Find the number of intersecting circles [duplicate] - algorithm

Given an array A of N integers we draw N discs in a 2D plane, such that i-th disc has center in (0,i) and a radius A[i]. We say that k-th disc and j-th disc intersect, if k-th and j-th discs have at least one common point.
Write a function
int number_of_disc_intersections(int[] A);
which given an array A describing N discs as explained above, returns the number of pairs of intersecting discs. For example, given N=6 and
A[0] = 1
A[1] = 5
A[2] = 2
A[3] = 1
A[4] = 4
A[5] = 0
there are 11 pairs of intersecting discs:
0th and 1st
0th and 2nd
0th and 4th
1st and 2nd
1st and 3rd
1st and 4th
1st and 5th
2nd and 3rd
2nd and 4th
3rd and 4th
4th and 5th
so the function should return 11.
The function should return -1 if the number of intersecting pairs exceeds 10,000,000. The function may assume that N does not exceed 10,000,000.

O(N) complexity and O(N) memory solution.
private static int Intersections(int[] a)
{
int result = 0;
int[] dps = new int[a.length];
int[] dpe = new int[a.length];
for (int i = 0, t = a.length - 1; i < a.length; i++)
{
int s = i > a[i]? i - a[i]: 0;
int e = t - i > a[i]? i + a[i]: t;
dps[s]++;
dpe[e]++;
}
int t = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
{
if (dps[i] > 0)
{
result += t * dps[i];
result += dps[i] * (dps[i] - 1) / 2;
if (10000000 < result) return -1;
t += dps[i];
}
t -= dpe[i];
}
return result;
}

So you want to find the number of intersections of the intervals [i-A[i], i+A[i]].
Maintain a sorted array (call it X) containing the i-A[i] (also have some extra space which has the value i+A[i] in there).
Now walk the array X, starting at the leftmost interval (i.e smallest i-A[i]).
For the current interval, do a binary search to see where the right end point of the interval (i.e. i+A[i]) will go (called the rank). Now you know that it intersects all the elements to the left.
Increment a counter with the rank and subtract current position (assuming one indexed) as we don't want to double count intervals and self intersections.
O(nlogn) time, O(n) space.

Python 100 / 100 (tested) on codility, with O(nlogn) time and O(n) space.
Here is #noisyboiler's python implementation of #Aryabhatta's method with comments and an example.
Full credit to original authors, any errors / poor wording are entirely my fault.
from bisect import bisect_right
def number_of_disc_intersections(A):
pairs = 0
# create an array of tuples, each containing the start and end indices of a disk
# some indices may be less than 0 or greater than len(A), this is fine!
# sort the array by the first entry of each tuple: the disk start indices
intervals = sorted( [(i-A[i], i+A[i]) for i in range(len(A))] )
# create an array of starting indices using tuples in intervals
starts = [i[0] for i in intervals]
# for each disk in order of the *starting* position of the disk, not the centre
for i in range(len(starts)):
# find the end position of that disk from the array of tuples
disk_end = intervals[i][1]
# find the index of the rightmost value less than or equal to the interval-end
# this finds the number of disks that have started before disk i ends
count = bisect_right(starts, disk_end )
# subtract current position to exclude previous matches
# this bit seemed 'magic' to me, so I think of it like this...
# for disk i, i disks that start to the left have already been dealt with
# subtract i from count to prevent double counting
# subtract one more to prevent counting the disk itsself
count -= (i+1)
pairs += count
if pairs > 10000000:
return -1
return pairs
Worked example: given [3, 0, 1, 6] the disk radii would look like this:
disk0 ------- start= -3, end= 3
disk1 . start= 1, end= 1
disk2 --- start= 1, end= 3
disk3 ------------- start= -3, end= 9
index 3210123456789 (digits left of zero are -ve)
intervals = [(-3, 3), (-3, 9), (1, 1), (1,3)]
starts = [-3, -3, 1, 1]
the loop order will be: disk0, disk3, disk1, disk2
0th loop:
by the end of disk0, 4 disks have started
one of which is disk0 itself
none of which could have already been counted
so add 3
1st loop:
by the end of disk3, 4 disks have started
one of which is disk3 itself
one of which has already started to the left so is either counted OR would not overlap
so add 2
2nd loop:
by the end of disk1, 4 disks have started
one of which is disk1 itself
two of which have already started to the left so are either counted OR would not overlap
so add 1
3rd loop:
by the end of disk2, 4 disks have started
one of which is disk2 itself
two of which have already started to the left so are either counted OR would not overlap
so add 0
pairs = 6
to check: these are (0,1), (0,2), (0,2), (1,2), (1,3), (2,3),

Well, I adapted Falk Hüffner's idea to c++, and made a change in the range.
Opposite to what is written above, there is no need to go beyond the scope of the array (no matter how large are the values in it).
On Codility this code received 100%.
Thank you Falk for your great idea!
int number_of_disc_intersections ( const vector<int> &A ) {
int sum=0;
vector<int> start(A.size(),0);
vector<int> end(A.size(),0);
for (unsigned int i=0;i<A.size();i++){
if ((int)i<A[i]) start[0]++;
else start[i-A[i]]++;
if (i+A[i]>=A.size()) end[A.size()-1]++;
else end[i+A[i]]++;
}
int active=0;
for (unsigned int i=0;i<A.size();i++){
sum+=active*start[i]+(start[i]*(start[i]-1))/2;
if (sum>10000000) return -1;
active+=start[i]-end[i];
}
return sum;
}

This can even be done in linear time [EDIT: this is not linear time, see comments]. In fact, it becomes easier if you ignore the fact that there is exactly one interval centered at each point, and just treat it as a set of start- and endpoints of intervals. You can then just scan it from the left (Python code for simplicity):
from collections import defaultdict
a = [1, 5, 2, 1, 4, 0]
start = defaultdict(int)
stop = defaultdict(int)
for i in range(len(a)):
start[i - a[i]] += 1
stop[i + a[i]] += 1
active = 0
intersections = 0
for i in range(-len(a), len(a)):
intersections += active * start[i] + (start[i] * (start[i] - 1)) / 2
active += start[i]
active -= stop[i]
print intersections

Here's a O(N) time, O(N) space algorithm requiring 3 runs across the array and no sorting, verified scoring 100%:
You're interested in pairs of discs. Each pair involves one side of one disc and the other side of the other disc. Therefore we won't have duplicate pairs if we handle one side of each disc. Let's call the sides right and left (I rotated the space while thinking about it).
An overlap is either due to a right side overlapping another disc directly at the center (so pairs equal to the radius with some care about the array length) or due to the number of left sides existing at the rightmost edge.
So we create an array that contains the number of left sides at each point and then it's a simple sum.
C code:
int solution(int A[], int N) {
int C[N];
int a, S=0, t=0;
// Mark left and middle of disks
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
C[i] = -1;
a = A[i];
if (a>=i) {
C[0]++;
} else {
C[i-a]++;
}
}
// Sum of left side of disks at location
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
t += C[i];
C[i] = t;
}
// Count pairs, right side only:
// 1. overlaps based on disk size
// 2. overlaps based on disks but not centers
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
a = A[i];
S += ((a<N-i) ? a: N-i-1);
if (i != N-1) {
S += C[((a<N-i) ? i+a: N-1)];
}
if (S>10000000) return -1;
}
return S;
}

I got 100 out of 100 with this C++ implementation:
#include <map>
#include <algorithm>
inline bool mySortFunction(pair<int,int> p1, pair<int,int> p2)
{
return ( p1.first < p2.first );
}
int number_of_disc_intersections ( const vector<int> &A ) {
int i, size = A.size();
if ( size <= 1 ) return 0;
// Compute lower boundary of all discs and sort them in ascending order
vector< pair<int,int> > lowBounds(size);
for(i=0; i<size; i++) lowBounds[i] = pair<int,int>(i-A[i],i+A[i]);
sort(lowBounds.begin(), lowBounds.end(), mySortFunction);
// Browse discs
int nbIntersect = 0;
for(i=0; i<size; i++)
{
int curBound = lowBounds[i].second;
for(int j=i+1; j<size && lowBounds[j].first<=curBound; j++)
{
nbIntersect++;
// Maximal number of intersections
if ( nbIntersect > 10000000 ) return -1;
}
}
return nbIntersect;
}

A Python answer
from bisect import bisect_right
def number_of_disc_intersections(li):
pairs = 0
# treat as a series of intervals on the y axis at x=0
intervals = sorted( [(i-li[i], i+li[i]) for i in range(len(li))] )
# do this by creating a list of start points of each interval
starts = [i[0] for i in intervals]
for i in range(len(starts)):
# find the index of the rightmost value less than or equal to the interval-end
count = bisect_right(starts, intervals[i][1])
# subtract current position to exclude previous matches, and subtract self
count -= (i+1)
pairs += count
if pairs > 10000000:
return -1
return pairs

100/100 c#
class Solution
{
class Interval
{
public long Left;
public long Right;
}
public int solution(int[] A)
{
if (A == null || A.Length < 1)
{
return 0;
}
var itervals = new Interval[A.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < A.Length; i++)
{
// use long to avoid data overflow (eg. int.MaxValue + 1)
long radius = A[i];
itervals[i] = new Interval()
{
Left = i - radius,
Right = i + radius
};
}
itervals = itervals.OrderBy(i => i.Left).ToArray();
int result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < itervals.Length; i++)
{
var right = itervals[i].Right;
for (int j = i + 1; j < itervals.Length && itervals[j].Left <= right; j++)
{
result++;
if (result > 10000000)
{
return -1;
}
}
}
return result;
}
}

I'm offering one more solution because I did not find the counting principle of the previous solutions easy to follow. Though the results are the same, an explanation and more intuitive counting procedure seems worth presenting.
To begin, start by considering the O(N^2) solution that iterates over the discs in order of their center points, and counts the number of discs centered to the right of the current disc's that intersect the current disc, using the condition current_center + radius >= other_center - radius. Notice that we could get the same result counting discs centered to the left of the current disc using the condition current_center - radius <= other_center + radius.
def simple(A):
"""O(N^2) solution for validating more efficient solution."""
N = len(A)
unique_intersections = 0
# Iterate over discs in order of their center positions
for j in range(N):
# Iterate over discs whose center is to the right, to avoid double-counting.
for k in range(j+1, N):
# Increment cases where edge of current disk is at or right of the left edge of another disk.
if j + A[j] >= k - A[k]:
unique_intersections += 1
# Stop early if we have enough intersections.
# BUT: if the discs are small we still N^2 compare them all and time out.
if unique_intersections > 10000000:
return -1
return unique_intersections
We can go from O(N^2) to O(N) if we could only "look up" the number of discs to the right (or to the left!) that intersect the current disc. The key insight is to reinterpret the intersection condition as "the right edge of one disc overlaps the left edge of another disc", meaning (a ha!) the centers don't matter, only the edges.
The next insight is to try sorting the edges, taking O(N log N) time. Given a sorted array of the left edges and a sorted array of the right edges, as we scan our way from left to right along the number line, the number of left or right edges to the left of the current location point is simply the current index into left_edges and right_edges respectively: a constant-time deduction.
Finally, we use the "right edge > left edge" condition to deduce that the number of intersections between the current disc and discs that start only to the left of the current disc (to avoid duplicates) is the number of left edges to the left of the current edge, minus the number of right edges to the left of the current edge. That is, the number of discs starting to left of this one, minus the ones that closed already.
Now for this code, tested 100% on Codility:
def solution(A):
"""O(N log N) due to sorting, with O(N) pass over sorted arrays"""
N = len(A)
# Left edges of the discs, in increasing order of position.
left_edges = sorted([(p-r) for (p,r) in enumerate(A)])
# Right edges of the discs, in increasing order of position.
right_edges = sorted([(p+r) for (p,r) in enumerate(A)])
#print("left edges:", left_edges[:10])
#print("right edges:", right_edges[:10])
intersections = 0
right_i = 0
# Iterate over the discs in order of their leftmost edge position.
for left_i in range(N):
# Find the first right_edge that's right of or equal to the current left_edge, naively:
# right_i = bisect.bisect_left(right_edges, left_edges[left_i])
# Just scan from previous index until right edge is at or beyond current left:
while right_edges[right_i] < left_edges[left_i]:
right_i += 1
# Count number of discs starting left of current, minus the ones that already closed.
intersections += left_i - right_i
# Return early if we find more than 10 million intersections.
if intersections > 10000000:
return -1
#print("correct:", simple(A))
return intersections

