Given an array and some value X, find the number of pairs such that i < j , a[i] = a[j] and (i * j) % X == 0
Array size <= 10^5
I am thinking of this problem for a while but only could come up with the brute force solution(by checking all pairs) which will obviously time-out [O(N^2) time complexity]
Any better approach?
First of all, store separate search structures for each distinct A[i] as we iterate.
i * j = k * X
i = k * X / j
Let X / j be some fraction. Since i is an integer, k would be of the form m * least_common_multiple(X, j) / X, where m is natural.
Example 1: j = 20, X = 60:
lcm(60, 20) = 60
matching `i`s would be of the form:
(m * 60 / 60) * 60 / 20
=> m * q, where q = 3
Example 2: j = 6, X = 2:
lcm(2, 6) = 6
matching `i`s would be of the form:
(m * 6 / 2) * 2 / 6
=> m * q, where q = 1
Next, I would consider how to efficiently query the number of multiples of a number in a sorted list of arbitrary naturals. One way is to hash the frequency of divisors of each i we add to the search structure of A[i]. But first consider i as j and add to the result the count of divisors q that already exist in the hash map.
JavaScript code with brute force testing at the end:
function gcd(a, b){
return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a;
}
function getQ(X, j){
return X / gcd(X, j);
}
function addDivisors(n, map){
let m = 1;
while (m*m <= n){
if (n % m == 0){
map[m] = -~map[m];
const l = n / m;
if (l != m)
map[l] = -~map[l];
}
m += 1;
}
}
function f(A, X){
const Ais = {};
let result = 0;
for (let j=1; j<A.length; j++){
if (A[j] == A[0])
result += 1;
// Search
if (Ais.hasOwnProperty(A[j])){
const q = getQ(X, j);
result += Ais[A[j]][q] || 0;
// Initialise this value's
// search structure
} else {
Ais[A[j]] = {};
}
// Add divisors for j
addDivisors(j, Ais[A[j]]);
}
return result;
}
function bruteForce(A, X){
let result = 0;
for (let j=1; j<A.length; j++){
for (let i=0; i<j; i++){
if (A[i] == A[j] && (i*j % X) == 0)
result += 1;
}
}
return result;
}
var numTests = 1000;
var n = 100;
var m = 50;
var x = 100;
for (let i=0; i<numTests; i++){
const A = [];
for (let j=0; j<n; j++)
A.push(Math.ceil(Math.random() * m));
const X = Math.ceil(Math.random() * x);
const _brute = bruteForce(A, X);
const _f = f(A, X);
if (_brute != _f){
console.log("Mismatch!");
console.log(X, JSON.stringify(A));
console.log(_brute, _f);
break;
}
}
console.log("Done testing.")
Just in case If someone needed the java version of this answer - https://stackoverflow.com/a/69690416/19325755 explanation has been provided in that answer.
I spent lot of time in understanding the javascript code so I thought the people who are comfortable with java can refer this for better understanding.
import java.util.HashMap;
public class ThisProblem {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int t = 1000;
int n = 100;
int m = 50;
int x = 100;
for(int i = 0; i<t; i++) {
int[] A = new int[n];
for(int j = 0; j<n; j++) {
A[j] = ((int)Math.random()*m)+1;
}
int X = ((int)Math.random()*x)+1;
int optR = createMaps(A, X);
int brute = bruteForce(A, X);
if(optR != brute) {
System.out.println("Wrong Answer");
break;
}
}
System.out.println("Test Completed");
}
public static int bruteForce(int[] A, int X) {
int result = 0;
int n = A.length;
for(int i = 1; i<n; i++) {
for(int j = 0; j<i; j++) {
if(A[i] == A[j] && (i*j)%X == 0)
result++;
}
}
return result;
}
public static int gcd(int a, int b) {
return b==0 ? a : gcd(b, a%b);
}
public static int getQ(int X, int j) {
return X/gcd(X, j);
}
public static void addDivisors(int n, HashMap<Integer, Integer> map) {
int m = 1;
while(m*m <= n) {
if(n%m == 0) {
map.put(m, map.getOrDefault(m, 0)+1);
int l = n/m;
if(l != m) {
map.put(l, map.getOrDefault(l, 0)+1);
}
}
m++;
}
}
public static int createMaps(int[] A, int X) {
int result = 0;
HashMap<Integer, HashMap<Integer, Integer>> contentsOfA = new HashMap<>();
int n = A.length;
for(int i = 1; i<n; i++) {
if(A[i] == A[0])
result++;
if(contentsOfA.containsKey(A[i])) {
int q = getQ(X, i);
result += contentsOfA.get(A[i]).getOrDefault(q, 0);
} else {
contentsOfA.put(A[i], new HashMap<>());
}
addDivisors(i, contentsOfA.get(A[i]));
}
return result;
}
}
Find minimum cost of tickets required to buy for traveling on known days of the month (1...30). Three types of tickets are available : 1-day ticket valid for 1 days and costs 2 units, 7-days ticket valid for 7 days and costs 7 units, 30-days ticket valid for 30 days and costs 25 units.
