that there exists an undirected edge connecting vertices a_i and b_i.

Return the number of complete connected components of the graph.

A connected component is a subgraph of a graph in which there exists a path between any two vertices, and no vertex of the subgraph shares an edge with a vertex outside of the subgraph.

A connected component is said to be complete if there exists an edge between every pair of its vertices.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2023/04/11/screenshot-from-2023-04-11-23-31-23.png

Input: n = 6, edges = [[0,1],[0,2],[1,2],[3,4]]
Output: 3
Explanation: From the picture above, one can see that all of the components of this graph are complete.

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2023/04/11/screenshot-from-2023-04-11-23-32-00.png

Input: n = 6, edges = [[0,1],[0,2],[1,2],[3,4],[3,5]]
Output: 1
Explanation: The component containing vertices 0, 1, and 2 is complete since there is an edge between every pair of two vertices. On the other hand, the component containing vertices 3, 4, and 5 is not complete since there is no edge between vertices 4 and 5. Thus, the number of complete components in this graph is 1.

Constraints:

• 1 <= n <= 50
• 0 <= edges.length <= n * (n - 1) / 2
• edges[i].length == 2
• 0 <= a_i, b_i <= n - 1
• a_i != b_i
• There are no repeated edges.

2025-03-23
1976. Number of Ways to Arrive at Destination

Topic: Dynamic Programming, Graph, Topological Sort, Shortest Path
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are in a city that consists of n intersections numbered from 0 to n - 1 with bi-directional roads between some intersections. The inputs are generated such that you can reach any intersection from any other intersection and that there is at most one road between any two intersections.

You are given an integer n and a 2D integer array roads where roads[i] = [u_i, v_i, time_i] means that there is a road between intersections u_i and v_i that takes time_i minutes to travel. You want to know in how many ways you can travel from intersection 0 to intersection n - 1 in the shortest amount of time.

Return the number of ways you can arrive at your destination in the shortest amount of time. Since the answer may be large, return it modulo 10^9 + 7.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2025/02/14/1976_corrected.png

Input: n = 7, roads = [[0,6,7],[0,1,2],[1,2,3],[1,3,3],[6,3,3],[3,5,1],[6,5,1],[2,5,1],[0,4,5],[4,6,2]]
Output: 4
Explanation: The shortest amount of time it takes to go from intersection 0 to intersection 6 is 7 minutes.
The four ways to get there in 7 minutes are:
- 0 ➝ 6
- 0 ➝ 4 ➝ 6
- 0 ➝ 1 ➝ 2 ➝ 5 ➝ 6
- 0 ➝ 1 ➝ 3 ➝ 5 ➝ 6

Example 2:

Input: n = 2, roads = [[1,0,10]]
Output: 1
Explanation: There is only one way to go from intersection 0 to intersection 1, and it takes 10 minutes.

Constraints:

• 1 <= n <= 200
• n - 1 <= roads.length <= n * (n - 1) / 2
• roads[i].length == 3
• 0 <= u_i, v_i <= n - 1
• 1 <= time_i <= 10^9
• u_i != v_i
• There is at most one road connecting any two intersections.
• You can reach any intersection from any other intersection.

2025-03-24
3169. Count Days Without Meetings

Topic: Array, Sorting
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given a positive integer days representing the total number of days an employee is available for work (starting from day 1). You are also given a 2D array meetings of size n where, meetings[i] = [start_i, end_i] represents the starting and ending days of meeting i (inclusive).

Return the count of days when the employee is available for work but no meetings are scheduled.

Note: The meetings may overlap.

Example 1:

Input: days = 10, meetings = [5,7,1,3,9,10]

Output: 2

Explanation:

There is no meeting scheduled on the 4^th and 8^th days.

Example 2:

Input: days = 5, meetings = [2,4,1,3]

Output: 1

Explanation:

There is no meeting scheduled on the 5^th day.

Example 3:

Input: days = 6, meetings = [1,6]

Output: 0

Explanation:

Meetings are scheduled for all working days.