Java 2*100%.
result is declared as long for a case codility doesn't test, namely 50k*50k intersections at one point.
class Solution {
public int solution(int[] A) {
int[] westEnding = new int[A.length];
int[] eastEnding = new int[A.length];
for (int i=0; i<A.length; i++) {
if (i-A[i]>=0) eastEnding[i-A[i]]++; else eastEnding[0]++;
if ((long)i+A[i]<A.length) westEnding[i+A[i]]++; else westEnding[A.length-1]++;
}
long result = 0; //long to contain the case of 50k*50k. codility doesn't test for this.
int wests = 0;
int easts = 0;
for (int i=0; i<A.length; i++) {
int balance = easts*wests; //these are calculated elsewhere
wests++;
easts+=eastEnding[i];
result += (long) easts*wests - balance - 1; // 1 stands for the self-intersection
if (result>10000000) return -1;
easts--;
wests-= westEnding[i];
}
return (int) result;
}
}

Swift 4 Solution 100% (Codility do not check the worst case for this solution)
public func solution(_ A : inout [Int]) -> Int {
// write your code in Swift 4.2.1 (Linux)
var count = 0
let sortedA = A.sorted(by: >)
if sortedA.isEmpty{ return 0 }
let maxVal = sortedA[0]
for i in 0..<A.count{
let maxIndex = min(i + A[i] + maxVal + 1,A.count)
for j in i + 1..<maxIndex{
if j - A[j] <= i + A[i]{
count += 1
}
}
if count > 10_000_000{
return -1
}
}
return count
}

Here my JavaScript solution, based in other solutions in this thread but implemented in other languages.
function solution(A) {
let circleEndpoints = [];
for(const [index, num] of Object.entries(A)) {
circleEndpoints.push([parseInt(index)-num, true]);
circleEndpoints.push([parseInt(index)+num, false]);
}
circleEndpoints = circleEndpoints.sort(([a, openA], [b, openB]) => {
if(a == b) return openA ? -1 : 1;
return a - b;
});
let openCircles = 0;
let intersections = 0;
for(const [endpoint, opening] of circleEndpoints) {
if(opening) {
intersections += openCircles;
openCircles ++;
} else {
openCircles --;
}
if(intersections > 10000000) return -1;
}
return intersections;
}

count = 0
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
for (int j = i+1; j < N; j++) {
if (i + A[i] >= j - A[j]) count++;
}
}
It is O(N^2) so pretty slow, but it works.

This is a ruby solution that scored 100/100 on codility. I'm posting it now because I'm finding it difficult to follow the already posted ruby answer.
def solution(a)
end_points = []
a.each_with_index do |ai, i|
end_points << [i - ai, i + ai]
end
end_points = end_points.sort_by { |points| points[0]}
intersecting_pairs = 0
end_points.each_with_index do |point, index|
lep, hep = point
pairs = bsearch(end_points, index, end_points.size - 1, hep)
return -1 if 10000000 - pairs + index < intersecting_pairs
intersecting_pairs += (pairs - index)
end
return intersecting_pairs
end
# This method returns the maximally appropriate position
# where the higher end-point may have been inserted.
def bsearch(a, l, u, x)
if l == u
if x >= a[u][0]
return u
else
return l - 1
end
end
mid = (l + u)/2
# Notice that we are searching in higher range
# even if we have found equality.
if a[mid][0] <= x
return bsearch(a, mid+1, u, x)
else
return bsearch(a, l, mid, x)
end
end

Probably extremely fast. O(N). But you need to check it out. 100% on Codility.
Main idea:
1. At any point of the table, there are number of circles "opened" till the right edge of the circle, lets say "o".
2. So there are (o-1-used) possible pairs for the circle in that point. "used" means circle that have been processed and pairs for them counted.
public int solution(int[] A) {
final int N = A.length;
final int M = N + 2;
int[] left = new int[M]; // values of nb of "left" edges of the circles in that point
int[] sleft = new int[M]; // prefix sum of left[]
int il, ir; // index of the "left" and of the "right" edge of the circle
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { // counting left edges
il = tl(i, A);
left[il]++;
}
sleft[0] = left[0];
for (int i = 1; i < M; i++) {// counting prefix sums for future use
sleft[i]=sleft[i-1]+left[i];
}
int o, pairs, total_p = 0, total_used=0;
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { // counting pairs
ir = tr(i, A, M);
o = sleft[ir]; // nb of open till right edge
pairs = o -1 - total_used;
total_used++;
total_p += pairs;
}
if(total_p > 10000000){
total_p = -1;
}
return total_p;
}
private int tl(int i, int[] A){
int tl = i - A[i]; // index of "begin" of the circle
if (tl < 0) {
tl = 0;
} else {
tl = i - A[i] + 1;
}
return tl;
}
int tr(int i, int[] A, int M){
int tr; // index of "end" of the circle
if (Integer.MAX_VALUE - i < A[i] || i + A[i] >= M - 1) {
tr = M - 1;
} else {
tr = i + A[i] + 1;
}
return tr;
}

There are a lot of great answers here already, including the great explanation from the accepted answer. However, I wanted to point out a small observation about implementation details in the Python language.
Originally, I've came up with the solution shown below. I was expecting to get O(N*log(N)) time complexity as soon as we have a single for-loop with N iterations, and each iteration performs a binary search that takes at most log(N).
def solution(a):
import bisect
if len(a) <= 1:
return 0
cuts = [(c - r, c + r) for c, r in enumerate(a)]
cuts.sort(key=lambda pair: pair[0])
lefts, rights = zip(*cuts)
n = len(cuts)
total = 0
for i in range(n):
r = rights[i]
pos = bisect.bisect_right(lefts[i+1:], r)
total += pos
if total > 10e6:
return -1
return total
However, I've get O(N**2) and a timeout failure. Do you see what is wrong here? Right, this line:
pos = bisect.bisect_right(lefts[i+1:], r)
In this line, you are actually taking a copy of the original list to pass it into binary search function, and it totally ruins the efficiency of the proposed solution! It makes your code just a bit more consice (i.e., you don't need to write pos - i - 1) but heavily undermies the performance. So, as it was shown above, the solution should be:
def solution(a):
import bisect
if len(a) <= 1:
return 0
cuts = [(c - r, c + r) for c, r in enumerate(a)]
cuts.sort(key=lambda pair: pair[0])
lefts, rights = zip(*cuts)
n = len(cuts)
total = 0
for i in range(n):
r = rights[i]
pos = bisect.bisect_right(lefts, r)
total += (pos - i - 1)
if total > 10e6:
return -1
return total
It seems that sometimes one could be too eager about making slices and copies because Python allows you to do it so easily :) Probably not a great insight, but for me it was a good lesson to pay more attention to these "technical" moments when converting ideas and algorithms into real-word solutions.

I know that this is an old questions but it is still active on codility.
private int solution(int[] A)
{
int openedCircles = 0;
int intersectCount = 0;
We need circles with their start and end values. For that purpose I have used Tuple.
True/False indicates if we are adding Circle Starting or Circle Ending value.
List<Tuple<decimal, bool>> circles = new List<Tuple<decimal, bool>>();
for(int i = 0; i < A.Length; i ++)
{
// Circle start value
circles.Add(new Tuple<decimal, bool>((decimal)i - (decimal)A[i], true));
// Circle end value
circles.Add(new Tuple<decimal, bool>((decimal)i + (decimal)A[i], false));
}
Order "circles" by their values.
If one circle is ending at same value where other circle is starting, it should be counted as intersect (because of that "opening" should be in front of "closing" if in same point)
circles = circles.OrderBy(x => x.Item1).ThenByDescending(x => x.Item2).ToList();
Counting and returning counter
foreach (var circle in circles)
{
// We are opening new circle (within existing circles)
if(circle.Item2 == true)
{
intersectCount += openedCircles;
if (intersectCount > 10000000)
{
return -1;
}
openedCircles++;
}
else
{
// We are closing circle
openedCircles--;
}
}
return intersectCount;
}

Javascript solution 100/100 based on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV8tzIiidSw
function sortArray(A) {
return A.sort((a, b) => a - b)
}
function getDiskPoints(A) {
const diskStarPoint = []
const diskEndPoint = []
for(i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
diskStarPoint.push(i - A[i])
diskEndPoint.push(i + A[i])
}
return {
diskStarPoint: sortArray(diskStarPoint),
diskEndPoint: sortArray(diskEndPoint)
};
}
function solution(A) {
const { diskStarPoint, diskEndPoint } = getDiskPoints(A)
let index = 0;
let openDisks = 0;
let intersections = 0;
for(i = 0; i < diskStarPoint.length; i++) {
while(diskStarPoint[i] > diskEndPoint[index]) {
openDisks--
index++
}
intersections += openDisks
openDisks++
}
return intersections > 10000000 ? -1 : intersections
}

so, I was doing this test in Scala and I would like to share here my example. My idea to solve is:
Extract the limits to the left and right of each position on the array.
A[0] = 1 --> (0-1, 0+1) = A0(-1, 1)
A[1] = 5 --> (1-5, 1+5) = A1(-4, 6)
A[2] = 2 --> (2-2, 2+2) = A2(0, 4)
A[3] = 1 --> (3-1, 3+1) = A3(2, 4)
A[4] = 4 --> (4-4, 4+4) = A4(0, 8)
A[5] = 0 --> (5-0, 5+0) = A5(5, 5)
Check if there is intersections between any two positions
(A0_0 >= A1_0 AND A0_0 <= A1_1) OR // intersection
(A0_1 >= A1_0 AND A0_1 <= A1_1) OR // intersection
(A0_0 <= A1_0 AND A0_1 >= A1_1) // one circle contain inside the other
if any of these two checks is true count one intersection.
object NumberOfDiscIntersections {
def solution(a: Array[Int]): Int = {
var count: Long = 0
for (posI: Long <- 0L until a.size) {
for (posJ <- (posI + 1) until a.size) {
val tupleI = (posI - a(posI.toInt), posI + a(posI.toInt))
val tupleJ = (posJ - a(posJ.toInt), posJ + a(posJ.toInt))
if ((tupleI._1 >= tupleJ._1 && tupleI._1 <= tupleJ._2) ||
(tupleI._2 >= tupleJ._1 && tupleI._2 <= tupleJ._2) ||
(tupleI._1 <= tupleJ._1 && tupleI._2 >= tupleJ._2)) {
count += 1
}
}
}
count.toInt
}
}

This got 100/100 in c#
class CodilityDemo3
{
public static int GetIntersections(int[] A)
{
if (A == null)
{
return 0;
}
int size = A.Length;
if (size <= 1)
{
return 0;
}
List<Line> lines = new List<Line>();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
if (A[i] >= 0)
{
lines.Add(new Line(i - A[i], i + A[i]));
}
}
lines.Sort(Line.CompareLines);
size = lines.Count;
int intersects = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
Line ln1 = lines[i];
for (int j = i + 1; j < size; j++)
{
Line ln2 = lines[j];
if (ln2.YStart <= ln1.YEnd)
{
intersects += 1;
if (intersects > 10000000)
{
return -1;
}
}
else
{
break;
}
}
}
return intersects;
}
}
public class Line
{
public Line(double ystart, double yend)
{
YStart = ystart;
YEnd = yend;
}
public double YStart { get; set; }
public double YEnd { get; set; }
public static int CompareLines(Line line1, Line line2)
{
return (line1.YStart.CompareTo(line2.YStart));
}
}
}

Thanks to Falk for the great idea! Here is a ruby implementation that takes advantage of sparseness.
def int(a)
event = Hash.new{|h,k| h[k] = {:start => 0, :stop => 0}}
a.each_index {|i|
event[i - a[i]][:start] += 1
event[i + a[i]][:stop ] += 1
}
sorted_events = (event.sort_by {|index, value| index}).map! {|n| n[1]}
past_start = 0
intersect = 0
sorted_events.each {|e|
intersect += e[:start] * (e[:start]-1) / 2 +
e[:start] * past_start
past_start += e[:start]
past_start -= e[:stop]
}
return intersect
end
puts int [1,1]
puts int [1,5,2,1,4,0]