For eg: I want to travel on [1,4,6,7,28,30] days of the month i.e. 1st, 4th, 6th ... day of the month. How to buy tickets so that the cost is minimum.
I tried to use dynamic programming to solve this but the solution is not giving me the correct answer for all cases. Here is my solution in Java :
public class TicketsCost {
public static void main(String args[]){
int[] arr = {1,5,6,9,28,30};
System.out.println(findMinCost(arr));
}
public static int findMinCost(int[] arr) {
int[][] dp = new int[arr.length][3];
int[] tDays = {1,7,30};
int[] tCost = {2,7,25};
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
if (j==0){
dp[i][j]= (i+1)*tCost[j];
}
else{
int c = arr[i]-tDays[j];
int tempCost = tCost[j];
int k;
if (c>=arr[0] && i>0){
for (k = i-1; k >= 0; k--) {
if (arr[k]<=c){
c = arr[k];
}
}
tempCost += dp[c][j];
int tempCostX = dp[i-1][j] + tCost[0];
tempCost = Math.min(tempCost,tempCostX);
}
dp[i][j] = Math.min(tempCost,dp[i][j-1]);
}
}
}
return dp[arr.length-1][2];
}
}
The solution doesn't work for {1,7,8,9,10} input, it gives 10 but the correct answer should be 9. Also, for {1,7,8,9,10,15} it give 13 but the correct is 11.
I have posted my solution not for other to debug it for me but just for reference. I was taken a bottom-up dynamic programming approach for this problem. Is this approach correct?
Let MC(d) denote the minimum cost that will pay for all trips on days 1 through d. The desired answer is then MC(30).
To calculate MC(d), observe the following:
If there's no trip on day d, then MC(d) = MC(d − 1).
As a special case, MC(d) = 0 for all d ≤ 0.
Otherwise, the minimum cost involves one of the following:
A 1-day pass on day d. In this case, MC(d) = MC(d − 1) + 2.
A 7-day pass ending on or after day d. In this case, MC(d) = min(MC(d − 7), MC(d − 6), …, MC(d − 1)) + 7.
And since MC is nondecreasing (adding a day never reduces the minimum cost), this can be simplified to MC(d) = MC(d − 7) + 7. (Hat-tip to Ravi for pointing this out.)
A 30-day pass covering the whole period. In this case, MC(d) = 25.
As you've realized, dynamic programming (bottom-up recursion) is well-suited to this.
For ease of coding, I suggest we start by converting the list of days into a lookup table for "is this a trip day?":
boolean[] isDayWithTrip = new boolean[31]; // note: initializes to false
for (final int dayWithTrip : arr) {
isDayWithTrip[dayWithTrip] = true;
}
We can then create an array to track the minimum costs, and populate it starting from index 0:
int[] minCostUpThroughDay = new int[31];
minCostUpThroughDay[0] = 0; // technically redundant
for (int d = 1; d <= 30; ++d) {
if (! isDayWithTrip[d]) {
minCostUpThroughDay[d] = minCostUpThroughDay[d-1];
continue;
}
int minCost;
// Possibility #1: one-day pass on day d:
minCost = minCostUpThroughDay[d-1] + 2;
// Possibility #2: seven-day pass ending on or after day d:
minCost =
Math.min(minCost, minCostUpThroughDay[Math.max(0, d-7)] + 7);
// Possibility #3: 30-day pass for the whole period:
minCost = Math.min(minCost, 25);
minCostUpThroughDay[d] = minCost;
}
And minCostUpThroughDay[30] is the result.
You can see the above code in action at: https://ideone.com/1Xx1fd.
