2023-02-03
6. Zigzag Conversion

Topic: String
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
The string "PAYPALISHIRING" is written in a zigzag pattern on a given number of rows like this: (you may want to display this pattern in a fixed font for better legibility)

P   A   H   N
A P L S I I G
Y   I   R

And then read line by line: "PAHNAPLSIIGYIR"

Write the code that will take a string and make this conversion given a number of rows:

string convert(string s, int numRows);

Example 1:

Input: s = "PAYPALISHIRING", numRows = 3
Output: "PAHNAPLSIIGYIR"

Example 2:

Input: s = "PAYPALISHIRING", numRows = 4
Output: "PINALSIGYAHRPI"
Explanation:
P     I    N
A   L S  I G
Y A   H R
P     I

Example 3:

Input: s = "A", numRows = 1
Output: "A"

Constraints:

• 1 <= s.length <= 1000
• s consists of English letters (lower-case and upper-case), ',' and '.'.
• 1 <= numRows <= 1000

2023-02-04
567. Permutation in String

Topic: Hash Table, Two Pointers, String, Sliding Window
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given two strings s1 and s2, return true if s2 contains a permutation of s1, or false otherwise.

In other words, return true if one of s1's permutations is the substring of s2.

Example 1:

Input: s1 = "ab", s2 = "eidbaooo"
Output: true
Explanation: s2 contains one permutation of s1 ("ba").

Example 2:

Input: s1 = "ab", s2 = "eidboaoo"
Output: false

Constraints:

• 1 <= s1.length, s2.length <= 10^4
• s1 and s2 consist of lowercase English letters.

2023-02-05
438. Find All Anagrams in a String

Topic: Hash Table, String, Sliding Window
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given two strings s and p, return an array of all the start indices of p's anagrams in s. You may return the answer in any order.

An Anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once.

Example 1:

Input: s = "cbaebabacd", p = "abc"
Output: [0,6]
Explanation:
The substring with start index = 0 is "cba", which is an anagram of "abc".
The substring with start index = 6 is "bac", which is an anagram of "abc".

Example 2:

Input: s = "abab", p = "ab"
Output: [0,1,2]
Explanation:
The substring with start index = 0 is "ab", which is an anagram of "ab".
The substring with start index = 1 is "ba", which is an anagram of "ab".
The substring with start index = 2 is "ab", which is an anagram of "ab".

Constraints:

• 1 <= s.length, p.length <= 3 * 10^4
• s and p consist of lowercase English letters.

2023-02-06
1470. Shuffle the Array

Topic: Array
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
Given the array nums consisting of 2n elements in the form [x_1,x_2,...,x_n,y_1,y_2,...,y_n].

Return the array in the form [x_1,y_1,x_2,y_2,...,x_n,y_n].

Example 1:

Input: nums = [2,5,1,3,4,7], n = 3
Output: [2,3,5,4,1,7] 
Explanation: Since x_1=2, x_2=5, x_3=1, y_1=3, y_2=4, y_3=7 then the answer is [2,3,5,4,1,7].

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1], n = 4
Output: [1,4,2,3,3,2,4,1]

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1,1,2,2], n = 2
Output: [1,2,1,2]

Constraints:

• 1 <= n <= 500
• nums.length == 2n
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^3

2023-02-07
904. Fruit Into Baskets

Topic: Array, Hash Table, Sliding Window
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are visiting a farm that has a single row of fruit trees arranged from left to right. The trees are represented by an integer array fruits where fruits[i] is the type of fruit the i^th tree produces.

You want to collect as much fruit as possible. However, the owner has some strict rules that you must follow:

• You only have two baskets, and each basket can only hold a single type of fruit. There is no limit on the amount of fruit each basket can hold.
• Starting from any tree of your choice, you must pick exactly one fruit from every tree (including the start tree) while moving to the right. The picked fruits must fit in one of your baskets.
• Once you reach a tree with fruit that cannot fit in your baskets, you must stop.

Given the integer array fruits, return the maximum number of fruits you can pick.

Example 1:

Input: fruits = [1,2,1]
Output: 3
Explanation: We can pick from all 3 trees.

Example 2:

Input: fruits = [0,1,2,2]
Output: 3
Explanation: We can pick from trees [1,2,2].
If we had started at the first tree, we would only pick from trees [0,1].

Example 3:

Input: fruits = [1,2,3,2,2]
Output: 4
Explanation: We can pick from trees [2,3,2,2].
If we had started at the first tree, we would only pick from trees [1,2].