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void sortPairs(int bounds[], int len){
int i,j, temp;
for(i=0;i<(len-1);i++){
for(j=i+1;j<len;j++){
if(bounds[i] > bounds[j]){
temp = bounds[i];
bounds[i] = bounds[j];
bounds[j] = temp;
temp = bounds[i+len];
bounds[i+len] = bounds[j+len];
bounds[j+len] = temp;
}
}
}
}
int adjacentPointPairsCount(int a[], int len){
int count=0,i,j;
int *bounds;
if(len<2) {
goto toend;
}
bounds = malloc(sizeof(int)*len *2);
for(i=0; i< len; i++){
bounds[i] = i-a[i];
bounds[i+len] = i+a[i];
}
sortPairs(bounds, len);
for(i=0;i<len;i++){
int currentBound = bounds[i+len];
for(j=i+1;a[j]<=currentBound;j++){
if(count>100000){
count=-1;
goto toend;
}
count++;
}
}
toend:
free(bounds);
return count;
}

An Implementation of Idea stated above in Java:
public class DiscIntersectionCount {
public int number_of_disc_intersections(int[] A) {
int[] leftPoints = new int[A.length];
for (int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
leftPoints[i] = i - A[i];
}
Arrays.sort(leftPoints);
// System.out.println(Arrays.toString(leftPoints));
int count = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < A.length - 1; i++) {
int rpoint = A[i] + i;
int rrank = getRank(leftPoints, rpoint);
//if disk has sifnificant radius, exclude own self
if (rpoint > i) rrank -= 1;
int rank = rrank;
// System.out.println(rpoint+" : "+rank);
rank -= i;
count += rank;
}
return count;
}
public int getRank(int A[], int num) {
if (A==null || A.length == 0) return -1;
int mid = A.length/2;
while ((mid >= 0) && (mid < A.length)) {
if (A[mid] == num) return mid;
if ((mid == 0) && (A[mid] > num)) return -1;
if ((mid == (A.length - 1)) && (A[mid] < num)) return A.length;
if (A[mid] < num && A[mid + 1] >= num) return mid + 1;
if (A[mid] > num && A[mid - 1] <= num) return mid - 1;
if (A[mid] < num) mid = (mid + A.length)/2;
else mid = (mid)/2;
}
return -1;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
DiscIntersectionCount d = new DiscIntersectionCount();
int[] A =
//{1,5,2,1,4,0}
//{0,0,0,0,0,0}
// {1,1,2}
{3}
;
int count = d.number_of_disc_intersections(A);
System.out.println(count);
}
}

Here is the PHP code that scored 100 on codility:
$sum=0;
//One way of cloning the A:
$start = array();
$end = array();
foreach ($A as $key=>$value)
{
$start[]=0;
$end[]=0;
}
for ($i=0; $i<count($A); $i++)
{
if ($i<$A[$i])
$start[0]++;
else
$start[$i-$A[$i]]++;
if ($i+$A[$i] >= count($A))
$end[count($A)-1]++;
else
$end[$i+$A[$i]]++;
}
$active=0;
for ($i=0; $i<count($A);$i++)
{
$sum += $active*$start[$i]+($start[$i]*($start[$i]-1))/2;
if ($sum>10000000) return -1;
$active += $start[$i]-$end[$i];
}
return $sum;
However I dont understand the logic. This is just transformed C++ code from above. Folks, can you elaborate on what you were doing here, please?

A 100/100 C# implementation as described by Aryabhatta (the binary search solution).
using System;
class Solution {
public int solution(int[] A)
{
return IntersectingDiscs.Execute(A);
}
}
class IntersectingDiscs
{
public static int Execute(int[] data)
{
int counter = 0;
var intervals = Interval.GetIntervals(data);
Array.Sort(intervals); // sort by Left value
for (int i = 0; i < intervals.Length; i++)
{
counter += GetCoverage(intervals, i);
if(counter > 10000000)
{
return -1;
}
}
return counter;
}
private static int GetCoverage(Interval[] intervals, int i)
{
var currentInterval = intervals[i];
// search for an interval starting at currentInterval.Right
int j = Array.BinarySearch(intervals, new Interval { Left = currentInterval.Right });
if(j < 0)
{
// item not found
j = ~j; // bitwise complement (see Array.BinarySearch documentation)
// now j == index of the next item larger than the searched one
j = j - 1; // set index to the previous element
}
while(j + 1 < intervals.Length && intervals[j].Left == intervals[j + 1].Left)
{
j++; // get the rightmost interval starting from currentInterval.Righ
}
return j - i; // reduce already processed intervals (the left side from currentInterval)
}
}
class Interval : IComparable
{
public long Left { get; set; }
public long Right { get; set; }
// Implementation of IComparable interface
// which is used by Array.Sort().
public int CompareTo(object obj)
{
// elements will be sorted by Left value
var another = obj as Interval;
if (this.Left < another.Left)
{
return -1;
}
if (this.Left > another.Left)
{
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
/// <summary>
/// Transform array items into Intervals (eg. {1, 2, 4} -> {[-1,1], [-1,3], [-2,6]}).
/// </summary>
public static Interval[] GetIntervals(int[] data)
{
var intervals = new Interval[data.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
{
// use long to avoid data overflow (eg. int.MaxValue + 1)
long radius = data[i];
intervals[i] = new Interval
{
Left = i - radius,
Right = i + radius
};
}
return intervals;
}
}

100% score in Codility.
Here is an adaptation to C# of Толя solution:
public int solution(int[] A)
{
long result = 0;
Dictionary<long, int> dps = new Dictionary<long, int>();
Dictionary<long, int> dpe = new Dictionary<long, int>();
for (int i = 0; i < A.Length; i++)
{
Inc(dps, Math.Max(0, i - A[i]));
Inc(dpe, Math.Min(A.Length - 1, i + A[i]));
}
long t = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < A.Length; i++)
{
int value;
if (dps.TryGetValue(i, out value))
{
result += t * value;
result += value * (value - 1) / 2;
t += value;
if (result > 10000000)
return -1;
}
dpe.TryGetValue(i, out value);
t -= value;
}
return (int)result;
}
private static void Inc(Dictionary<long, int> values, long index)
{
int value;
values.TryGetValue(index, out value);
values[index] = ++value;
}

Here's a two-pass C++ solution that doesn't require any libraries, binary searching, sorting, etc.
int solution(vector<int> &A) {
#define countmax 10000000
int count = 0;
// init lower edge array
vector<int> E(A.size());
for (int i = 0; i < (int) E.size(); i++)
E[i] = 0;
// first pass
// count all lower numbered discs inside this one
// mark lower edge of each disc
for (int i = 0; i < (int) A.size(); i++)
{
// if disc overlaps zero
if (i - A[i] <= 0)
count += i;
// doesn't overlap zero
else {
count += A[i];
E[i - A[i]]++;
}
if (count > countmax)
return -1;
}
// second pass
// count higher numbered discs with edge inside this one
for (int i = 0; i < (int) A.size(); i++)
{
// loop up inside this disc until top of vector
int jend = ((int) E.size() < (long long) i + A[i] + 1 ?
(int) E.size() : i + A[i] + 1);
// count all discs with edge inside this disc
// note: if higher disc is so big that edge is at or below
// this disc center, would count intersection in first pass
for (int j = i + 1; j < jend; j++)
count += E[j];
if (count > countmax)
return -1;
}
return count;
}

My answer in Swift; gets a 100% score.
import Glibc
struct Interval {
let start: Int
let end: Int
}
func bisectRight(intervals: [Interval], end: Int) -> Int {
var pos = -1
var startpos = 0
var endpos = intervals.count - 1
if intervals.count == 1 {
if intervals[0].start < end {
return 1
} else {
return 0
}
}
while true {
let currentLength = endpos - startpos
if currentLength == 1 {
pos = startpos
pos += 1
if intervals[pos].start <= end {
pos += 1
}
break
} else {
let middle = Int(ceil( Double((endpos - startpos)) / 2.0 ))
let middlepos = startpos + middle
if intervals[middlepos].start <= end {
startpos = middlepos
} else {
endpos = middlepos
}
}
}
return pos
}
public func solution(inout A: [Int]) -> Int {
let N = A.count
var nIntersections = 0
// Create array of intervals
var unsortedIntervals: [Interval] = []
for i in 0 ..< N {
let interval = Interval(start: i-A[i], end: i+A[i])
unsortedIntervals.append(interval)
}
// Sort array
let intervals = unsortedIntervals.sort {
$0.start < $1.start
}
for i in 0 ..< intervals.count {
let end = intervals[i].end
var count = bisectRight(intervals, end: end)
count -= (i + 1)
nIntersections += count
if nIntersections > Int(10E6) {
return -1
}
}
return nIntersections
}

C# solution 100/100
using System.Linq;
class Solution
{
private struct Interval
{
public Interval(long #from, long to)
{
From = #from;
To = to;
}
public long From { get; }
public long To { get; }
}
public int solution(int[] A)
{
int result = 0;
Interval[] intervals = A.Select((value, i) =>
{
long iL = i;
return new Interval(iL - value, iL + value);
})
.OrderBy(x => x.From)
.ToArray();
for (int i = 0; i < intervals.Length; i++)
{
for (int j = i + 1; j < intervals.Length && intervals[j].From <= intervals[i].To; j++)
result++;
if (result > 10000000)
return -1;
}
return result;
}
}

Related

How do I convert this recursion to dp

I am trying to solve this problem. I believe my solution does work, but it takes more time. This is my solution - at each step, I calculate the minimum sum if I choose i or i+1 index.
class Solution
{
public int minimumTotal(List<List<Integer>> triangle)
{
return minSum( triangle, 0, 0 );
}
public int minSum( List<List<Integer>> triangle, int row, int index )
{
if( row >= triangle.size() )
return 0;
int valueAtThisRow = triangle.get(row).get(index);
return Math.min( valueAtThisRow + minSum(triangle, row+1, index),
valueAtThisRow + minSum(triangle, row+1, index+1));
}
}
I think more appropriate way is to use DP. Please share any suggestions on how I can convert this to a DP.
I think that bottom-up solution is simpler here and does not require additional memory, we can store intermediate results in the same list/array cells
Walk through levels of triangle starting from the level before last, choosing the best result from two possible for every element, then move to upper level and so on. After that triangle[0][0] will contain minimum sum
for (row = n - 2; row >= 0; row--)
for (i = 0; i <= row; i++)
triangle[row][i] += min(triangle[row+1][i], triangle[row+1][i+1])
(tried python version, accepted)
DP bottom up approach:
class Solution {
public:
int minimumTotal(vector<vector<int> > &triangle)
{
vector<int> mini = triangle[triangle.size()-1];
for ( int i = triangle.size() - 2; i>= 0 ; --i )
for ( int j = 0; j < triangle[i].size() ; ++ j )
mini[j] = triangle[i][j] + min(mini[j],mini[j+1]);
return mini[0];
}
};
Python version:
def minimumTotal(self, triangle: List[List[int]]) -> int:
if not triangle: return
size = len(triangle)
res = triangle[-1] # last row
for r in range(size-2, -1, -1): # bottom up
for c in range(len(triangle[r])):
res[c] = min(res[c], res[c+1]) + triangle[r][c]
return res[0]
Top down solution: we compute shortest paths (agenda) to each cells row by row starting from the triangle's top.
C# code
public int MinimumTotal(IList<IList<int>> triangle) {
int[] agenda = new int[] {triangle[0][0]};
for (int r = 1; r < triangle.Count; ++r) {
int[] next = triangle[r].ToArray();
for (int c = 0; c < next.Length; ++c)
if (c == 0)
next[c] += agenda[c];
else if (c == next.Length - 1)
next[c] += agenda[c - 1];
else
next[c] += Math.Min(agenda[c - 1], agenda[c]);
agenda = next;
}
return agenda.Min();
}