One recursive solution in Python3.
from typing import List
def solution(A: List[int]) -> int:
if not any(A):
return 0
tickets = {
1: 2,
7: 7,
30: 25,
}
import sys
min_cost = sys.maxsize
size = len(A)
for length, price in tickets.items():
current_cost = price
idx = 0
last_day = A[idx] + length
while idx < size and A[idx] < last_day:
idx += 1
if current_cost > min_cost:
continue
current_cost += solution(A[idx:])
if current_cost < min_cost:
min_cost = current_cost
return min_cost
if __name__ == '__main__':
cases = {
11: [1, 4, 6, 7, 28, 30],
9: [1, 7, 8, 9, 10],
}
for expect, parameters in cases.items():
status = (expect == solution(parameters))
print("case pass status: %s, detail: %s == solution(%s)" %
(status, expect, parameters))
public class Main03v3
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int[] A = {1,7,8,9,10,15,16,17,18,21,25};
System.out.println("Traveling days:\r\n "+Arrays.toString(A));
int cost = solution(A);
System.out.println("\r\nMinimum cost is " + cost);
System.out.println("\r\n" + new String(new char[40]).replace("\0", "-"));
}
public static int solution(int[] A)
{
if (A == null) return -1;
int sevenDays = 7;
int dayCost = 2, weekCost = 7, monthCost = 25;
int ratio_WeekAndDays = weekCost / dayCost;
int len = A.length;
if (len == 0) return -1;
if (len <= 3) return len * dayCost;
int cost[] = new int[len];
int i = 0;
while (i < len)
{
int startIdx = i, endIdx = i + 1;
while (endIdx < len && A[endIdx]-A[startIdx] < sevenDays)
endIdx++;
if (endIdx-startIdx > ratio_WeekAndDays)
{
if (endIdx >= startIdx + sevenDays)
endIdx = startIdx + sevenDays;
int j = startIdx;
cost[j] = ((j == 0) ? 0 : cost[j-1]) + weekCost;
while (++j < endIdx) {
cost[j] = cost[j-1];
}
i = j;
}
else
{
cost[i] = ((i == 0) ? 0 : cost[i-1]) + dayCost;
i++;
}
}
int finalCost = Math.min(cost[len-1], monthCost);
return finalCost;
}
}
Find minimum cost of tickets in JavaScript
case 1 : if input is [1,7,8,9,10] then the required output is 9
case 2 : if input is [1,7,8,9,10,15] then the required output is 11
function calMinCosts(arr){
if(!arr || arr.length===0)
return 0;
var len = arr.length;
var costsOfDateArr = Array.apply(null,{length:arr[len-1]+1}).map(()=>0);
var price1=2,price2=7,price3=25;
var days=7;
var index=0,n=costsOfDateArr.length;
for(var i=1;i<n;i++){
if(i===arr[index]){
if(i>=days+1){
costsOfDateArr[i] = Math.min(costsOfDateArr[i-days-1]+price2, costsOfDateArr[i-1]+price1);
}else{
costsOfDateArr[i] = Math.min(costsOfDateArr[0]+price2, costsOfDateArr[i-1]+price1);
}
index+=1;
}else{
costsOfDateArr[i] = costsOfDateArr[i-1];
}
}
return Math.min(price3,costsOfDateArr[n-1]);
}
console.log(calMinCosts([1,7,8,9,10]))
console.log(calMinCosts([1,7,8,9,10,15]))
Here is the C++ solution including print outs
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <algorithm>
int compute(std::vector<int> &A)
{
int sum[A.size()][A.size()+1];
for (int i = 0; i < A.size(); i++)
{
for(int j =0; j < A.size(); j++)
{
sum[i][j]=2;
}
}
for (int k = 0; k < A.size();k++)
{
sum[k][A.size()]=0;
}
for (int i = 0; i < A.size(); i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j < A.size(); j++)
{
if (i!=j)
{
if (sum[i][i] != 7)
{
int temp = abs(A[j]-A[i]);
if (temp<7 && abs(j-i)>=3)
{
sum[i][i]=7;
sum[i][j]=7;
if (i>j)
{
for(int k = j;k < i;k++)
sum[i][k]=7;
}
else
{
for(int k = i;k < j;k++)
sum[i][k]=7;
}
}
}
}
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < A.size(); ++i)
{
for(int j = 0; j < A.size(); ++j)
{
if (sum[i][j]==7)
{
sum[i][A.size()]+=1;
}
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < A.size(); ++i)
{
for (int j = 0; j < A.size()+1; ++j)
std::cout<<sum[i][j]<<" ";
std::cout<<std::endl;
}
int result = 0;
int row = A.size()-1;
int column = A.size()-1;
while(1)
{
int value = sum[row][A.size()];
if (value == 0)
value=1;
int temp = sum[row][column];
result += temp;
row = row-value;
column = column-value;
while (sum[row][column+1]==7 && row>=0)
{
row-=1;
column-=1;
result+=2;
}
if (row < 0)
break;
}
return result;
}
int solution(std::vector<int> &A) {
if (A.size() > 24)
return 25;
if (A.size() <= 3)
return A.size() * 2;
return std::min(25,compute(A));
}
int main()
{
std::vector<int> AA={1,2,3,4,5,29,30};
std::vector<int> B={1,2,3,4,5};
std::vector<int> A={1,2,3,4,5,9,10,11,12,13,14,17,18,20,21};