Constraints:

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

2023-02-08
45. Jump Game II

Topic: Array, Dynamic Programming, Greedy
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given a 0-indexed array of integers nums of length n. You are initially positioned at nums[0].

Each element nums[i] represents the maximum length of a forward jump from index i. In other words, if you are at nums[i], you can jump to any nums[i + j] where:

• 0 <= j <= nums[i] and
• i + j < n

Return the minimum number of jumps to reach nums[n - 1]. The test cases are generated such that you can reach nums[n - 1].

Example 1:

Input: nums = [2,3,1,1,4]
Output: 2
Explanation: The minimum number of jumps to reach the last index is 2. Jump 1 step from index 0 to 1, then 3 steps to the last index.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,3,0,1,4]
Output: 2

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 10^4
• 0 <= nums[i] <= 1000

2023-02-09
2306. Naming a Company

Topic: Array, Hash Table, String, Bit Manipulation, Enumeration
Difficulty: Hard

Problem:
You are given an array of strings ideas that represents a list of names to be used in the process of naming a company. The process of naming a company is as follows:

1. Choose 2 distinct names from ideas, call them idea_A and idea_B.
2. Swap the first letters of idea_A and idea_B with each other.
3. If both of the new names are not found in the original ideas, then the name idea_A idea_B (the concatenation of idea_A and idea_B, separated by a space) is a valid company name.
4. Otherwise, it is not a valid name.

Return the number of distinct valid names for the company.

Example 1:

Input: ideas = ["coffee","donuts","time","toffee"]
Output: 6
Explanation: The following selections are valid:
- ("coffee", "donuts"): The company name created is "doffee conuts".
- ("donuts", "coffee"): The company name created is "conuts doffee".
- ("donuts", "time"): The company name created is "tonuts dime".
- ("donuts", "toffee"): The company name created is "tonuts doffee".
- ("time", "donuts"): The company name created is "dime tonuts".
- ("toffee", "donuts"): The company name created is "doffee tonuts".
Therefore, there are a total of 6 distinct company names.

The following are some examples of invalid selections:
- ("coffee", "time"): The name "toffee" formed after swapping already exists in the original array.
- ("time", "toffee"): Both names are still the same after swapping and exist in the original array.
- ("coffee", "toffee"): Both names formed after swapping already exist in the original array.

Example 2:

Input: ideas = ["lack","back"]
Output: 0
Explanation: There are no valid selections. Therefore, 0 is returned.

Constraints:

• 2 <= ideas.length <= 5 * 10^4
• 1 <= ideas[i].length <= 10
• ideas[i] consists of lowercase English letters.
• All the strings in ideas are unique.

2023-02-10
1162. As Far from Land as Possible

Topic: Array, Dynamic Programming, Breadth-First Search, Matrix
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given an n x n grid containing only values 0 and 1, where 0 represents water and 1 represents land, find a water cell such that its distance to the nearest land cell is maximized, and return the distance. If no land or water exists in the grid, return -1.

The distance used in this problem is the Manhattan distance: the distance between two cells (x0, y0) and (x1, y1) is |x0 - x1| + |y0 - y1|.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2019/05/03/1336_ex1.JPG

Input: grid = [[1,0,1],[0,0,0],[1,0,1]]
Output: 2
Explanation: The cell (1, 1) is as far as possible from all the land with distance 2.

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2019/05/03/1336_ex2.JPG

Input: grid = [[1,0,0],[0,0,0],[0,0,0]]
Output: 4
Explanation: The cell (2, 2) is as far as possible from all the land with distance 4.

Constraints:

• n == grid.length
• n == grid[i].length
• 1 <= n <= 100
• grid[i][j] is 0 or 1

2023-02-11
1129. Shortest Path with Alternating Colors

Topic: Breadth-First Search, Graph
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given an integer n, the number of nodes in a directed graph where the nodes are labeled from 0 to n - 1. Each edge is red or blue in this graph, and there could be self-edges and parallel edges.

You are given two arrays redEdges and blueEdges where:

• redEdges[i] = [a_i, b_i] indicates that there is a directed red edge from node a_i to node b_i in the graph, and
• blueEdges[j] = [u_j, v_j] indicates that there is a directed blue edge from node u_j to node v_j in the graph.

Return an array answer of length n, where each answer[x] is the length of the shortest path from node 0 to node x such that the edge colors alternate along the path, or -1 if such a path does not exist.