Find zeroes to be flipped so that number of consecutive 1’s is maximized

Find zeroes to be flipped so that number of consecutive 1’s is maximized.
Input: arr[] = {1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1}
m = 2
Output: 5 7
We are allowed to flip maximum 2 zeroes. If we flip
arr[5] and arr[7], we get 8 consecutive 1's which is
maximum possible under given constraints .
Now if we were to find just the maximum number of 1's that is possible, is it possible to solve using dynamic programming approach?
This problem can be solved in linear time O(N) and linear space O(N). Its not full fledged dynamic programming, but its similar to that as it uses precomputation.
Data Structures Used:
1.left: It is an integer array, of same length as given array. It is precomputed such that for every position i:
left[i] = Number of consecutive 1's to the left position i
2.right: It is an integer array, of same length as given array. It is precomputed such that for every position i:
right[i] = Number of consecutive 1's to the right position i
These can be computed in single traversal of the array.Assuming arr is the original array, following pseudocode does the job:
Pseudocode for populating left array
left()
{
int count = 0;
for(int i = 0;i < arr length; ++i)
{
if(i == 0)
{
left[i] = 0;
if(arr[i] == 1)
count++;
continue;
}
else
{
left[i] = count;
if(arr[i] == 1)
count++;
else count = 0;
}
}
}
Pseudocode for populating right array
right()
{
int count = 0;
for(int i = arr length - 1;i >= 0; --i)
{
if(i == arr length - 1)
{
right[i] = 0;
if(arr[i] == 1)
count++;
continue;
}
else
{
right[i] = count;
if(arr[i] == 1)
count++;
else count = 0;
}
}
}
Now the only thing we have to do is :check all pair of positions i and j (i < j) such that arr[i] = 0 and arr[j] = 0 and for no position between i and j arr[i] should be 0 and Keep track of the pair for which we get maximum value of the following:
left[i] + right[j] + right[l]
You could also use left[i] + right[j] + left[r].
left[i] tells the number of consecutive 1's to the left of position i and right[j] tells the number of consecutive 1's to the right of position j and the number of consecutive 1's between i and j can be counted be left[r] OR right[l], and therefore, we have two candidate expressions.
This can also be done in single traversal, using following pseudocode:
max_One()
{
max = 0;
l = -1, r = -1;
for(int i = 0;i < arr length; ++i)
{
if(arr[i] == 0)
{
if(l == -1)
l = i;
else
{
r = i;
if(left[l] + right[r] + right[l] > max)
{
max = left[l] + right[r] + right[l];
left_pos = l;
right_pos = r;
}
l = r;
}
}
}
}
You should use sliding window concept here - use start and end vars to store index of range. Whenever you encounter a 0, increment the counter of zeros received. Include it in current length.. If zeros encounter equals m+1, increment start till you encounter 0.
public static int[] zerosToFlip(int[] input, int m) {
if (m == 0) return new int[0];
int[] indices = new int[m];
int beginIndex = 0;
int endIndex = 0;
int maxBeginIndex=0;
int maxEndIndex=0;
int zerosIncluded = input[0] == 0 ? 1 : 0;
for (int i = 1; i < input.length; i++) {
if (input[i] == 0) {
if (zerosIncluded == m) {
if (endIndex - beginIndex > maxEndIndex - maxBeginIndex){
maxBeginIndex = beginIndex;
maxEndIndex = endIndex;
}
while (input[beginIndex] != 0) beginIndex++;
beginIndex++;
} else {
zerosIncluded++;
}
}
endIndex++;
}
if (endIndex - beginIndex > maxEndIndex - maxBeginIndex){
maxBeginIndex = beginIndex;
maxEndIndex = endIndex;
}
int j = 0;
for (int i = maxBeginIndex; i <= maxEndIndex; i++) {
if (input[i] == 0) {
indices[j] = i;
++j;
}
}
return indices;
}

Missing integer variation - O(n) solution needed [closed]

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The problem comes from Codility programming training and it sounds as follows:
we have an array (A[]) with n (ranging from 1 to 100,000) elements and these are our parameters. The elements of the array are integers from −2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647, and we need to find smallest positive integer that is NOT in the array. Of course this could be done easily in O(n*log n) by sorting them all and going through the sorted array, looking for the missing posiitve number (this last operation has O(n) worst time complexity in my solution). But according to Codility, this ENTIRE problem can be done in O(n), and I cannot see any way to do that. Could someone give some tips to let me get un-stuck?
PS Here is a link to detailed description of the problem which I'm not allowed to copy - https://codility.com/c/intro/demo35UEXH-EAT
By pigeonhole principle, at least one of the numbers 1, 2, ..., n+1 is not in the array.
Let us create a boolean array b of size n+1 to store whether each of these numbers is present.
Now, we process the input array. If we find a number from 1 to n+1, we mark the corresponding entry in b. If the number we see does not fit into these bounds, just discard it and proceed to the next one. Both cases are O(1) per input entry, total O(n).
After we are done processing the input, we can find the first non-marked entry in our boolean array b trivially in O(n).
Simple solution 100% in Java.
Please note it is O(nlogn) solution but gives 100% result in codility.
public static int solution(final int[] A)
{
Arrays.sort(A);
int min = 1;
// Starting from 1 (min), compare all elements, if it does not match
// that would the missing number.
for (int i : A) {
if (i == min) {
min++;
}
}
return min;
}
wrote this today and got 100/100. not the most elegant solution, but easy to understand -
public int solution(int[] A) {
int max = A.length;
int threshold = 1;
boolean[] bitmap = new boolean[max + 1];
//populate bitmap and also find highest positive int in input list.
for (int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
if (A[i] > 0 && A[i] <= max) {
bitmap[A[i]] = true;
}
if (A[i] > threshold) {
threshold = A[i];
}
}
//find the first positive number in bitmap that is false.
for (int i = 1; i < bitmap.length; i++) {
if (!bitmap[i]) {
return i;
}
}
//this is to handle the case when input array is not missing any element.
return (threshold+1);
}
public int solutionMissingInteger(int[] A) {
int solution = 1;
HashSet<Integer> hashSet = new HashSet<>();
for(int i=0; i<A.length; ++i){
if(A[i]<1) continue;
if(hashSet.add(A[i])){
//this int was not handled before
while(hashSet.contains(solution)){
solution++;
}
}
}
return solution;
}
Simple Java soution. Scored 100/100 in correctness and performance.
public int solution(int[] A) {
int smallestMissingInteger = 1;
if (A.length == 0) {
return smallestMissingInteger;
}
Set<Integer> set = new HashSet<Integer>();
for (int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
if (A[i] > 0) {
set.add(A[i]);
}
}
while (set.contains(smallestMissingInteger)) {
smallestMissingInteger++;
}
return smallestMissingInteger;
}
Build a hash table of all the values. For the numbers 1 to n + 1, check if they are in the hash table. At least one of them is not. Print out the lowest such number.
This is O(n) expected time (you can get with high probability). See #Gassa's answer for how to avoid the hash table in favor of a lookup table of size O(n).
JavaScript 100%
function solution(A) {
let sortedOb = {};
let biggest = 0;
A.forEach(el => {
if (el > 0) {
sortedOb[el] = 0;
biggest = el > biggest ? el : biggest;
}
});
let arr = Object.keys(sortedOb).map(el => +el);
if (arr.length == 0) return 1;
for(let i = 1; i <= biggest; i++) {
if (sortedOb[i] === undefined) return i;
}
return biggest + 1;
}
100% Javascript
function solution(A) {
// write your code in JavaScript (Node.js 4.0.0)
var max = 0;
var array = [];
for (var i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
if (A[i] > 0) {
if (A[i] > max) {
max = A[i];
}
array[A[i]] = 0;
}
}
var min = max;
if (max < 1) {
return 1;
}
for (var j = 1; j < max; j++) {
if (typeof array[j] === 'undefined') {
return j
}
}
if (min === max) {
return max + 1;
}
}
C# scored 100%,
Explanation: use of lookup table where we store already seen values from input array, we only care about values that are greater than 0 and lower or equal than length on input array
public static int solution(int[] A)
{
var lookUpArray = new bool[A.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < A.Length; i++)
if (A[i] > 0 && A[i] <= A.Length)
lookUpArray[A[i] - 1] = true;
for (int i = 0; i < lookUpArray.Length; i++)
if (!lookUpArray[i])
return i + 1;
return A.Length + 1;
}
This is my solution is Swift 4
public func solution(_ A: inout [Int]) -> Int {
var minNum = 1
var hashSet = Set<Int>()
for int in A {
if int > 0 {
hashSet.insert(int)
}
}
while hashSet.contains(minNum) {
minNum += 1
}
return minNum
}
var array = [1,3,6]
solution(&array)
// Answer: 2
100%: the Python sort routine is not regarded as cheating...
def solution(A):
"""
Sort the array then loop till the value is higher than expected
"""
missing = 1
for elem in sorted(A):
if elem == missing:
missing += 1
if elem > missing:
break
return missing
It worked for me. It is not O(n), but little simpler:
import java.util.stream.*;
class Solution {
public int solution(int[] A) {
A = IntStream.of(A)
.filter(x->x>0)
.distinct()
.sorted()
.toArray();
int min = 1;
for(int val : A)
{
if(val==min)
min++;
else
return min;
}
return min;
}
}
My solution. 100%. In Java.
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class Solution {
public int solution(int[] A) {
Arrays.sort(A);
ArrayList<Integer> positive = new ArrayList<>();
for (int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
if(A[i] > 0)
positive.add(A[i]);
}
if(positive.isEmpty()) return 1;
if(positive.get(0) > 1) return 1;
for(int i = 0; i < positive.size() - 1; i++) {
if(positive.get(i + 1) - positive.get(i) > 1)
return positive.get(i) + 1;
}
return positive.get(positive.size() - 1) + 1;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Solution solution = new Solution();
int[] A = {-5,1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,5};
System.out.println(solution.solution(A));
}
}
javascript 100% 100%
first sort the array, you just need to scan positive elements so find index of 1 (if there is no 1 in array then answer is 1). then search elements after 1 till find missing number.
function solution(A) {
// write your code in JavaScript (Node.js 6.4.0)
var missing = 1;
// sort the array.
A.sort(function(a, b) { return a-b });
// try to find the 1 in sorted array if there is no 1 so answer is 1
if ( A.indexOf(1) == -1) { return 1; }
// just search positive numbers to find missing number
for ( var i = A.indexOf(1); i < A.length; i++) {
if ( A[i] != missing) {
missing++;
if ( A[i] != missing ) { return missing; }
}
}
// if cant find any missing number return next integer number
return missing + 1;
}
I believe the solution is more involved than 'marking' corresponding values using a boolean array of n (100,000) elements. The boolean array of size n will not 'directly' map to the possible range of values (−2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647).
This Java example I wrote attempts to map the 100K rows by mapping the value based on their offset from the max value. It also performs a modulus to reduce the resulting array to the same size as the sample element length.
/**
*
* This algorithm calculates the values from the min value and mods this offset with the size of the 100K sample size.
* This routine performs 3 scans.
* 1. Find the min/max
* 2. Record the offsets for the positive integers
* 3. Scan the offsets to find missing value.
*
* #author Paul Goddard
*
*/
public class SmallestPositiveIntMissing {
static int ARRAY_SIZE = 100000;
public static int solve(int[] array) {
int answer = -1;
Maxmin maxmin = getMaxmin(array);
int range = maxmin.max - maxmin.min;
System.out.println("min: " + maxmin.min);
System.out.println("max: " + maxmin.max);
System.out.println("range: " + range);
Integer[] values = new Integer[ARRAY_SIZE];
if (range == ARRAY_SIZE) {
System.out.println("No gaps");
return maxmin.max + 1;
}
for (int val: array) {
if (val > 0) {
int offset = val - maxmin.min;
int index = offset % ARRAY_SIZE;
values[index] = val;
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE; i++) {
if (values[i] == null) {
int missing = maxmin.min + i;
System.out.println("Missing: " + missing);
answer = missing;
break;
}
}
return answer;
}
public static Maxmin getMaxmin(int[] array) {
int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for (int val:array) {
if (val >=0) {
if (val > max) max = val;
if (val < min) min = val;
}
}
return new Maxmin(max,min);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] A = arrayBuilder();
System.out.println("Min not in array: " + solve(A));
}
public static int[] arrayBuilder() {
int[] array = new int[ARRAY_SIZE];
Random random = new Random();
System.out.println("array: ");
for (int i=0;i < ARRAY_SIZE; i++) {
array[i] = random.nextInt();
System.out.print(array[i] + ", ");
}
System.out.println(" array done.");
return array;
}
}
class Maxmin {
int max;
int min;
Maxmin(int max, int min) {
this.max = max;
this.min = min;
}
}
Sweet Swift version. 100% correct
public func solution(inout A : [Int]) -> Int {
//Create a Hash table
var H = [Int:Bool]()
// Create the minimum possible return value
var high = 1
//Iterate
for i in 0..<A.count {
// Get the highest element
high = A[i] > high ? A[i] : high
// Fill hash table
if (A[i] > 0){
H[A[i]] = true
}
}
// iterate through possible values on the hash table
for j in 1...high {
// If you could not find it on the hash, return it
if H[j] != true {
return j
} else {
// If you went through all values on the hash
// and can't find it, return the next higher value
// e.g.: [1,2,3,4] returns 5
if (j == high) {
return high + 1
}
}
}
return high
}
int[] copy = new int[A.length];
for (int i : A)
{
if (i > 0 && i <= A.length)
{
copy[i - 1] = 1;
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < copy.length; i++)
{
if (copy[i] == 0)
{
return i + 1;
}
}
return A.length + 1;
Swift 3 - 100%
public func solution(_ A : inout [Int]) -> Int {
// write your code in Swift 3.0 (Linux)
var solution = 1
var hashSet = Set<Int>()
for int in A
{
if int > 0
{
hashSet.insert(int)
while hashSet.contains(solution)
{
solution += 1
}
}
}
return solution
}
Thanks to Marian's answer above.
This is my solution using python:
def solution(A):
m = max(A)
if m <= 0:
return 1
if m == 1:
return 2
# Build a sorted list with all elements in A
s = sorted(list(set(A)))
b = 0
# Iterate over the unique list trying to find integers not existing in A
for i in xrange(len(s)):
x = s[i]
# If the current element is lte 0, just skip it
if x <= 0:
continue;
b = b + 1
# If the current element is not equal to the current position,
# it means that the current position is missing from A
if x != b:
return b
return m + 1
Scored 100%/100% https://codility.com/demo/results/demoDCU7CA-SBR/
Create a binary array bin of N+1 length (C uses 0 based indexing)
Traverse the binary array O(n)
If A[i] is within the bounds of bin then mark bin entry at index A[i] as present or true.
Traverse the binary array again
Index of any bin entry that is not present or false is your missing integer
~
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<stdbool.h>
int solution(int A[], int N) {
// write your code in C99 (gcc 6.2.0)
int i;
bool *bin = (bool *)calloc((N+1),sizeof(bool));
for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
{
if (A[i] > 0 && A[i] < N+1)
{
bin[A[i]] = true;
}
}
for (i = 1; i < N+1; i++)
{
if (bin[i] == false)
{
break;
}
}
return i;
}
May be helpful, I am using arithmetic progression to calculate the sum, and using binary searach the element is fetched. checked with array of couple of hundred values works good. As there is one for loop and itression in step of 2, O(n/2) or less
def Missingelement (A):
B = [x for x in range(1,max(A)+1,1)]
n1 = len(B) - 1
begin = 0
end = (n1)//2
result = 0
print(A)
print(B)
if (len(A) < len(B)):
for i in range(2,n1,2):
if BinSum(A,begin,end) > BinSum(B,begin,end) :
end = (end + begin)//2
if (end - begin) <= 1 :
result=B[begin + 1 ]
elif BinSum(A,begin,end) == BinSum(B,begin,end):
r = end - begin
begin = end
end = (end + r)
if begin == end :
result=B[begin + 1 ]
return result
def BinSum(C,begin,end):
n = (end - begin)
if end >= len(C):
end = len(C) - 1
sum = n*((C[begin]+C[end])/2)
return sum
def main():
A=[1,2,3,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,14,15]
print ("smallest number missing is ",Missingelement(A))
if __name__ == '__main__': main()
Code for C, in fact, this can be used for any programming language without any change in the logic.
Logic is sum of N number is N*(N+1)/2.
int solution(int A[], int N) {
// write your code in C99
long long sum=0;
long long i;
long long Nsum=0;
for(i=0;i<N;i++){
sum=sum + (long long)A[i];
}
if (N%2==0){
Nsum= (N+1)*((N+2)/2);
return (int)(Nsum-sum);
}
else{
Nsum= ((N+1)/2)*(N+2);
return (int)(Nsum-sum);
}
}
This gave the 100/100 score.
This solution gets 100/100 on the test:
class Solution {
public int solution(int[] A) {
int x = 0;
while (x < A.length) {
// Keep swapping the values into the matching array positions.
if (A[x] > 0 && A[x] <= A.length && A[A[x]-1] != A[x]) {
swap(A, x, A[x] - 1);
} else {
x++; // Just need to increment when current element and position match.
}
}
for (int y=0; y < A.length; y++) {
// Find first element that doesn't match position.
// Array is 0 based while numbers are 1 based.
if (A[y] != y + 1) {
return y + 1;
}
}
return A.length + 1;
}
private void swap (int[] a, int i, int j) {
int t = a[i];
a[i] = a[j];
a[j] = t;
}
}
100% in PHP https://codility.com/demo/results/trainingKFXWKW-56V/
function solution($A){
$A = array_unique($A);
sort($A);
if (empty($A)) return 1;
if (max($A) <= 0) return 1;
if (max($A) == 1) return 2;
if (in_array(1, $A)) {
$A = array_slice($A, array_search(1, $A)); // from 0 to the end
array_unshift($A, 0); // Explanation 6a
if ( max($A) == array_search(max($A), $A)) return max($A) + 1; // Explanation 6b
for ($i = 1; $i <= count($A); $i++){
if ($A[$i] != $i) return $i; // Explanation 6c
}
} else {
return 1;
}
}
// Explanation
remove all duplicates
sort from min to max
if the array is empty return 1
if max of array is zero or less, return 1
if max of array is 1, return 2 // next positive integer
all other cases:
6a) split the array from value 1 to the end and add 0 before first number
6b) if the value of last element of array is the max of array, then the array is ascending so we return max + 1 // next positive integer
6c) if the array is not ascending, we find a missing number by a function for: if key of element is not as value the element but it should be (A = [0=>0, 1=>1,2=>3,...]), we return the key, because we expect the key and value to be equal.
Here is my solution, it Yields 88% in evaluation- Time is O(n), Correctness 100%, Performance 75%. REMEMBER - it is possible to have an array of all negative numbers, or numbers that exceed 100,000. Most of the above solutions (with actual code) yield much lower scores, or just do not work. Others seem to be irrelevant to the Missing Integer problem presented on Codility.
int compare( const void * arg1, const void * arg2 )
{
return *((int*)arg1) - *((int*)arg2);
}
solution( int A[], int N )
{
// Make a copy of the original array
// So as not to disrupt it's contents.
int * A2 = (int*)malloc( sizeof(int) * N );
memcpy( A2, A1, sizeof(int) * N );
// Quick sort it.
qsort( &A2[0], N, sizeof(int), compare );
// Start out with a minimum of 1 (lowest positive number)
int min = 1;
int i = 0;
// Skip past any negative or 0 numbers.
while( (A2[i] < 0) && (i < N )
{
i++;
}
// A variable to tell if we found the current minimum
int found;
while( i < N )
{
// We have not yet found the current minimum
found = 0;
while( (A2[i] == min) && (i < N) )
{
// We have found the current minimum
found = 1;
// move past all in the array that are that minimum
i++;
}
// If we are at the end of the array
if( i == N )
{
// Increment min once more and get out.
min++;
break;
}
// If we found the current minimum in the array
if( found == 1 )
{
// progress to the next minimum
min++;
}
else
{
// We did not find the current minimum - it is missing
// Get out - the current minimum is the missing one
break;
}
}
// Always free memory.
free( A2 );
return min;
}
My 100/100 solution
public int solution(int[] A) {
Arrays.sort(A);
for (int i = 1; i < 1_000_000; i++) {
if (Arrays.binarySearch(A, i) < 0){
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
static int spn(int[] array)
{
int returnValue = 1;
int currentCandidate = 2147483647;
foreach (int item in array)
{
if (item > 0)
{
if (item < currentCandidate)
{
currentCandidate = item;
}
if (item <= returnValue)
{
returnValue++;
}
}
}
return returnValue;
}

