[LintCode] Range Addition
2018-04-10 本文已影响0人
zhkun
给定一个全为0的array的长度,以及一系列操作,每个操作会指明要操作的开始索引和结束索引,以及要加上的值,求出所给操作执行完之后的array情况,具体样例如下:
Given:
length = 5,
updates =
[
[1, 3, 2],
[2, 4, 3],
[0, 2, -2]
]
return [-2, 0, 3, 5, 3]
Explanation:
Initial state:
[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
After applying operation [1, 3, 2]:
[ 0, 2, 2, 2, 0 ]
After applying operation [2, 4, 3]:
[ 0, 2, 5, 5, 3 ]
After applying operation [0, 2, -2]:
[-2, 0, 3, 5, 3 ]
一些提示:
- Thinking of using advanced data structures? You are thinking it too complicated.
- For each update operation, do you really need to update all elements between i and j?
- Update only the first and end element is sufficient.
- The optimal time complexity is O(k + n) and uses O(1) extra space.
解决方案:
class Solution:
"""
@param length: the length of the array
@param updates: update operations
@return: the modified array after all k operations were executed
"""
def getModifiedArray(self, length, updates):
# Write your code here
result = [0 for idx in range(length)]
for item in updates:
result[item[0]] += item[2]
if item[1]+1 < length:
result[item[1]+1] -= item[2]
tmp = 0
for idx in range(length):
tmp += result[idx]
result[idx] = tmp
return result
思路:
其实想清楚了很简单,该算法有两个操作,第一:对每个operation中的start位置的值加上val,end位置值减去val;第二:最后求解整个list的值的时候,是从前到后逐个相加得到的,考虑一个操作:[start, end, val],该操作是在目标list的start到end范围内加上val的值,考虑两个操作,从start开始,实际效果就是每个位置都会加上val值,一直加到end位置,因为end位置的操作是减去val,那么这个时候再加上这个负值,再往后计算,该操作就没有影响了,也就是说通过操作一,将[start, end, val]限定在给定的范围之内,通过操作二,实现给定范围内都加上所有 的值,这样就减少了循环遍历操作,整个思路还是非常巧妙地