2022-11-14
947. Most Stones Removed with Same Row or Column

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

Problem:
On a 2D plane, we place n stones at some integer coordinate points. Each coordinate point may have at most one stone.

A stone can be removed if it shares either the same row or the same column as another stone that has not been removed.

Given an array stones of length n where stones[i] = [x_i, y_i] represents the location of the i^th stone, return the largest possible number of stones that can be removed.

Example 1:

Input: stones = [[0,0],[0,1],[1,0],[1,2],[2,1],[2,2]]
Output: 5
Explanation: One way to remove 5 stones is as follows:
1. Remove stone [2,2] because it shares the same row as [2,1].
2. Remove stone [2,1] because it shares the same column as [0,1].
3. Remove stone [1,2] because it shares the same row as [1,0].
4. Remove stone [1,0] because it shares the same column as [0,0].
5. Remove stone [0,1] because it shares the same row as [0,0].
Stone [0,0] cannot be removed since it does not share a row/column with another stone still on the plane.

Example 2:

Input: stones = [[0,0],[0,2],[1,1],[2,0],[2,2]]
Output: 3
Explanation: One way to make 3 moves is as follows:
1. Remove stone [2,2] because it shares the same row as [2,0].
2. Remove stone [2,0] because it shares the same column as [0,0].
3. Remove stone [0,2] because it shares the same row as [0,0].
Stones [0,0] and [1,1] cannot be removed since they do not share a row/column with another stone still on the plane.

Example 3:

Input: stones = [[0,0]]
Output: 0
Explanation: [0,0] is the only stone on the plane, so you cannot remove it.

Constraints:

• 1 <= stones.length <= 1000
• 0 <= x_i, y_i <= 10^4
• No two stones are at the same coordinate point.

2022-11-15
222. Count Complete Tree Nodes

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

Problem:
Given the root of a complete binary tree, return the number of the nodes in the tree.

According to Wikipedia, every level, except possibly the last, is completely filled in a complete binary tree, and all nodes in the last level are as far left as possible. It can have between 1 and 2^h nodes inclusive at the last level h.

Design an algorithm that runs in less than O(n) time complexity.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/01/14/complete.jpg

Input: root = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
Output: 6

Example 2:

Input: root = []
Output: 0

Example 3:

Input: root = [1]
Output: 1

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 5 * 10^4].
• 0 <= Node.val <= 5 * 10^4
• The tree is guaranteed to be complete.

2022-11-16
374. Guess Number Higher or Lower

Topic: Binary Search, Interactive
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
We are playing the Guess Game. The game is as follows:

I pick a number from 1 to n. You have to guess which number I picked.

Every time you guess wrong, I will tell you whether the number I picked is higher or lower than your guess.

You call a pre-defined API int guess(int num), which returns three possible results:

• -1: Your guess is higher than the number I picked (i.e. num > pick).
• 1: Your guess is lower than the number I picked (i.e. num < pick).
• 0: your guess is equal to the number I picked (i.e. num == pick).

Return the number that I picked.

Example 1:

Input: n = 10, pick = 6
Output: 6

Example 2:

Input: n = 1, pick = 1
Output: 1

Example 3:

Input: n = 2, pick = 1
Output: 1

Constraints:

• 1 <= n <= 2^31 - 1
• 1 <= pick <= n

2022-11-17
223. Rectangle Area

Topic: Math, Geometry
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given the coordinates of two rectilinear rectangles in a 2D plane, return the total area covered by the two rectangles.

The first rectangle is defined by its bottom-left corner (ax1, ay1) and its top-right corner (ax2, ay2).

The second rectangle is defined by its bottom-left corner (bx1, by1) and its top-right corner (bx2, by2).

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/05/08/rectangle-plane.png

Input: ax1 = -3, ay1 = 0, ax2 = 3, ay2 = 4, bx1 = 0, by1 = -1, bx2 = 9, by2 = 2
Output: 45

Example 2:

Input: ax1 = -2, ay1 = -2, ax2 = 2, ay2 = 2, bx1 = -2, by1 = -2, bx2 = 2, by2 = 2
Output: 16

Constraints:

• -10^4 <= ax1 <= ax2 <= 10^4
• -10^4 <= ay1 <= ay2 <= 10^4
• -10^4 <= bx1 <= bx2 <= 10^4
• -10^4 <= by1 <= by2 <= 10^4

2022-11-18
263. Ugly Number

Topic: Math
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
An ugly number is a positive integer whose prime factors are limited to 2, 3, and 5.

Given an integer n, return true if n is an ugly number.