Algorithm to calculate number of intersecting discs

Given an array A of N integers we draw N discs in a 2D plane, such that i-th disc has center in (0,i) and a radius A[i]. We say that k-th disc and j-th disc intersect, if k-th and j-th discs have at least one common point.
Write a function
int number_of_disc_intersections(int[] A);
which given an array A describing N discs as explained above, returns the number of pairs of intersecting discs. For example, given N=6 and
A[0] = 1
A[1] = 5
A[2] = 2
A[3] = 1
A[4] = 4
A[5] = 0
there are 11 pairs of intersecting discs:
0th and 1st
0th and 2nd
0th and 4th
1st and 2nd
1st and 3rd
1st and 4th
1st and 5th
2nd and 3rd
2nd and 4th
3rd and 4th
4th and 5th
so the function should return 11.
The function should return -1 if the number of intersecting pairs exceeds 10,000,000. The function may assume that N does not exceed 10,000,000.
O(N) complexity and O(N) memory solution.
private static int Intersections(int[] a)
{
int result = 0;
int[] dps = new int[a.length];
int[] dpe = new int[a.length];
for (int i = 0, t = a.length - 1; i < a.length; i++)
{
int s = i > a[i]? i - a[i]: 0;
int e = t - i > a[i]? i + a[i]: t;
dps[s]++;
dpe[e]++;
}
int t = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
{
if (dps[i] > 0)
{
result += t * dps[i];
result += dps[i] * (dps[i] - 1) / 2;
if (10000000 < result) return -1;
t += dps[i];
}
t -= dpe[i];
}
return result;
}
So you want to find the number of intersections of the intervals [i-A[i], i+A[i]].
Maintain a sorted array (call it X) containing the i-A[i] (also have some extra space which has the value i+A[i] in there).
Now walk the array X, starting at the leftmost interval (i.e smallest i-A[i]).
For the current interval, do a binary search to see where the right end point of the interval (i.e. i+A[i]) will go (called the rank). Now you know that it intersects all the elements to the left.
Increment a counter with the rank and subtract current position (assuming one indexed) as we don't want to double count intervals and self intersections.
O(nlogn) time, O(n) space.
Python 100 / 100 (tested) on codility, with O(nlogn) time and O(n) space.
Here is #noisyboiler's python implementation of #Aryabhatta's method with comments and an example.
Full credit to original authors, any errors / poor wording are entirely my fault.
from bisect import bisect_right
def number_of_disc_intersections(A):
pairs = 0
# create an array of tuples, each containing the start and end indices of a disk
# some indices may be less than 0 or greater than len(A), this is fine!
# sort the array by the first entry of each tuple: the disk start indices
intervals = sorted( [(i-A[i], i+A[i]) for i in range(len(A))] )
# create an array of starting indices using tuples in intervals
starts = [i[0] for i in intervals]
# for each disk in order of the *starting* position of the disk, not the centre
for i in range(len(starts)):
# find the end position of that disk from the array of tuples
disk_end = intervals[i][1]
# find the index of the rightmost value less than or equal to the interval-end
# this finds the number of disks that have started before disk i ends
count = bisect_right(starts, disk_end )
# subtract current position to exclude previous matches
# this bit seemed 'magic' to me, so I think of it like this...
# for disk i, i disks that start to the left have already been dealt with
# subtract i from count to prevent double counting
# subtract one more to prevent counting the disk itsself
count -= (i+1)
pairs += count
if pairs > 10000000:
return -1
return pairs
Worked example: given [3, 0, 1, 6] the disk radii would look like this:
disk0 ------- start= -3, end= 3
disk1 . start= 1, end= 1
disk2 --- start= 1, end= 3
disk3 ------------- start= -3, end= 9
index 3210123456789 (digits left of zero are -ve)
intervals = [(-3, 3), (-3, 9), (1, 1), (1,3)]
starts = [-3, -3, 1, 1]
the loop order will be: disk0, disk3, disk1, disk2
0th loop:
by the end of disk0, 4 disks have started
one of which is disk0 itself
none of which could have already been counted
so add 3
1st loop:
by the end of disk3, 4 disks have started
one of which is disk3 itself
one of which has already started to the left so is either counted OR would not overlap
so add 2
2nd loop:
by the end of disk1, 4 disks have started
one of which is disk1 itself
two of which have already started to the left so are either counted OR would not overlap
so add 1
3rd loop:
by the end of disk2, 4 disks have started
one of which is disk2 itself
two of which have already started to the left so are either counted OR would not overlap
so add 0
pairs = 6
to check: these are (0,1), (0,2), (0,2), (1,2), (1,3), (2,3),
Well, I adapted Falk Hüffner's idea to c++, and made a change in the range.
Opposite to what is written above, there is no need to go beyond the scope of the array (no matter how large are the values in it).
On Codility this code received 100%.
Thank you Falk for your great idea!
int number_of_disc_intersections ( const vector<int> &A ) {
int sum=0;
vector<int> start(A.size(),0);
vector<int> end(A.size(),0);
for (unsigned int i=0;i<A.size();i++){
if ((int)i<A[i]) start[0]++;
else start[i-A[i]]++;
if (i+A[i]>=A.size()) end[A.size()-1]++;
else end[i+A[i]]++;
}
int active=0;
for (unsigned int i=0;i<A.size();i++){
sum+=active*start[i]+(start[i]*(start[i]-1))/2;
if (sum>10000000) return -1;
active+=start[i]-end[i];
}
return sum;
}
This can even be done in linear time [EDIT: this is not linear time, see comments]. In fact, it becomes easier if you ignore the fact that there is exactly one interval centered at each point, and just treat it as a set of start- and endpoints of intervals. You can then just scan it from the left (Python code for simplicity):
from collections import defaultdict
a = [1, 5, 2, 1, 4, 0]
start = defaultdict(int)
stop = defaultdict(int)
for i in range(len(a)):
start[i - a[i]] += 1
stop[i + a[i]] += 1
active = 0
intersections = 0
for i in range(-len(a), len(a)):
intersections += active * start[i] + (start[i] * (start[i] - 1)) / 2
active += start[i]
active -= stop[i]
print intersections
Here's a O(N) time, O(N) space algorithm requiring 3 runs across the array and no sorting, verified scoring 100%:
You're interested in pairs of discs. Each pair involves one side of one disc and the other side of the other disc. Therefore we won't have duplicate pairs if we handle one side of each disc. Let's call the sides right and left (I rotated the space while thinking about it).
An overlap is either due to a right side overlapping another disc directly at the center (so pairs equal to the radius with some care about the array length) or due to the number of left sides existing at the rightmost edge.
So we create an array that contains the number of left sides at each point and then it's a simple sum.
C code:
int solution(int A[], int N) {
int C[N];
int a, S=0, t=0;
// Mark left and middle of disks
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
C[i] = -1;
a = A[i];
if (a>=i) {
C[0]++;
} else {
C[i-a]++;
}
}
// Sum of left side of disks at location
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
t += C[i];
C[i] = t;
}
// Count pairs, right side only:
// 1. overlaps based on disk size
// 2. overlaps based on disks but not centers
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
a = A[i];
S += ((a<N-i) ? a: N-i-1);
if (i != N-1) {
S += C[((a<N-i) ? i+a: N-1)];
}
if (S>10000000) return -1;
}
return S;
}
I got 100 out of 100 with this C++ implementation:
#include <map>
#include <algorithm>
inline bool mySortFunction(pair<int,int> p1, pair<int,int> p2)
{
return ( p1.first < p2.first );
}
int number_of_disc_intersections ( const vector<int> &A ) {
int i, size = A.size();
if ( size <= 1 ) return 0;
// Compute lower boundary of all discs and sort them in ascending order
vector< pair<int,int> > lowBounds(size);
for(i=0; i<size; i++) lowBounds[i] = pair<int,int>(i-A[i],i+A[i]);
sort(lowBounds.begin(), lowBounds.end(), mySortFunction);
// Browse discs
int nbIntersect = 0;
for(i=0; i<size; i++)
{
int curBound = lowBounds[i].second;
for(int j=i+1; j<size && lowBounds[j].first<=curBound; j++)
{
nbIntersect++;
// Maximal number of intersections
if ( nbIntersect > 10000000 ) return -1;
}
}
return nbIntersect;
}
A Python answer
from bisect import bisect_right
def number_of_disc_intersections(li):
pairs = 0
# treat as a series of intervals on the y axis at x=0
intervals = sorted( [(i-li[i], i+li[i]) for i in range(len(li))] )
# do this by creating a list of start points of each interval
starts = [i[0] for i in intervals]
for i in range(len(starts)):
# find the index of the rightmost value less than or equal to the interval-end
count = bisect_right(starts, intervals[i][1])
# subtract current position to exclude previous matches, and subtract self
count -= (i+1)
pairs += count
if pairs > 10000000:
return -1
return pairs
100/100 c#
class Solution
{
class Interval
{
public long Left;
public long Right;
}
public int solution(int[] A)
{
if (A == null || A.Length < 1)
{
return 0;
}
var itervals = new Interval[A.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < A.Length; i++)
{
// use long to avoid data overflow (eg. int.MaxValue + 1)
long radius = A[i];
itervals[i] = new Interval()
{
Left = i - radius,
Right = i + radius
};
}
itervals = itervals.OrderBy(i => i.Left).ToArray();
int result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < itervals.Length; i++)
{
var right = itervals[i].Right;
for (int j = i + 1; j < itervals.Length && itervals[j].Left <= right; j++)
{
result++;
if (result > 10000000)
{
return -1;
}
}
}
return result;
}
}
I'm offering one more solution because I did not find the counting principle of the previous solutions easy to follow. Though the results are the same, an explanation and more intuitive counting procedure seems worth presenting.
To begin, start by considering the O(N^2) solution that iterates over the discs in order of their center points, and counts the number of discs centered to the right of the current disc's that intersect the current disc, using the condition current_center + radius >= other_center - radius. Notice that we could get the same result counting discs centered to the left of the current disc using the condition current_center - radius <= other_center + radius.
def simple(A):
"""O(N^2) solution for validating more efficient solution."""
N = len(A)
unique_intersections = 0
# Iterate over discs in order of their center positions
for j in range(N):
# Iterate over discs whose center is to the right, to avoid double-counting.
for k in range(j+1, N):
# Increment cases where edge of current disk is at or right of the left edge of another disk.
if j + A[j] >= k - A[k]:
unique_intersections += 1
# Stop early if we have enough intersections.
# BUT: if the discs are small we still N^2 compare them all and time out.
if unique_intersections > 10000000:
return -1
return unique_intersections