std::vector<int> C={1,2,3,12};
std::vector<int> D={1,2,3,4,12,13,14,15,29,30};
std::vector<int> DD={1,2,3,4,5,14,17,18,19,20,23,28,29,30};
std::vector<int> CC={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,14,17,18,19,20,23,28,29,30};
std::cout<<solution(AA)<<std::endl;
std::cout<<solution(D)<<std::endl;
std::cout<<solution(B)<<std::endl;
std::cout<<solution(A)<<std::endl;
std::cout<<solution(C)<<std::endl;
std::cout<<solution(DD)<<std::endl;
std::cout<<solution(CC)<<std::endl;
return 0;
}
Solved using the same approach of bottom-up dynamic programming. Here is the full solution :
public class PublicTicketCost {
public static void main(String args[]){
int[] arr = {1,7,8,9,10,15,16,17,18,21,25};
int[] tDays = {1,7,30};
int[] tCost = {2,7,25};
System.out.println(minCost(arr, tDays, tCost));
}
public static int minCost(int[] arr, int[] tDays, int[] tCost) {
int[][] dp = new int[arr.length][tDays.length];
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < tDays.length; j++) {
int prevDayIndex = findPrevDayIndex(arr,i,tDays,j);
int prevCost = prevDayIndex>=0 ? dp[prevDayIndex][tDays.length-1] : 0;
int currCost = prevCost + tCost[j];
if(j-1>=0){
currCost = Math.min(currCost, dp[i][j-1]);
}
dp[i][j] = currCost;
}
}
//print(dp);
return dp[arr.length-1][tDays.length-1];
}
private static void print(int arr[][]){
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < arr[0].length; j++) {
System.out.print(arr[i][j]+" ");
}
System.out.println();
}
}
private static int findPrevDayIndex(int[] arr, int i, int[] days, int j){
int validAfterDate = arr[i] - days[j];
if (validAfterDate<1){
return -1;
}
for (int k = i-1; k >= 0; k--) {
if (arr[k]<=validAfterDate){
return k;
}
}
return -1;
}
}
http://ideone.com/sfgxGo
How can I find the number of blobs in a 2d matrix? SIZE MxN
A blob is a block of continuous X pixels. where the matrix contains X and O
XOOOXO
OXOXOX
XXOOXO
I would like to use 8-neighbourship (see here). So I would expect 2 blobs to be found in above example.
The idea is simple: Mark each continuous blob and count how many blobs were marked.
Here is some pseudo-code (you did not specify a programming language) to get you started:
numBlobs = 0;
foreach(item in matrix)
{
res = Visit(item);
if(res > 0)
{
numBlobs = numBlobs + 1;
}
}
return numBlobs;
The Visit function/method looks like this:
Visit(item)
{
marked = 0;
if(item.IsX() && !IsItemMarked(neighbour))
{
MarkItemAsVisited(item);
marked = 1;
foreach(neighbour in GetNeighbours(item))
{
marked = marked + Visit(neighbour);
}
}
return marked;
}
All you have to do is to implement the other fucntions/methods but they are pretty straightforward.
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[][] matrix = new int[6][5];
System.out.println(matrix.length);
for (int i=0; i < matrix.length; i++) {
for (int j=0; j < matrix[i].length; j++) {
matrix[i][j] = 0;
}
}
matrix[0][3] = 1;
matrix[1][1] = 1;
matrix[1][3] = 1;
matrix[2][1] = 1;
matrix[2][2] = 1;
matrix[2][3] = 1;
matrix[4][0] = 1;
matrix[4][4] = 1;
matrix[5][2] = 1;
matrix[5][3] = 1;
matrix[5][4] = 1;
System.out.println(findBlobCount(matrix, matrix.length, matrix[0].length));
}
static int findBlobCount (int matrix[][], int rowCount, int colCount)
{
int visited[][] = new int[rowCount][colCount]; // all initialized to false
int count=0;
for (int i=0; i<rowCount; i++)
{
for (int j=0; j<colCount; j++)
{
if (matrix[i][j] == 1 && visited[i][j] == 0) // unvisited black cell
{
markVisited (i,j, matrix, visited, rowCount, colCount);
count++;
}
}
}
return count;
}
static int markVisited (int i, int j, int [][]matrix, int [][]visited, int rowCount, int colCount)
{
if (i < 0 || j < 0)
return 0;
if (i >= rowCount || j >= colCount)
return 0;
if (visited[i][j] == 1) // already visited
return 1;
if (matrix[i][j] == 0) // not a black cell
return 0;
visited[i][j] = 1;
// recursively mark all the 4 adjacent cells - right, left, up and down
return markVisited (i+1, j, matrix, visited, rowCount, colCount)
+ markVisited (i-1, j, matrix, visited, rowCount, colCount)
+ markVisited (i, j+1, matrix, visited, rowCount, colCount)
+ markVisited (i, j-1, matrix, visited, rowCount, colCount);
}
Can someone give an example for finding greatest common divisor algorithm for more than two numbers?