Example 1:

Input: n = 6
Output: true
Explanation: 6 = 2 × 3

Example 2:

Input: n = 1
Output: true
Explanation: 1 has no prime factors, therefore all of its prime factors are limited to 2, 3, and 5.

Example 3:

Input: n = 14
Output: false
Explanation: 14 is not ugly since it includes the prime factor 7.

Constraints:

• -2^31 <= n <= 2^31 - 1

2022-11-19
587. Erect the Fence

Topic: Array, Math, Geometry
Difficulty: Hard

Problem:
You are given an array trees where trees[i] = [x_i, y_i] represents the location of a tree in the garden.

You are asked to fence the entire garden using the minimum length of rope as it is expensive. The garden is well fenced only if all the trees are enclosed.

Return the coordinates of trees that are exactly located on the fence perimeter.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/04/24/erect2-plane.jpg

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

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/04/24/erect1-plane.jpg

Input: points = [[1,2],[2,2],[4,2]]
Output: [[4,2],[2,2],[1,2]]

Constraints:

• 1 <= points.length <= 3000
• points[i].length == 2
• 0 <= x_i, y_i <= 100
• All the given points are unique.

2022-11-20
224. Basic Calculator

Topic: Math, String, Stack, Recursion
Difficulty: Hard

Problem:
Given a string s representing a valid expression, implement a basic calculator to evaluate it, and return the result of the evaluation.

Note: You are not allowed to use any built-in function which evaluates strings as mathematical expressions, such as eval().

Example 1:

Input: s = "1 + 1"
Output: 2

Example 2:

Input: s = " 2-1 + 2 "
Output: 3

Example 3:

Input: s = "(1+(4+5+2)-3)+(6+8)"
Output: 23

Constraints:

• 1 <= s.length <= 3 * 10^5
• s consists of digits, '+', '-', '(', ')', and ' '.
• s represents a valid expression.
• '+' is not used as a unary operation (i.e., "+1" and "+(2 + 3)" is invalid).
• '-' could be used as a unary operation (i.e., "-1" and "-(2 + 3)" is valid).
• There will be no two consecutive operators in the input.
• Every number and running calculation will fit in a signed 32-bit integer.

2022-11-21
1926. Nearest Exit from Entrance in Maze

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

Problem:
You are given an m x n matrix maze (0-indexed) with empty cells (represented as '.') and walls (represented as '+'). You are also given the entrance of the maze, where entrance = [entrance_row, entrance_col] denotes the row and column of the cell you are initially standing at.

In one step, you can move one cell up, down, left, or right. You cannot step into a cell with a wall, and you cannot step outside the maze. Your goal is to find the nearest exit from the entrance. An exit is defined as an empty cell that is at the border of the maze. The entrance does not count as an exit.

Return the number of steps in the shortest path from the entrance to the nearest exit, or -1 if no such path exists.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/06/04/nearest1-grid.jpg

Input: maze = [["+","+",".","+"],[".",".",".","+"],["+","+","+","."]], entrance = [1,2]
Output: 1
Explanation: There are 3 exits in this maze at [1,0], [0,2], and [2,3].
Initially, you are at the entrance cell [1,2].
- You can reach [1,0] by moving 2 steps left.
- You can reach [0,2] by moving 1 step up.
It is impossible to reach [2,3] from the entrance.
Thus, the nearest exit is [0,2], which is 1 step away.

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/06/04/nearesr2-grid.jpg

Input: maze = [["+","+","+"],[".",".","."],["+","+","+"]], entrance = [1,0]
Output: 2
Explanation: There is 1 exit in this maze at [1,2].
[1,0] does not count as an exit since it is the entrance cell.
Initially, you are at the entrance cell [1,0].
- You can reach [1,2] by moving 2 steps right.
Thus, the nearest exit is [1,2], which is 2 steps away.

Example 3:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/06/04/nearest3-grid.jpg

Input: maze = [[".","+"]], entrance = [0,0]
Output: -1
Explanation: There are no exits in this maze.

Constraints:

• maze.length == m
• maze[i].length == n
• 1 <= m, n <= 100
• maze[i][j] is either '.' or '+'.
• entrance.length == 2
• 0 <= entrance_row < m
• 0 <= entrance_col < n
• entrance will always be an empty cell.

2022-11-22
279. Perfect Squares

Topic: Math, Dynamic Programming, Breadth-First Search
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given an integer n, return the least number of perfect square numbers that sum to n.

A perfect square is an integer that is the square of an integer; in other words, it is the product of some integer with itself. For example, 1, 4, 9, and 16 are perfect squares while 3 and 11 are not.