Example 1:

Input: n = 3, redEdges = [[0,1],[1,2]], blueEdges = []
Output: [0,1,-1]

Example 2:

Input: n = 3, redEdges = [[0,1]], blueEdges = [[2,1]]
Output: [0,1,-1]

Constraints:

• 1 <= n <= 100
• 0 <= redEdges.length, blueEdges.length <= 400
• redEdges[i].length == blueEdges[j].length == 2
• 0 <= a_i, b_i, u_j, v_j < n

2023-02-12
2477. Minimum Fuel Cost to Report to the Capital

Topic: Tree, Depth-First Search, Breadth-First Search, Graph
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
There is a tree (i.e., a connected, undirected graph with no cycles) structure country network consisting of n cities numbered from 0 to n - 1 and exactly n - 1 roads. The capital city is city 0. You are given a 2D integer array roads where roads[i] = [a_i, b_i] denotes that there exists a bidirectional road connecting cities a_i and b_i.

There is a meeting for the representatives of each city. The meeting is in the capital city.

There is a car in each city. You are given an integer seats that indicates the number of seats in each car.

A representative can use the car in their city to travel or change the car and ride with another representative. The cost of traveling between two cities is one liter of fuel.

Return the minimum number of liters of fuel to reach the capital city.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2022/09/22/a4c380025e3ff0c379525e96a7d63a3.png

Input: roads = [[0,1],[0,2],[0,3]], seats = 5
Output: 3
Explanation: 
- Representative_1 goes directly to the capital with 1 liter of fuel.
- Representative_2 goes directly to the capital with 1 liter of fuel.
- Representative_3 goes directly to the capital with 1 liter of fuel.
It costs 3 liters of fuel at minimum. 
It can be proven that 3 is the minimum number of liters of fuel needed.

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2022/11/16/2.png

Input: roads = [[3,1],[3,2],[1,0],[0,4],[0,5],[4,6]], seats = 2
Output: 7
Explanation: 
- Representative_2 goes directly to city 3 with 1 liter of fuel.
- Representative_2 and representative_3 go together to city 1 with 1 liter of fuel.
- Representative_2 and representative_3 go together to the capital with 1 liter of fuel.
- Representative_1 goes directly to the capital with 1 liter of fuel.
- Representative_5 goes directly to the capital with 1 liter of fuel.
- Representative_6 goes directly to city 4 with 1 liter of fuel.
- Representative_4 and representative_6 go together to the capital with 1 liter of fuel.
It costs 7 liters of fuel at minimum. 
It can be proven that 7 is the minimum number of liters of fuel needed.

Example 3:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2022/09/27/efcf7f7be6830b8763639cfd01b690a.png

Input: roads = [], seats = 1
Output: 0
Explanation: No representatives need to travel to the capital city.

Constraints:

• 1 <= n <= 10^5
• roads.length == n - 1
• roads[i].length == 2
• 0 <= a_i, b_i < n
• a_i != b_i
• roads represents a valid tree.
• 1 <= seats <= 10^5

2023-02-13
1523. Count Odd Numbers in an Interval Range

Topic: Math
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
Given two non-negative integers low and high. Return the count of odd numbers between low and high (inclusive).

Example 1:

Input: low = 3, high = 7
Output: 3
Explanation: The odd numbers between 3 and 7 are [3,5,7].

Example 2:

Input: low = 8, high = 10
Output: 1
Explanation: The odd numbers between 8 and 10 are [9].

Constraints:

• 0 <= low <= high <= 10^9

2023-02-14
67. Add Binary

Topic: Math, String, Bit Manipulation, Simulation
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
Given two binary strings a and b, return their sum as a binary string.

Example 1:

Input: a = "11", b = "1"
Output: "100"

Example 2:

Input: a = "1010", b = "1011"
Output: "10101"

Constraints:

• 1 <= a.length, b.length <= 10^4
• a and b consist only of '0' or '1' characters.
• Each string does not contain leading zeros except for the zero itself.

2023-02-15
989. Add to Array-Form of Integer

Topic: Array, Math
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
The array-form of an integer num is an array representing its digits in left to right order.

• For example, for num = 1321, the array form is [1,3,2,1].

Given num, the array-form of an integer, and an integer k, return the array-form of the integer num + k.

Example 1:

Input: num = [1,2,0,0], k = 34
Output: [1,2,3,4]
Explanation: 1200 + 34 = 1234

Example 2:

Input: num = [2,7,4], k = 181
Output: [4,5,5]
Explanation: 274 + 181 = 455

Example 3:

Input: num = [2,1,5], k = 806
Output: [1,0,2,1]
Explanation: 215 + 806 = 1021

Constraints:

• 1 <= num.length <= 10^4
• 0 <= num[i] <= 9
• num does not contain any leading zeros except for the zero itself.
• 1 <= k <= 10^4

2023-02-16
104. Maximum Depth of Binary Tree

Topic: Tree, Depth-First Search, Breadth-First Search, Binary Tree
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
Given the root of a binary tree, return its maximum depth.