I believe programming language doesn't matter.
Start with the first pair and get their GCD, then take the GCD of that result and the next number. The obvious optimization is you can stop if the running GCD ever reaches 1. I'm watching this one to see if there are any other optimizations. :)
Oh, and this can be easily parallelized since the operations are commutative/associative.
The GCD of 3 numbers can be computed as gcd(a, b, c) = gcd(gcd(a, b), c). You can apply the Euclidean algorithm, the extended Euclidian or the binary GCD algorithm iteratively and get your answer. I'm not aware of any other (smarter?) ways to find a GCD, unfortunately.
A little late to the party I know, but a simple JavaScript implementation, utilising Sam Harwell's description of the algorithm:
function euclideanAlgorithm(a, b) {
if(b === 0) {
return a;
}
const remainder = a % b;
return euclideanAlgorithm(b, remainder)
}
function gcdMultipleNumbers(...args) { //ES6 used here, change as appropriate
const gcd = args.reduce((memo, next) => {
return euclideanAlgorithm(memo, next)}
);
return gcd;
}
gcdMultipleNumbers(48,16,24,96) //8
I just updated a Wiki page on this.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_GCD_algorithm#C.2B.2B_template_class]
This takes an arbitrary number of terms.
use GCD(5, 2, 30, 25, 90, 12);
template<typename AType> AType GCD(int nargs, ...)
{
va_list arglist;
va_start(arglist, nargs);
AType *terms = new AType[nargs];
// put values into an array
for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
{
terms[i] = va_arg(arglist, AType);
if (terms[i] < 0)
{
va_end(arglist);
return (AType)0;
}
}
va_end(arglist);
int shift = 0;
int numEven = 0;
int numOdd = 0;
int smallindex = -1;
do
{
numEven = 0;
numOdd = 0;
smallindex = -1;
// count number of even and odd
for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
{
if (terms[i] == 0)
continue;
if (terms[i] & 1)
numOdd++;
else
numEven++;
if ((smallindex < 0) || terms[i] < terms[smallindex])
{
smallindex = i;
}
}
// check for exit
if (numEven + numOdd == 1)
continue;
// If everything in S is even, divide everything in S by 2, and then multiply the final answer by 2 at the end.
if (numOdd == 0)
{
shift++;
for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
{
if (terms[i] == 0)
continue;
terms[i] >>= 1;
}
}
// If some numbers in S are even and some are odd, divide all the even numbers by 2.
if (numEven > 0 && numOdd > 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
{
if (terms[i] == 0)
continue;
if ((terms[i] & 1) == 0)
terms[i] >>= 1;
}
}
//If every number in S is odd, then choose an arbitrary element of S and call it k.
//Replace every other element, say n, with | n−k | / 2.
if (numEven == 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
{
if (i == smallindex || terms[i] == 0)
continue;
terms[i] = abs(terms[i] - terms[smallindex]) >> 1;
}
}
} while (numEven + numOdd > 1);
// only one remaining element multiply the final answer by 2s at the end.
for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
{
if (terms[i] == 0)
continue;
return terms[i] << shift;
}
return 0;
};
For golang, using remainder
func GetGCD(a, b int) int {
for b != 0 {
a, b = b, a%b
}
return a
}
func GetGCDFromList(numbers []int) int {
var gdc = numbers[0]
for i := 1; i < len(numbers); i++ {
number := numbers[i]
gdc = GetGCD(gdc, number)
}
return gdc
}
In Java (not optimal):
public static int GCD(int[] a){
int j = 0;
boolean b=true;
for (int i = 1; i < a.length; i++) {
if(a[i]!=a[i-1]){
b=false;
break;
}
}
if(b)return a[0];
j=LeastNonZero(a);
System.out.println(j);
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
if(a[i]!=j)a[i]=a[i]-j;
}
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(a));
return GCD(a);
}
public static int LeastNonZero(int[] a){
int b = 0;
for (int i : a) {
if(i!=0){
if(b==0||i<b)b=i;
}
}
return b;
}