Example 1:

Input: n = 12
Output: 3
Explanation: 12 = 4 + 4 + 4.

Example 2:

Input: n = 13
Output: 2
Explanation: 13 = 4 + 9.

Constraints:

• 1 <= n <= 10^4

2022-11-23
36. Valid Sudoku

Topic: Array, Hash Table, Matrix
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Determine if a 9 x 9 Sudoku board is valid. Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the following rules:

1. Each row must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
2. Each column must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.
3. Each of the nine 3 x 3 sub-boxes of the grid must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition.

Note:

• A Sudoku board (partially filled) could be valid but is not necessarily solvable.
• Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the mentioned rules.

Example 1:

Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sudoku-by-L2G-20050714.svg/250px-Sudoku-by-L2G-20050714.svg.png

Input: board = 
[["5","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."]
,["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."]
,[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."]
,["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"]
,["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"]
,["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"]
,[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."]
,[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"]
,[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]
Output: true

Example 2:

Input: board = 
[["8","3",".",".","7",".",".",".","."]
,["6",".",".","1","9","5",".",".","."]
,[".","9","8",".",".",".",".","6","."]
,["8",".",".",".","6",".",".",".","3"]
,["4",".",".","8",".","3",".",".","1"]
,["7",".",".",".","2",".",".",".","6"]
,[".","6",".",".",".",".","2","8","."]
,[".",".",".","4","1","9",".",".","5"]
,[".",".",".",".","8",".",".","7","9"]]
Output: false
Explanation: Same as Example 1, except with the 5 in the top left corner being modified to 8. Since there are two 8's in the top left 3x3 sub-box, it is invalid.

Constraints:

• board.length == 9
• board[i].length == 9
• board[i][j] is a digit 1-9 or '.'.

2022-11-24
79. Word Search

Topic: Array, Backtracking, Matrix
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given an m x n grid of characters board and a string word, return true if word exists in the grid.

The word can be constructed from letters of sequentially adjacent cells, where adjacent cells are horizontally or vertically neighboring. The same letter cell may not be used more than once.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/11/04/word2.jpg

Input: board = [["A","B","C","E"],["S","F","C","S"],["A","D","E","E"]], word = "ABCCED"
Output: true

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/11/04/word-1.jpg

Input: board = [["A","B","C","E"],["S","F","C","S"],["A","D","E","E"]], word = "SEE"
Output: true

Example 3:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/10/15/word3.jpg

Input: board = [["A","B","C","E"],["S","F","C","S"],["A","D","E","E"]], word = "ABCB"
Output: false

Constraints:

• m == board.length
• n = board[i].length
• 1 <= m, n <= 6
• 1 <= word.length <= 15
• board and word consists of only lowercase and uppercase English letters.

Follow up: Could you use search pruning to make your solution faster with a larger board?

2022-11-25
907. Sum of Subarray Minimums

Topic: Array, Dynamic Programming, Stack, Monotonic Stack
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given an array of integers arr, find the sum of min(b), where b ranges over every (contiguous) subarray of arr. Since the answer may be large, return the answer modulo 10^9 + 7.

Example 1:

Input: arr = [3,1,2,4]
Output: 17
Explanation: 
Subarrays are [3], [1], [2], [4], [3,1], [1,2], [2,4], [3,1,2], [1,2,4], [3,1,2,4]. 
Minimums are 3, 1, 2, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1.
Sum is 17.

Example 2:

Input: arr = [11,81,94,43,3]
Output: 444

Constraints:

• 1 <= arr.length <= 3 * 10^4
• 1 <= arr[i] <= 3 * 10^4

2022-11-26
1235. Maximum Profit in Job Scheduling

Topic: Array, Binary Search, Dynamic Programming, Sorting
Difficulty: Hard

Problem:
We have n jobs, where every job is scheduled to be done from startTime[i] to endTime[i], obtaining a profit of profit[i].

You're given the startTime, endTime and profit arrays, return the maximum profit you can take such that there are no two jobs in the subset with overlapping time range.

If you choose a job that ends at time X you will be able to start another job that starts at time X.

Example 1:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2019/10/10/sample1_1584.png

Input: startTime = [1,2,3,3], endTime = [3,4,5,6], profit = [50,10,40,70]
Output: 120
Explanation: The subset chosen is the first and fourth job. 
Time range [1-3]+[3-6] , we get profit of 120 = 50 + 70.

Example 2:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2019/10/10/sample22_1584.png

Input: startTime = [1,2,3,4,6], endTime = [3,5,10,6,9], profit = [20,20,100,70,60]
Output: 150
Explanation: The subset chosen is the first, fourth and fifth job. 
Profit obtained 150 = 20 + 70 + 60.