A binary tree's maximum depth is the number of nodes along the longest path from the root node down to the farthest leaf node.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/11/26/tmp-tree.jpg

Input: root = [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]
Output: 3

Example 2:

Input: root = [1,null,2]
Output: 2

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 10^4].
• -100 <= Node.val <= 100

2023-02-17
783. Minimum Distance Between BST Nodes

Topic: Tree, Depth-First Search, Breadth-First Search, Binary Search Tree, Binary Tree
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
Given the root of a Binary Search Tree (BST), return the minimum difference between the values of any two different nodes in the tree.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/02/05/bst1.jpg

Input: root = [4,2,6,1,3]
Output: 1

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/02/05/bst2.jpg

Input: root = [1,0,48,null,null,12,49]
Output: 1

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [2, 100].
• 0 <= Node.val <= 10^5

Note: This question is the same as 530: <https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-absolute-difference-in-bst/>

2023-02-18
226. Invert Binary Tree

Topic: Tree, Depth-First Search, Breadth-First Search, Binary Tree
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
Given the root of a binary tree, invert the tree, and return its root.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/03/14/invert1-tree.jpg

Input: root = [4,2,7,1,3,6,9]
Output: [4,7,2,9,6,3,1]

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/03/14/invert2-tree.jpg

Input: root = [2,1,3]
Output: [2,3,1]

Example 3:

Input: root = []
Output: []

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 100].
• -100 <= Node.val <= 100

2023-02-19
103. Binary Tree Zigzag Level Order Traversal

Topic: Tree, Breadth-First Search, Binary Tree
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given the root of a binary tree, return the zigzag level order traversal of its nodes' values. (i.e., from left to right, then right to left for the next level and alternate between).

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/02/19/tree1.jpg

Input: root = [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]
Output: [[3],[20,9],[15,7]]

Example 2:

Input: root = [1]
Output: [[1]]

Example 3:

Input: root = []
Output: []

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 2000].
• -100 <= Node.val <= 100

2023-02-20
35. Search Insert Position

Topic: Array, Binary Search
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
Given a sorted array of distinct integers and a target value, return the index if the target is found. If not, return the index where it would be if it were inserted in order.

You must write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime complexity.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,3,5,6], target = 5
Output: 2

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,3,5,6], target = 2
Output: 1

Example 3:

Input: nums = [1,3,5,6], target = 7
Output: 4

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 10^4
• -10^4 <= nums[i] <= 10^4
• nums contains distinct values sorted in ascending order.
• -10^4 <= target <= 10^4

2023-02-21
540. Single Element in a Sorted Array

Topic: Array, Binary Search
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given a sorted array consisting of only integers where every element appears exactly twice, except for one element which appears exactly once.

Return the single element that appears only once.

Your solution must run in O(log n) time and O(1) space.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,1,2,3,3,4,4,8,8]
Output: 2

Example 2:

Input: nums = [3,3,7,7,10,11,11]
Output: 10

Constraints:

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

2023-02-22
1011. Capacity To Ship Packages Within D Days

Topic: Array, Binary Search
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
A conveyor belt has packages that must be shipped from one port to another within days days.

The i^th package on the conveyor belt has a weight of weights[i]. Each day, we load the ship with packages on the conveyor belt (in the order given by weights). We may not load more weight than the maximum weight capacity of the ship.

Return the least weight capacity of the ship that will result in all the packages on the conveyor belt being shipped within days days.

Example 1:

Input: weights = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10], days = 5
Output: 15
Explanation: A ship capacity of 15 is the minimum to ship all the packages in 5 days like this:
1st day: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2nd day: 6, 7
3rd day: 8
4th day: 9
5th day: 10

Note that the cargo must be shipped in the order given, so using a ship of capacity 14 and splitting the packages into parts like (2, 3, 4, 5), (1, 6, 7), (8), (9), (10) is not allowed.

Example 2:

Input: weights = [3,2,2,4,1,4], days = 3
Output: 6
Explanation: A ship capacity of 6 is the minimum to ship all the packages in 3 days like this:
1st day: 3, 2
2nd day: 2, 4
3rd day: 1, 4

Example 3:

Input: weights = [1,2,3,1,1], days = 4
Output: 3
Explanation:
1st day: 1
2nd day: 2
3rd day: 3
4th day: 1, 1

Constraints:

• 1 <= days <= weights.length <= 5 * 10^4
• 1 <= weights[i] <= 500