We can go from O(N^2) to O(N) if we could only "look up" the number of discs to the right (or to the left!) that intersect the current disc. The key insight is to reinterpret the intersection condition as "the right edge of one disc overlaps the left edge of another disc", meaning (a ha!) the centers don't matter, only the edges.
The next insight is to try sorting the edges, taking O(N log N) time. Given a sorted array of the left edges and a sorted array of the right edges, as we scan our way from left to right along the number line, the number of left or right edges to the left of the current location point is simply the current index into left_edges and right_edges respectively: a constant-time deduction.
Finally, we use the "right edge > left edge" condition to deduce that the number of intersections between the current disc and discs that start only to the left of the current disc (to avoid duplicates) is the number of left edges to the left of the current edge, minus the number of right edges to the left of the current edge. That is, the number of discs starting to left of this one, minus the ones that closed already.
Now for this code, tested 100% on Codility:
def solution(A):
"""O(N log N) due to sorting, with O(N) pass over sorted arrays"""
N = len(A)
# Left edges of the discs, in increasing order of position.
left_edges = sorted([(p-r) for (p,r) in enumerate(A)])
# Right edges of the discs, in increasing order of position.
right_edges = sorted([(p+r) for (p,r) in enumerate(A)])
#print("left edges:", left_edges[:10])
#print("right edges:", right_edges[:10])
intersections = 0
right_i = 0
# Iterate over the discs in order of their leftmost edge position.
for left_i in range(N):
# Find the first right_edge that's right of or equal to the current left_edge, naively:
# right_i = bisect.bisect_left(right_edges, left_edges[left_i])
# Just scan from previous index until right edge is at or beyond current left:
while right_edges[right_i] < left_edges[left_i]:
right_i += 1
# Count number of discs starting left of current, minus the ones that already closed.
intersections += left_i - right_i
# Return early if we find more than 10 million intersections.
if intersections > 10000000:
return -1
#print("correct:", simple(A))
return intersections
Java 2*100%.
result is declared as long for a case codility doesn't test, namely 50k*50k intersections at one point.
class Solution {
public int solution(int[] A) {
int[] westEnding = new int[A.length];
int[] eastEnding = new int[A.length];
for (int i=0; i<A.length; i++) {
if (i-A[i]>=0) eastEnding[i-A[i]]++; else eastEnding[0]++;
if ((long)i+A[i]<A.length) westEnding[i+A[i]]++; else westEnding[A.length-1]++;
}
long result = 0; //long to contain the case of 50k*50k. codility doesn't test for this.
int wests = 0;
int easts = 0;
for (int i=0; i<A.length; i++) {
int balance = easts*wests; //these are calculated elsewhere
wests++;
easts+=eastEnding[i];
result += (long) easts*wests - balance - 1; // 1 stands for the self-intersection
if (result>10000000) return -1;
easts--;
wests-= westEnding[i];
}
return (int) result;
}
}
Swift 4 Solution 100% (Codility do not check the worst case for this solution)
public func solution(_ A : inout [Int]) -> Int {
// write your code in Swift 4.2.1 (Linux)
var count = 0
let sortedA = A.sorted(by: >)
if sortedA.isEmpty{ return 0 }
let maxVal = sortedA[0]
for i in 0..<A.count{
let maxIndex = min(i + A[i] + maxVal + 1,A.count)
for j in i + 1..<maxIndex{
if j - A[j] <= i + A[i]{
count += 1
}
}
if count > 10_000_000{
return -1
}
}
return count
}
Here my JavaScript solution, based in other solutions in this thread but implemented in other languages.
function solution(A) {
let circleEndpoints = [];
for(const [index, num] of Object.entries(A)) {
circleEndpoints.push([parseInt(index)-num, true]);
circleEndpoints.push([parseInt(index)+num, false]);
}
circleEndpoints = circleEndpoints.sort(([a, openA], [b, openB]) => {
if(a == b) return openA ? -1 : 1;
return a - b;
});
let openCircles = 0;
let intersections = 0;
for(const [endpoint, opening] of circleEndpoints) {
if(opening) {
intersections += openCircles;
openCircles ++;
} else {
openCircles --;
}
if(intersections > 10000000) return -1;
}
return intersections;
}
count = 0
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
for (int j = i+1; j < N; j++) {
if (i + A[i] >= j - A[j]) count++;
}
}
It is O(N^2) so pretty slow, but it works.
This is a ruby solution that scored 100/100 on codility. I'm posting it now because I'm finding it difficult to follow the already posted ruby answer.
def solution(a)
end_points = []
a.each_with_index do |ai, i|
end_points << [i - ai, i + ai]
end
end_points = end_points.sort_by { |points| points[0]}
intersecting_pairs = 0
end_points.each_with_index do |point, index|
lep, hep = point
pairs = bsearch(end_points, index, end_points.size - 1, hep)
return -1 if 10000000 - pairs + index < intersecting_pairs
intersecting_pairs += (pairs - index)
end
return intersecting_pairs
end
# This method returns the maximally appropriate position
# where the higher end-point may have been inserted.
def bsearch(a, l, u, x)
if l == u
if x >= a[u][0]
return u
else
return l - 1
end
end
mid = (l + u)/2
# Notice that we are searching in higher range
# even if we have found equality.
if a[mid][0] <= x
return bsearch(a, mid+1, u, x)
else
return bsearch(a, l, mid, x)
end
end
Probably extremely fast. O(N). But you need to check it out. 100% on Codility.
Main idea:
1. At any point of the table, there are number of circles "opened" till the right edge of the circle, lets say "o".
2. So there are (o-1-used) possible pairs for the circle in that point. "used" means circle that have been processed and pairs for them counted.
public int solution(int[] A) {
final int N = A.length;
final int M = N + 2;
int[] left = new int[M]; // values of nb of "left" edges of the circles in that point
int[] sleft = new int[M]; // prefix sum of left[]
int il, ir; // index of the "left" and of the "right" edge of the circle
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { // counting left edges
il = tl(i, A);
left[il]++;
}
sleft[0] = left[0];
for (int i = 1; i < M; i++) {// counting prefix sums for future use
sleft[i]=sleft[i-1]+left[i];
}
int o, pairs, total_p = 0, total_used=0;
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { // counting pairs
ir = tr(i, A, M);
o = sleft[ir]; // nb of open till right edge
pairs = o -1 - total_used;
total_used++;
total_p += pairs;
}
if(total_p > 10000000){
total_p = -1;
}
return total_p;
}
private int tl(int i, int[] A){
int tl = i - A[i]; // index of "begin" of the circle
if (tl < 0) {
tl = 0;
} else {
tl = i - A[i] + 1;
}
return tl;
}
int tr(int i, int[] A, int M){
int tr; // index of "end" of the circle
if (Integer.MAX_VALUE - i < A[i] || i + A[i] >= M - 1) {
tr = M - 1;
} else {
tr = i + A[i] + 1;
}
return tr;
}
There are a lot of great answers here already, including the great explanation from the accepted answer. However, I wanted to point out a small observation about implementation details in the Python language.
Originally, I've came up with the solution shown below. I was expecting to get O(N*log(N)) time complexity as soon as we have a single for-loop with N iterations, and each iteration performs a binary search that takes at most log(N).
def solution(a):
import bisect
if len(a) <= 1:
return 0
cuts = [(c - r, c + r) for c, r in enumerate(a)]
cuts.sort(key=lambda pair: pair[0])
lefts, rights = zip(*cuts)
n = len(cuts)
total = 0
for i in range(n):
r = rights[i]
pos = bisect.bisect_right(lefts[i+1:], r)
total += pos
if total > 10e6:
return -1
return total
However, I've get O(N**2) and a timeout failure. Do you see what is wrong here? Right, this line:
pos = bisect.bisect_right(lefts[i+1:], r)
In this line, you are actually taking a copy of the original list to pass it into binary search function, and it totally ruins the efficiency of the proposed solution! It makes your code just a bit more consice (i.e., you don't need to write pos - i - 1) but heavily undermies the performance. So, as it was shown above, the solution should be:
def solution(a):
import bisect
if len(a) <= 1:
return 0
cuts = [(c - r, c + r) for c, r in enumerate(a)]
cuts.sort(key=lambda pair: pair[0])
lefts, rights = zip(*cuts)
n = len(cuts)
total = 0
for i in range(n):
r = rights[i]
pos = bisect.bisect_right(lefts, r)
total += (pos - i - 1)
if total > 10e6:
return -1
return total
It seems that sometimes one could be too eager about making slices and copies because Python allows you to do it so easily :) Probably not a great insight, but for me it was a good lesson to pay more attention to these "technical" moments when converting ideas and algorithms into real-word solutions.
I know that this is an old questions but it is still active on codility.
private int solution(int[] A)
{
int openedCircles = 0;
int intersectCount = 0;
We need circles with their start and end values. For that purpose I have used Tuple.
True/False indicates if we are adding Circle Starting or Circle Ending value.
List<Tuple<decimal, bool>> circles = new List<Tuple<decimal, bool>>();
for(int i = 0; i < A.Length; i ++)
{
// Circle start value
circles.Add(new Tuple<decimal, bool>((decimal)i - (decimal)A[i], true));
// Circle end value
circles.Add(new Tuple<decimal, bool>((decimal)i + (decimal)A[i], false));
}
Order "circles" by their values.
If one circle is ending at same value where other circle is starting, it should be counted as intersect (because of that "opening" should be in front of "closing" if in same point)
circles = circles.OrderBy(x => x.Item1).ThenByDescending(x => x.Item2).ToList();
Counting and returning counter
foreach (var circle in circles)
{
// We are opening new circle (within existing circles)
if(circle.Item2 == true)
{
intersectCount += openedCircles;
if (intersectCount > 10000000)
{
return -1;
}
openedCircles++;
}
else
{
// We are closing circle
openedCircles--;
}
}
return intersectCount;
}
Javascript solution 100/100 based on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV8tzIiidSw
function sortArray(A) {
return A.sort((a, b) => a - b)
}
function getDiskPoints(A) {
const diskStarPoint = []
const diskEndPoint = []
for(i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
diskStarPoint.push(i - A[i])
diskEndPoint.push(i + A[i])
}
return {
diskStarPoint: sortArray(diskStarPoint),
diskEndPoint: sortArray(diskEndPoint)
};
}
function solution(A) {
const { diskStarPoint, diskEndPoint } = getDiskPoints(A)
let index = 0;
let openDisks = 0;
let intersections = 0;
for(i = 0; i < diskStarPoint.length; i++) {
while(diskStarPoint[i] > diskEndPoint[index]) {
openDisks--
index++
}
intersections += openDisks
openDisks++
}
return intersections > 10000000 ? -1 : intersections
}
so, I was doing this test in Scala and I would like to share here my example. My idea to solve is:
Extract the limits to the left and right of each position on the array.
A[0] = 1 --> (0-1, 0+1) = A0(-1, 1)