Constraints:

• 1 <= days <= 10^9
• 1 <= meetings.length <= 10^5
• meetings[i].length == 2
• 1 <= meetings[i][0] <= meetings[i][1] <= days

2025-03-25
3394. Check if Grid can be Cut into Sections

Topic: Array, Sorting
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given an integer n representing the dimensions of an n x n grid, with the origin at the bottom-left corner of the grid. You are also given a 2D array of coordinates rectangles, where rectangles[i] is in the form [start_x, start_y, end_x, end_y], representing a rectangle on the grid. Each rectangle is defined as follows:

• (start_x, start_y): The bottom-left corner of the rectangle.
• (end_x, end_y): The top-right corner of the rectangle.

Note that the rectangles do not overlap. Your task is to determine if it is possible to make either two horizontal or two vertical cuts on the grid such that:

• Each of the three resulting sections formed by the cuts contains at least one rectangle.
• Every rectangle belongs to exactly one section.

Return true if such cuts can be made; otherwise, return false.

Example 1:

Input: n = 5, rectangles = [1,0,5,2,0,2,2,4,3,2,5,3,0,4,4,5]

Output: true

Explanation:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/10/23/tt1drawio.png

The grid is shown in the diagram. We can make horizontal cuts at y = 2 and y = 4. Hence, output is true.

Example 2:

Input: n = 4, rectangles = [0,0,1,1,2,0,3,4,0,2,2,3,3,0,4,3]

Output: true

Explanation:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/10/23/tc2drawio.png

We can make vertical cuts at x = 2 and x = 3. Hence, output is true.

Example 3:

Input: n = 4, rectangles = [0,2,2,4,1,0,3,2,2,2,3,4,3,0,4,2,3,2,4,4]

Output: false

Explanation:

We cannot make two horizontal or two vertical cuts that satisfy the conditions. Hence, output is false.

Constraints:

• 3 <= n <= 10^9
• 3 <= rectangles.length <= 10^5
• 0 <= rectangles[i][0] < rectangles[i][2] <= n
• 0 <= rectangles[i][1] < rectangles[i][3] <= n
• No two rectangles overlap.

2025-03-26
2033. Minimum Operations to Make a Uni-Value Grid

Topic: Array, Math, Sorting, Matrix
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given a 2D integer grid of size m x n and an integer x. In one operation, you can add x to or subtract x from any element in the grid.

A uni-value grid is a grid where all the elements of it are equal.

Return the minimum number of operations to make the grid uni-value. If it is not possible, return -1.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/09/21/gridtxt.png

Input: grid = [[2,4],[6,8]], x = 2
Output: 4
Explanation: We can make every element equal to 4 by doing the following: 
- Add x to 2 once.
- Subtract x from 6 once.
- Subtract x from 8 twice.
A total of 4 operations were used.

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/09/21/gridtxt-1.png

Input: grid = [[1,5],[2,3]], x = 1
Output: 5
Explanation: We can make every element equal to 3.

Example 3:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/09/21/gridtxt-2.png

Input: grid = [[1,2],[3,4]], x = 2
Output: -1
Explanation: It is impossible to make every element equal.

Constraints:

• m == grid.length
• n == grid[i].length
• 1 <= m, n <= 10^5
• 1 <= m * n <= 10^5
• 1 <= x, grid[i][j] <= 10^4

2025-03-27
2780. Minimum Index of a Valid Split

Topic: Array, Hash Table, Sorting
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
An element x of an integer array arr of length m is dominant if more than half the elements of arr have a value of x.

You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums of length n with one dominant element.

You can split nums at an index i into two arrays nums[0, ..., i] and nums[i + 1, ..., n - 1], but the split is only valid if:

• 0 <= i < n - 1
• nums[0, ..., i], and nums[i + 1, ..., n - 1] have the same dominant element.

Here, nums[i, ..., j] denotes the subarray of nums starting at index i and ending at index j, both ends being inclusive. Particularly, if j < i then nums[i, ..., j] denotes an empty subarray.