Example 3:

Image: https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2019/10/10/sample3_1584.png

Input: startTime = [1,1,1], endTime = [2,3,4], profit = [5,6,4]
Output: 6

Constraints:

• 1 <= startTime.length == endTime.length == profit.length <= 5 * 10^4
• 1 <= startTime[i] < endTime[i] <= 10^9
• 1 <= profit[i] <= 10^4

2022-11-27
446. Arithmetic Slices II - Subsequence

Topic: Array, Dynamic Programming
Difficulty: Hard

Problem:
Given an integer array nums, return the number of all the arithmetic subsequences of nums.

A sequence of numbers is called arithmetic if it consists of at least three elements and if the difference between any two consecutive elements is the same.

• For example, [1, 3, 5, 7, 9], [7, 7, 7, 7], and [3, -1, -5, -9] are arithmetic sequences.
• For example, [1, 1, 2, 5, 7] is not an arithmetic sequence.

A subsequence of an array is a sequence that can be formed by removing some elements (possibly none) of the array.

• For example, [2,5,10] is a subsequence of [1,2,1,2,4,1,5,10].

The test cases are generated so that the answer fits in 32-bit integer.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [2,4,6,8,10]
Output: 7
Explanation: All arithmetic subsequence slices are:
[2,4,6]
[4,6,8]
[6,8,10]
[2,4,6,8]
[4,6,8,10]
[2,4,6,8,10]
[2,6,10]

Example 2:

Input: nums = [7,7,7,7,7]
Output: 16
Explanation: Any subsequence of this array is arithmetic.

Constraints:

• 1  <= nums.length <= 1000
• -2^31 <= nums[i] <= 2^31 - 1

2022-11-28
2225. Find Players With Zero or One Losses

Topic: Array, Hash Table, Sorting, Counting
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
You are given an integer array matches where matches[i] = [winner_i, loser_i] indicates that the player winner_i defeated player loser_i in a match.

Return a list answer of size 2 where:

• answer[0] is a list of all players that have not lost any matches.
• answer[1] is a list of all players that have lost exactly one match.

The values in the two lists should be returned in increasing order.

Note:

• You should only consider the players that have played at least one match.
• The testcases will be generated such that no two matches will have the same outcome.

Example 1:

Input: matches = [[1,3],[2,3],[3,6],[5,6],[5,7],[4,5],[4,8],[4,9],[10,4],[10,9]]
Output: [[1,2,10],[4,5,7,8]]
Explanation:
Players 1, 2, and 10 have not lost any matches.
Players 4, 5, 7, and 8 each have lost one match.
Players 3, 6, and 9 each have lost two matches.
Thus, answer[0] = [1,2,10] and answer[1] = [4,5,7,8].

Example 2:

Input: matches = [[2,3],[1,3],[5,4],[6,4]]
Output: [[1,2,5,6],[]]
Explanation:
Players 1, 2, 5, and 6 have not lost any matches.
Players 3 and 4 each have lost two matches.
Thus, answer[0] = [1,2,5,6] and answer[1] = [].

Constraints:

• 1 <= matches.length <= 10^5
• matches[i].length == 2
• 1 <= winner_i, loser_i <= 10^5
• winner_i != loser_i
• All matches[i] are unique.

2022-11-29
380. Insert Delete GetRandom O(1)

Topic: Array, Hash Table, Math, Design, Randomized
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Implement the RandomizedSet class:

• RandomizedSet() Initializes the RandomizedSet object.
• bool insert(int val) Inserts an item val into the set if not present. Returns true if the item was not present, false otherwise.
• bool remove(int val) Removes an item val from the set if present. Returns true if the item was present, false otherwise.
• int getRandom() Returns a random element from the current set of elements (it's guaranteed that at least one element exists when this method is called). Each element must have the same probability of being returned.

You must implement the functions of the class such that each function works in average O(1) time complexity.

Example 1:

Input
["RandomizedSet", "insert", "remove", "insert", "getRandom", "remove", "insert", "getRandom"]
[[], [1], [2], [2], [], [1], [2], []]
Output
[null, true, false, true, 2, true, false, 2]

Explanation
RandomizedSet randomizedSet = new RandomizedSet();
randomizedSet.insert(1); // Inserts 1 to the set. Returns true as 1 was inserted successfully.
randomizedSet.remove(2); // Returns false as 2 does not exist in the set.
randomizedSet.insert(2); // Inserts 2 to the set, returns true. Set now contains [1,2].
randomizedSet.getRandom(); // getRandom() should return either 1 or 2 randomly.
randomizedSet.remove(1); // Removes 1 from the set, returns true. Set now contains [2].
randomizedSet.insert(2); // 2 was already in the set, so return false.
randomizedSet.getRandom(); // Since 2 is the only number in the set, getRandom() will always return 2.