A[1] = 5 --> (1-5, 1+5) = A1(-4, 6)
A[2] = 2 --> (2-2, 2+2) = A2(0, 4)
A[3] = 1 --> (3-1, 3+1) = A3(2, 4)
A[4] = 4 --> (4-4, 4+4) = A4(0, 8)
A[5] = 0 --> (5-0, 5+0) = A5(5, 5)
Check if there is intersections between any two positions
(A0_0 >= A1_0 AND A0_0 <= A1_1) OR // intersection
(A0_1 >= A1_0 AND A0_1 <= A1_1) OR // intersection
(A0_0 <= A1_0 AND A0_1 >= A1_1) // one circle contain inside the other
if any of these two checks is true count one intersection.
object NumberOfDiscIntersections {
def solution(a: Array[Int]): Int = {
var count: Long = 0
for (posI: Long <- 0L until a.size) {
for (posJ <- (posI + 1) until a.size) {
val tupleI = (posI - a(posI.toInt), posI + a(posI.toInt))
val tupleJ = (posJ - a(posJ.toInt), posJ + a(posJ.toInt))
if ((tupleI._1 >= tupleJ._1 && tupleI._1 <= tupleJ._2) ||
(tupleI._2 >= tupleJ._1 && tupleI._2 <= tupleJ._2) ||
(tupleI._1 <= tupleJ._1 && tupleI._2 >= tupleJ._2)) {
count += 1
}
}
}
count.toInt
}
}
This got 100/100 in c#
class CodilityDemo3
{
public static int GetIntersections(int[] A)
{
if (A == null)
{
return 0;
}
int size = A.Length;
if (size <= 1)
{
return 0;
}
List<Line> lines = new List<Line>();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
if (A[i] >= 0)
{
lines.Add(new Line(i - A[i], i + A[i]));
}
}
lines.Sort(Line.CompareLines);
size = lines.Count;
int intersects = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
Line ln1 = lines[i];
for (int j = i + 1; j < size; j++)
{
Line ln2 = lines[j];
if (ln2.YStart <= ln1.YEnd)
{
intersects += 1;
if (intersects > 10000000)
{
return -1;
}
}
else
{
break;
}
}
}
return intersects;
}
}
public class Line
{
public Line(double ystart, double yend)
{
YStart = ystart;
YEnd = yend;
}
public double YStart { get; set; }
public double YEnd { get; set; }
public static int CompareLines(Line line1, Line line2)
{
return (line1.YStart.CompareTo(line2.YStart));
}
}
}
Thanks to Falk for the great idea! Here is a ruby implementation that takes advantage of sparseness.
def int(a)
event = Hash.new{|h,k| h[k] = {:start => 0, :stop => 0}}
a.each_index {|i|
event[i - a[i]][:start] += 1
event[i + a[i]][:stop ] += 1
}
sorted_events = (event.sort_by {|index, value| index}).map! {|n| n[1]}
past_start = 0
intersect = 0
sorted_events.each {|e|
intersect += e[:start] * (e[:start]-1) / 2 +
e[:start] * past_start
past_start += e[:start]
past_start -= e[:stop]
}
return intersect
end
puts int [1,1]
puts int [1,5,2,1,4,0]
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void sortPairs(int bounds[], int len){
int i,j, temp;
for(i=0;i<(len-1);i++){
for(j=i+1;j<len;j++){
if(bounds[i] > bounds[j]){
temp = bounds[i];
bounds[i] = bounds[j];
bounds[j] = temp;
temp = bounds[i+len];
bounds[i+len] = bounds[j+len];
bounds[j+len] = temp;
}
}
}
}
int adjacentPointPairsCount(int a[], int len){
int count=0,i,j;
int *bounds;
if(len<2) {
goto toend;
}
bounds = malloc(sizeof(int)*len *2);
for(i=0; i< len; i++){
bounds[i] = i-a[i];
bounds[i+len] = i+a[i];
}
sortPairs(bounds, len);
for(i=0;i<len;i++){
int currentBound = bounds[i+len];
for(j=i+1;a[j]<=currentBound;j++){
if(count>100000){
count=-1;
goto toend;
}
count++;
}
}
toend:
free(bounds);
return count;
}
An Implementation of Idea stated above in Java:
public class DiscIntersectionCount {
public int number_of_disc_intersections(int[] A) {
int[] leftPoints = new int[A.length];
for (int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
leftPoints[i] = i - A[i];
}
Arrays.sort(leftPoints);
// System.out.println(Arrays.toString(leftPoints));
int count = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < A.length - 1; i++) {
int rpoint = A[i] + i;
int rrank = getRank(leftPoints, rpoint);
//if disk has sifnificant radius, exclude own self
if (rpoint > i) rrank -= 1;
int rank = rrank;
// System.out.println(rpoint+" : "+rank);
rank -= i;
count += rank;
}
return count;
}
public int getRank(int A[], int num) {
if (A==null || A.length == 0) return -1;
int mid = A.length/2;
while ((mid >= 0) && (mid < A.length)) {
if (A[mid] == num) return mid;
if ((mid == 0) && (A[mid] > num)) return -1;
if ((mid == (A.length - 1)) && (A[mid] < num)) return A.length;
if (A[mid] < num && A[mid + 1] >= num) return mid + 1;
if (A[mid] > num && A[mid - 1] <= num) return mid - 1;
if (A[mid] < num) mid = (mid + A.length)/2;
else mid = (mid)/2;
}
return -1;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
DiscIntersectionCount d = new DiscIntersectionCount();
int[] A =
//{1,5,2,1,4,0}
//{0,0,0,0,0,0}
// {1,1,2}
{3}
;
int count = d.number_of_disc_intersections(A);
System.out.println(count);
}
}
Here is the PHP code that scored 100 on codility:
$sum=0;
//One way of cloning the A:
$start = array();
$end = array();
foreach ($A as $key=>$value)
{
$start[]=0;
$end[]=0;
}
for ($i=0; $i<count($A); $i++)
{
if ($i<$A[$i])
$start[0]++;
else
$start[$i-$A[$i]]++;
if ($i+$A[$i] >= count($A))
$end[count($A)-1]++;
else
$end[$i+$A[$i]]++;
}
$active=0;
for ($i=0; $i<count($A);$i++)
{
$sum += $active*$start[$i]+($start[$i]*($start[$i]-1))/2;
if ($sum>10000000) return -1;
$active += $start[$i]-$end[$i];
}
return $sum;
However I dont understand the logic. This is just transformed C++ code from above. Folks, can you elaborate on what you were doing here, please?
A 100/100 C# implementation as described by Aryabhatta (the binary search solution).
using System;
class Solution {
public int solution(int[] A)
{
return IntersectingDiscs.Execute(A);
}
}
class IntersectingDiscs
{
public static int Execute(int[] data)
{
int counter = 0;
var intervals = Interval.GetIntervals(data);
Array.Sort(intervals); // sort by Left value
for (int i = 0; i < intervals.Length; i++)
{
counter += GetCoverage(intervals, i);
if(counter > 10000000)
{
return -1;
}
}
return counter;
}
private static int GetCoverage(Interval[] intervals, int i)
{
var currentInterval = intervals[i];
// search for an interval starting at currentInterval.Right
int j = Array.BinarySearch(intervals, new Interval { Left = currentInterval.Right });
if(j < 0)
{
// item not found
j = ~j; // bitwise complement (see Array.BinarySearch documentation)
// now j == index of the next item larger than the searched one
j = j - 1; // set index to the previous element
}
while(j + 1 < intervals.Length && intervals[j].Left == intervals[j + 1].Left)
{
j++; // get the rightmost interval starting from currentInterval.Righ
}
return j - i; // reduce already processed intervals (the left side from currentInterval)
}
}
class Interval : IComparable
{
public long Left { get; set; }
public long Right { get; set; }
// Implementation of IComparable interface
// which is used by Array.Sort().
public int CompareTo(object obj)
{
// elements will be sorted by Left value
var another = obj as Interval;
if (this.Left < another.Left)
{
return -1;
}
if (this.Left > another.Left)
{
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
/// <summary>
/// Transform array items into Intervals (eg. {1, 2, 4} -> {[-1,1], [-1,3], [-2,6]}).
/// </summary>
public static Interval[] GetIntervals(int[] data)
{
var intervals = new Interval[data.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
{
// use long to avoid data overflow (eg. int.MaxValue + 1)
long radius = data[i];
intervals[i] = new Interval
{
Left = i - radius,
Right = i + radius
};
}
return intervals;
}
}
100% score in Codility.
Here is an adaptation to C# of Толя solution:
public int solution(int[] A)
{
long result = 0;
Dictionary<long, int> dps = new Dictionary<long, int>();
Dictionary<long, int> dpe = new Dictionary<long, int>();
for (int i = 0; i < A.Length; i++)
{
Inc(dps, Math.Max(0, i - A[i]));
Inc(dpe, Math.Min(A.Length - 1, i + A[i]));
}
long t = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < A.Length; i++)
{
int value;
if (dps.TryGetValue(i, out value))
{
result += t * value;
result += value * (value - 1) / 2;
t += value;
if (result > 10000000)
return -1;
}
dpe.TryGetValue(i, out value);
t -= value;
}
return (int)result;
}
private static void Inc(Dictionary<long, int> values, long index)
{
int value;
values.TryGetValue(index, out value);
values[index] = ++value;
}
Here's a two-pass C++ solution that doesn't require any libraries, binary searching, sorting, etc.
int solution(vector<int> &A) {
#define countmax 10000000
int count = 0;
// init lower edge array
vector<int> E(A.size());
for (int i = 0; i < (int) E.size(); i++)
E[i] = 0;
// first pass
// count all lower numbered discs inside this one
// mark lower edge of each disc
for (int i = 0; i < (int) A.size(); i++)
{
// if disc overlaps zero
if (i - A[i] <= 0)
count += i;
// doesn't overlap zero
else {
count += A[i];
E[i - A[i]]++;
}
if (count > countmax)
return -1;
}
// second pass
// count higher numbered discs with edge inside this one
for (int i = 0; i < (int) A.size(); i++)
{
// loop up inside this disc until top of vector
int jend = ((int) E.size() < (long long) i + A[i] + 1 ?
(int) E.size() : i + A[i] + 1);
// count all discs with edge inside this disc
// note: if higher disc is so big that edge is at or below
// this disc center, would count intersection in first pass
for (int j = i + 1; j < jend; j++)
count += E[j];
if (count > countmax)
return -1;
}
return count;
}
My answer in Swift; gets a 100% score.
import Glibc
struct Interval {
let start: Int
let end: Int
}
func bisectRight(intervals: [Interval], end: Int) -> Int {
var pos = -1
var startpos = 0
var endpos = intervals.count - 1
if intervals.count == 1 {
if intervals[0].start < end {
return 1
} else {
return 0
}
}
while true {
let currentLength = endpos - startpos
if currentLength == 1 {
pos = startpos
pos += 1
if intervals[pos].start <= end {
pos += 1
}
break
} else {
let middle = Int(ceil( Double((endpos - startpos)) / 2.0 ))
let middlepos = startpos + middle
if intervals[middlepos].start <= end {
startpos = middlepos
} else {
endpos = middlepos
}
}
}
return pos
}
public func solution(inout A: [Int]) -> Int {
let N = A.count
var nIntersections = 0
// Create array of intervals
var unsortedIntervals: [Interval] = []
for i in 0 ..< N {
let interval = Interval(start: i-A[i], end: i+A[i])
unsortedIntervals.append(interval)
}
// Sort array
let intervals = unsortedIntervals.sort {
$0.start < $1.start
}
for i in 0 ..< intervals.count {
let end = intervals[i].end
var count = bisectRight(intervals, end: end)
count -= (i + 1)
nIntersections += count
if nIntersections > Int(10E6) {
return -1
}
}
return nIntersections
}
C# solution 100/100
using System.Linq;
class Solution
{
private struct Interval
{
public Interval(long #from, long to)
{
From = #from;
To = to;
}
public long From { get; }
public long To { get; }
}
public int solution(int[] A)
{
int result = 0;
Interval[] intervals = A.Select((value, i) =>
{
long iL = i;
return new Interval(iL - value, iL + value);
})
.OrderBy(x => x.From)
.ToArray();
for (int i = 0; i < intervals.Length; i++)
{
for (int j = i + 1; j < intervals.Length && intervals[j].From <= intervals[i].To; j++)
result++;
if (result > 10000000)
return -1;
}
return result;
}
}