Return the minimum index of a valid split. If no valid split exists, return -1.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,2,2,2]
Output: 2
Explanation: We can split the array at index 2 to obtain arrays [1,2,2] and [2]. 
In array [1,2,2], element 2 is dominant since it occurs twice in the array and 2 * 2 > 3. 
In array [2], element 2 is dominant since it occurs once in the array and 1 * 2 > 1.
Both [1,2,2] and [2] have the same dominant element as nums, so this is a valid split. 
It can be shown that index 2 is the minimum index of a valid split.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,1,3,1,1,1,7,1,2,1]
Output: 4
Explanation: We can split the array at index 4 to obtain arrays [2,1,3,1,1] and [1,7,1,2,1].
In array [2,1,3,1,1], element 1 is dominant since it occurs thrice in the array and 3 * 2 > 5.
In array [1,7,1,2,1], element 1 is dominant since it occurs thrice in the array and 3 * 2 > 5.
Both [2,1,3,1,1] and [1,7,1,2,1] have the same dominant element as nums, so this is a valid split.
It can be shown that index 4 is the minimum index of a valid split.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [3,3,3,3,7,2,2]
Output: -1
Explanation: It can be shown that there is no valid split.

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
• nums has exactly one dominant element.

2025-03-28
2503. Maximum Number of Points From Grid Queries

Topic: Array, Two Pointers, Breadth-First Search, Union Find, Sorting, Heap (Priority Queue), Matrix
Difficulty: Hard

Problem:
You are given an m x n integer matrix grid and an array queries of size k.

Find an array answer of size k such that for each integer queries[i] you start in the top left cell of the matrix and repeat the following process:

• If queries[i] is strictly greater than the value of the current cell that you are in, then you get one point if it is your first time visiting this cell, and you can move to any adjacent cell in all 4 directions: up, down, left, and right.
• Otherwise, you do not get any points, and you end this process.

After the process, answer[i] is the maximum number of points you can get. Note that for each query you are allowed to visit the same cell multiple times.

Return the resulting array answer.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2025/03/15/image1.png

Input: grid = [[1,2,3],[2,5,7],[3,5,1]], queries = [5,6,2]
Output: [5,8,1]
Explanation: The diagrams above show which cells we visit to get points for each query.

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2022/10/20/yetgriddrawio-2.png

Input: grid = [[5,2,1],[1,1,2]], queries = [3]
Output: [0]
Explanation: We can not get any points because the value of the top left cell is already greater than or equal to 3.

Constraints:

• m == grid.length
• n == grid[i].length
• 2 <= m, n <= 1000
• 4 <= m * n <= 10^5
• k == queries.length
• 1 <= k <= 10^4
• 1 <= grid[i][j], queries[i] <= 10^6

2025-03-29
2818. Apply Operations to Maximize Score

Topic: Array, Math, Stack, Greedy, Sorting, Monotonic Stack, Number Theory
Difficulty: Hard

Problem:
You are given an array nums of n positive integers and an integer k.

Initially, you start with a score of 1. You have to maximize your score by applying the following operation at most k times:

• Choose any non-empty subarray nums[l, ..., r] that you haven't chosen previously.
• Choose an element x of nums[l, ..., r] with the highest prime score. If multiple such elements exist, choose the one with the smallest index.
• Multiply your score by x.

Here, nums[l, ..., r] denotes the subarray of nums starting at index l and ending at the index r, both ends being inclusive.

The prime score of an integer x is equal to the number of distinct prime factors of x. For example, the prime score of 300 is 3 since 300 = 2 * 2 * 3 * 5 * 5.

Return the maximum possible score after applying at most k operations.

Since the answer may be large, return it modulo 10^9 + 7.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [8,3,9,3,8], k = 2
Output: 81
Explanation: To get a score of 81, we can apply the following operations:
- Choose subarray nums[2, ..., 2]. nums[2] is the only element in this subarray. Hence, we multiply the score by nums[2]. The score becomes 1 * 9 = 9.
- Choose subarray nums[2, ..., 3]. Both nums[2] and nums[3] have a prime score of 1, but nums[2] has the smaller index. Hence, we multiply the score by nums[2]. The score becomes 9 * 9 = 81.
It can be proven that 81 is the highest score one can obtain.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [19,12,14,6,10,18], k = 3
Output: 4788
Explanation: To get a score of 4788, we can apply the following operations: 
- Choose subarray nums[0, ..., 0]. nums[0] is the only element in this subarray. Hence, we multiply the score by nums[0]. The score becomes 1 * 19 = 19.
- Choose subarray nums[5, ..., 5]. nums[5] is the only element in this subarray. Hence, we multiply the score by nums[5]. The score becomes 19 * 18 = 342.
- Choose subarray nums[2, ..., 3]. Both nums[2] and nums[3] have a prime score of 2, but nums[2] has the smaller index. Hence, we multipy the score by nums[2]. The score becomes 342 * 14 = 4788.
It can be proven that 4788 is the highest score one can obtain.