Constraints:

• -2^31 <= val <= 2^31 - 1
• At most 2 *10^5 calls will be made to insert, remove, and getRandom.
• There will be at least one element in the data structure when getRandom is called.

2022-11-30
1207. Unique Number of Occurrences

Topic: Array, Hash Table
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
Given an array of integers arr, return true if the number of occurrences of each value in the array is unique, or false otherwise.

Example 1:

Input: arr = [1,2,2,1,1,3]
Output: true
Explanation: The value 1 has 3 occurrences, 2 has 2 and 3 has 1. No two values have the same number of occurrences.

Example 2:

Input: arr = [1,2]
Output: false

Example 3:

Input: arr = [-3,0,1,-3,1,1,1,-3,10,0]
Output: true

Constraints:

• 1 <= arr.length <= 1000
• -1000 <= arr[i] <= 1000

2022-12-01
1704. Determine if String Halves Are Alike

Topic: String, Counting
Difficulty: Easy

Problem:
You are given a string s of even length. Split this string into two halves of equal lengths, and let a be the first half and b be the second half.

Two strings are alike if they have the same number of vowels ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'A', 'E', 'I', 'O', 'U'). Notice that s contains uppercase and lowercase letters.

Return true if a and b are alike. Otherwise, return false.

Example 1:

Input: s = "book"
Output: true
Explanation: a = "bo" and b = "ok". a has 1 vowel and b has 1 vowel. Therefore, they are alike.

Example 2:

Input: s = "textbook"
Output: false
Explanation: a = "text" and b = "book". a has 1 vowel whereas b has 2. Therefore, they are not alike.
Notice that the vowel o is counted twice.

Constraints:

• 2 <= s.length <= 1000
• s.length is even.
• s consists of uppercase and lowercase letters.

2022-12-02
1657. Determine if Two Strings Are Close

Topic: Hash Table, String, Sorting
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Two strings are considered close if you can attain one from the other using the following operations:

• Operation 1: Swap any two existing characters.
• For example, abcde -> aecdb
• Operation 2: Transform every occurrence of one existing character into another existing character, and do the same with the other character.
• For example, aacabb -> bbcbaa (all a's turn into b's, and all b's turn into a's)

You can use the operations on either string as many times as necessary.

Given two strings, word1 and word2, return true if word1 and word2 are close, and false otherwise.

Example 1:

Input: word1 = "abc", word2 = "bca"
Output: true
Explanation: You can attain word2 from word1 in 2 operations.
Apply Operation 1: "abc" -> "acb"
Apply Operation 1: "acb" -> "bca"

Example 2:

Input: word1 = "a", word2 = "aa"
Output: false
Explanation: It is impossible to attain word2 from word1, or vice versa, in any number of operations.

Example 3:

Input: word1 = "cabbba", word2 = "abbccc"
Output: true
Explanation: You can attain word2 from word1 in 3 operations.
Apply Operation 1: "cabbba" -> "caabbb"
Apply Operation 2: "caabbb" -> "baaccc"
Apply Operation 2: "baaccc" -> "abbccc"

Constraints:

• 1 <= word1.length, word2.length <= 10^5
• word1 and word2 contain only lowercase English letters.

2022-12-03
451. Sort Characters By Frequency

Topic: Hash Table, String, Sorting, Heap (Priority Queue), Bucket Sort, Counting
Difficulty: Medium

Problem:
Given a string s, sort it in decreasing order based on the frequency of the characters. The frequency of a character is the number of times it appears in the string.

Return the sorted string. If there are multiple answers, return any of them.

Example 1:

Input: s = "tree"
Output: "eert"
Explanation: 'e' appears twice while 'r' and 't' both appear once.
So 'e' must appear before both 'r' and 't'. Therefore "eetr" is also a valid answer.

Example 2:

Input: s = "cccaaa"
Output: "aaaccc"
Explanation: Both 'c' and 'a' appear three times, so both "cccaaa" and "aaaccc" are valid answers.
Note that "cacaca" is incorrect, as the same characters must be together.

Example 3:

Input: s = "Aabb"
Output: "bbAa"
Explanation: "bbaA" is also a valid answer, but "Aabb" is incorrect.
Note that 'A' and 'a' are treated as two different characters.

Constraints:

• 1 <= s.length <= 5 * 10^5
• s consists of uppercase and lowercase English letters and digits.