Given an array of numbers, find out if 3 of them add up to 0

Given an array of numbers, find out if 3 of them add up to 0.
Do it in N^2, how would one do this?
O(n^2) solution without hash tables (because using hash tables is cheating :P). Here's the pseudocode:
Sort the array // O(nlogn)
for each i from 1 to len(array) - 1
iter = i + 1
rev_iter = len(array) - 1
while iter < rev_iter
tmp = array[iter] + array[rev_iter] + array[i]
if tmp > 0
rev_iter--
else if tmp < 0
iter++
else
return true
return false
Basically using a sorted array, for each number (target) in an array, you use two pointers, one starting from the front and one starting from the back of the array, check if the sum of the elements pointed to by the pointers is >, < or == to the target, and advance the pointers accordingly or return true if the target is found.
Not for credit or anything, but here is my python version of Charles Ma's solution. Very cool.
def find_sum_to_zero(arr):
arr = sorted(arr)
for i, target in enumerate(arr):
lower, upper = 0, len(arr)-1
while lower < i < upper:
tmp = target + arr[lower] + arr[upper]
if tmp > 0:
upper -= 1
elif tmp < 0:
lower += 1
else:
yield arr[lower], target, arr[upper]
lower += 1
upper -= 1
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Get a list of random integers with no duplicates
from random import randint
arr = list(set(randint(-200, 200) for _ in range(50)))
for s in find_sum_to_zero(arr):
print s
Much later:
def find_sum_to_zero(arr):
limits = 0, len(arr) - 1
arr = sorted(arr)
for i, target in enumerate(arr):
lower, upper = limits
while lower < i < upper:
values = (arr[lower], target, arr[upper])
tmp = sum(values)
if not tmp:
yield values
lower += tmp <= 0
upper -= tmp >= 0
put the negative of each number into a hash table or some other constant time lookup data structure. (n)
loop through the array getting each set of two numbers (n^2), and see if their sum is in the hash table.
First sort the array, then for each negative number (A) in the array, find two elements in the array adding up to -A. Finding 2 elements in a sorted array that add up to the given number takes O(n) time, so the entire time complexity is O(n^2).
C++ implementation based on the pseudocode provided by Charles Ma, for anyone interested.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void merge(int originalArray[], int low, int high, int sizeOfOriginalArray){
// Step 4: Merge sorted halves into an auxiliary array
int aux[sizeOfOriginalArray];
int auxArrayIndex, left, right, mid;
auxArrayIndex = low;
mid = (low + high)/2;
right = mid + 1;
left = low;
// choose the smaller of the two values "pointed to" by left, right
// copy that value into auxArray[auxArrayIndex]
// increment either left or right as appropriate
// increment auxArrayIndex
while ((left <= mid) && (right <= high)) {
if (originalArray[left] <= originalArray[right]) {
aux[auxArrayIndex] = originalArray[left];
left++;
auxArrayIndex++;
}else{
aux[auxArrayIndex] = originalArray[right];
right++;
auxArrayIndex++;
}
}
// here when one of the two sorted halves has "run out" of values, but
// there are still some in the other half; copy all the remaining values
// to auxArray
// Note: only 1 of the next 2 loops will actually execute
while (left <= mid) {
aux[auxArrayIndex] = originalArray[left];
left++;
auxArrayIndex++;
}
while (right <= high) {
aux[auxArrayIndex] = originalArray[right];
right++;
auxArrayIndex++;
}
// all values are in auxArray; copy them back into originalArray
int index = low;
while (index <= high) {
originalArray[index] = aux[index];
index++;
}
}
void mergeSortArray(int originalArray[], int low, int high){
int sizeOfOriginalArray = high + 1;
// base case
if (low >= high) {
return;
}
// Step 1: Find the middle of the array (conceptually, divide it in half)
int mid = (low + high)/2;
// Steps 2 and 3: Recursively sort the 2 halves of origianlArray and then merge those
mergeSortArray(originalArray, low, mid);
mergeSortArray(originalArray, mid + 1, high);
merge(originalArray, low, high, sizeOfOriginalArray);
}
//O(n^2) solution without hash tables
//Basically using a sorted array, for each number in an array, you use two pointers, one starting from the number and one starting from the end of the array, check if the sum of the three elements pointed to by the pointers (and the current number) is >, < or == to the targetSum, and advance the pointers accordingly or return true if the targetSum is found.
bool is3SumPossible(int originalArray[], int targetSum, int sizeOfOriginalArray){
int high = sizeOfOriginalArray - 1;
mergeSortArray(originalArray, 0, high);
int temp;
for (int k = 0; k < sizeOfOriginalArray; k++) {
for (int i = k, j = sizeOfOriginalArray-1; i <= j; ) {
temp = originalArray[k] + originalArray[i] + originalArray[j];
if (temp == targetSum) {
return true;
}else if (temp < targetSum){
i++;
}else if (temp > targetSum){
j--;
}
}
}
return false;
}
int main()
{
int arr[] = {2, -5, 10, 9, 8, 7, 3};
int size = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(int);
int targetSum = 5;
//3Sum possible?
bool ans = is3SumPossible(arr, targetSum, size); //size of the array passed as a function parameter because the array itself is passed as a pointer. Hence, it is cummbersome to calculate the size of the array inside is3SumPossible()
if (ans) {
cout<<"Possible";
}else{
cout<<"Not possible";
}
return 0;
}
This is my approach using Swift 3 in N^2 log N...
let integers = [-50,-40, 10, 30, 40, 50, -20, -10, 0, 5]
First step, sort array
let sortedArray = integers.sorted()
second, implement a binary search method that returns an index like so...
func find(value: Int, in array: [Int]) -> Int {
var leftIndex = 0
var rightIndex = array.count - 1
while leftIndex <= rightIndex {
let middleIndex = (leftIndex + rightIndex) / 2
let middleValue = array[middleIndex]
if middleValue == value {
return middleIndex
}
if value < middleValue {
rightIndex = middleIndex - 1
}
if value > middleValue {
leftIndex = middleIndex + 1
}
}
return 0
}
Finally, implement a method that keeps track of each time a set of "triplets" sum 0...
func getTimesTripleSumEqualZero(in integers: [Int]) -> Int {
let n = integers.count
var count = 0
//loop the array twice N^2
for i in 0..<n {
for j in (i + 1)..<n {
//Sum the first pair and assign it as a negative value
let twoSum = -(integers[i] + integers[j])
// perform a binary search log N
// it will return the index of the give number
let index = find(value: twoSum, in: integers)
//to avoid duplications we need to do this check by checking the items at correspondingly indexes
if (integers[i] < integers[j] && integers[j] < integers[index]) {
print("\([integers[i], integers[j], integers[index]])")
count += 1
}
}
}
return count
}
print("count:", findTripleSumEqualZeroBinary(in: sortedArray))
prints--- count: 7
void findTriplets(int arr[], int n)
{
bool found = false;
for (int i=0; i<n-1; i++)
{
unordered_set<int> s;
for (int j=i+1; j<n; j++)
{
int x = -(arr[i] + arr[j]);
if (s.find(x) != s.end())
{
printf("%d %d %d\n", x, arr[i], arr[j]);
found = true;
}
else
s.insert(arr[j]);
}
}
if (found == false)
cout << " No Triplet Found" << endl;
}

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