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length == n <= 10^5
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^5
• 1 <= k <= min(n * (n + 1) / 2, 10^9)

2025-03-30
763. Partition Labels

Topic: Hash Table, Two Pointers, String, Greedy
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given a string s. We want to partition the string into as many parts as possible so that each letter appears in at most one part. For example, the string "ababcc" can be partitioned into ["abab", "cc"], but partitions such as ["aba", "bcc"] or ["ab", "ab", "cc"] are invalid.

Note that the partition is done so that after concatenating all the parts in order, the resultant string should be s.

Return a list of integers representing the size of these parts.

Example 1:

Input: s = "ababcbacadefegdehijhklij"
Output: [9,7,8]
Explanation:
The partition is "ababcbaca", "defegde", "hijhklij".
This is a partition so that each letter appears in at most one part.
A partition like "ababcbacadefegde", "hijhklij" is incorrect, because it splits s into less parts.

Example 2:

Input: s = "eccbbbbdec"
Output: [10]

Constraints:

• 1 <= s.length <= 500
• s consists of lowercase English letters.

2025-03-31
2551. Put Marbles in Bags

Topic: Array, Greedy, Sorting, Heap (Priority Queue)
Difficulty: Hard

Problem:
You have k bags. You are given a 0-indexed integer array weights where weights[i] is the weight of the i^th marble. You are also given the integer k.

Divide the marbles into the k bags according to the following rules:

• No bag is empty.
• If the i^th marble and j^th marble are in a bag, then all marbles with an index between the i^th and j^th indices should also be in that same bag.
• If a bag consists of all the marbles with an index from i to j inclusively, then the cost of the bag is weights[i] + weights[j].

The score after distributing the marbles is the sum of the costs of all the k bags.

Return the difference between the maximum and minimum scores among marble distributions.

Example 1:

Input: weights = [1,3,5,1], k = 2
Output: 4
Explanation: 
The distribution [1],[3,5,1] results in the minimal score of (1+1) + (3+1) = 6. 
The distribution [1,3],[5,1], results in the maximal score of (1+3) + (5+1) = 10. 
Thus, we return their difference 10 - 6 = 4.

Example 2:

Input: weights = [1, 3], k = 2
Output: 0
Explanation: The only distribution possible is [1],[3]. 
Since both the maximal and minimal score are the same, we return 0.

Constraints:

• 1 <= k <= weights.length <= 10^5
• 1 <= weights[i] <= 10^9

2025-04-01
2140. Solving Questions With Brainpower

Topic: Array, Dynamic Programming
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given a 0-indexed 2D integer array questions where questions[i] = [points_i, brainpower_i].

The array describes the questions of an exam, where you have to process the questions in order (i.e., starting from question 0) and make a decision whether to solve or skip each question. Solving question i will earn you points_i points but you will be unable to solve each of the next brainpower_i questions. If you skip question i, you get to make the decision on the next question.

• For example, given questions = [[3, 2], [4, 3], [4, 4], [2, 5]]:
• If question 0 is solved, you will earn 3 points but you will be unable to solve questions 1 and 2.
• If instead, question 0 is skipped and question 1 is solved, you will earn 4 points but you will be unable to solve questions 2 and 3.

Return the maximum points you can earn for the exam.

Example 1:

Input: questions = [[3,2],[4,3],[4,4],[2,5]]
Output: 5
Explanation: The maximum points can be earned by solving questions 0 and 3.
- Solve question 0: Earn 3 points, will be unable to solve the next 2 questions
- Unable to solve questions 1 and 2
- Solve question 3: Earn 2 points
Total points earned: 3 + 2 = 5. There is no other way to earn 5 or more points.

Example 2:

Input: questions = [[1,1],[2,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5]]
Output: 7
Explanation: The maximum points can be earned by solving questions 1 and 4.
- Skip question 0
- Solve question 1: Earn 2 points, will be unable to solve the next 2 questions
- Unable to solve questions 2 and 3
- Solve question 4: Earn 5 points
Total points earned: 2 + 5 = 7. There is no other way to earn 7 or more points.

Constraints:

• 1 <= questions.length <= 10^5
• questions[i].length == 2
• 1 <= points_i, brainpower_i <= 10^5

2025-04-02
2873. Maximum Value of an Ordered Triplet I

Topic: Array
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums.

Return the maximum value over all triplets of indices (i, j, k) such that i < j < k. If all such triplets have a negative value, return 0.

The value of a triplet of indices (i, j, k) is equal to (nums[i] - nums[j]) * nums[k].

Example 1:

Input: nums = [12,6,1,2,7]
Output: 77
Explanation: The value of the triplet (0, 2, 4) is (nums[0] - nums[2]) * nums[4] = 77.
It can be shown that there are no ordered triplets of indices with a value greater than 77.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,10,3,4,19]
Output: 133
Explanation: The value of the triplet (1, 2, 4) is (nums[1] - nums[2]) * nums[4] = 133.
It can be shown that there are no ordered triplets of indices with a value greater than 133.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1,2,3]
Output: 0
Explanation: The only ordered triplet of indices (0, 1, 2) has a negative value of (nums[0] - nums[1]) * nums[2] = -3. Hence, the answer would be 0.

Constraints:

• 3 <= nums.length <= 100
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^6

2025-04-03
2874. Maximum Value of an Ordered Triplet II

Topic: Array
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums.

Return the maximum value over all triplets of indices (i, j, k) such that i < j < k. If all such triplets have a negative value, return 0.

The value of a triplet of indices (i, j, k) is equal to (nums[i] - nums[j]) * nums[k].

Example 1:

Input: nums = [12,6,1,2,7]
Output: 77
Explanation: The value of the triplet (0, 2, 4) is (nums[0] - nums[2]) * nums[4] = 77.
It can be shown that there are no ordered triplets of indices with a value greater than 77.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,10,3,4,19]
Output: 133
Explanation: The value of the triplet (1, 2, 4) is (nums[1] - nums[2]) * nums[4] = 133.
It can be shown that there are no ordered triplets of indices with a value greater than 133.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1,2,3]
Output: 0
Explanation: The only ordered triplet of indices (0, 1, 2) has a negative value of (nums[0] - nums[1]) * nums[2] = -3. Hence, the answer would be 0.

Constraints:

• 3 <= nums.length <= 10^5
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^6

2025-04-04
1123. Lowest Common Ancestor of Deepest Leaves

Topic: Hash Table, Tree, Depth-First Search, Breadth-First Search, Binary Tree
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given the root of a binary tree, return the lowest common ancestor of its deepest leaves.

Recall that:

• The node of a binary tree is a leaf if and only if it has no children
• The depth of the root of the tree is 0. if the depth of a node is d, the depth of each of its children is d + 1.
• The lowest common ancestor of a set S of nodes, is the node A with the largest depth such that every node in S is in the subtree with root A.

Example 1:

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Input: root = [3,5,1,6,2,0,8,null,null,7,4]
Output: [2,7,4]
Explanation: We return the node with value 2, colored in yellow in the diagram.
The nodes coloured in blue are the deepest leaf-nodes of the tree.
Note that nodes 6, 0, and 8 are also leaf nodes, but the depth of them is 2, but the depth of nodes 7 and 4 is 3.

Example 2:

Input: root = [1]
Output: [1]
Explanation: The root is the deepest node in the tree, and it's the lca of itself.

Example 3:

Input: root = [0,1,3,null,2]
Output: [2]
Explanation: The deepest leaf node in the tree is 2, the lca of one node is itself.

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the tree will be in the range [1, 1000].
• 0 <= Node.val <= 1000
• The values of the nodes in the tree are unique.

Note: This question is the same as 865: <https://leetcode.com/problems/smallest-subtree-with-all-the-deepest-nodes/>