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The problem asks us to find the maximum width ramp in an array of integers. A ramp is defined as a pair of indices (i, j) such that: - i < j - nums[i] <= nums[j] The width of the ramp is simply the distance between the two indices: Our goal is to compute the largest possible…
This problem asks us to connect n cities together using a set of possible bidirectional connections. Each connection has a cost, and our goal is to connect every city while minimizing the total cost.
The problem asks us to determine if two strings of equal length, s1 and s2, can be made identical by performing at most one string swap on exactly one of the strings. A string swap allows exchanging any two characters at different or same indices.
We are asked to calculate how many numbers from 1 to n are not divisible by any number in a given set of integers, called hit indicators. Each indicator is guaranteed to be coprime with the others, and there are k of them, each at most 1000.
The problem gives us an n x n matrix called grid, where each cell contains a non-negative integer. The value grid[i][j] represents how many 1 x 1 x 1 cubes are stacked vertically at position (i, j). Each cube contributes surface area through its exposed faces.
The problem gives us an array jobDifficulty, where each element represents the difficulty of a job. The jobs must be com
This problem defines a special infinite sequence called the magical string. The string contains only the characters '1' and '2', and its defining property is very unusual: If you group consecutive identical digits together and record the length of each group, the resulting…
The problem is asking us to determine whether two sentences can be made identical by inserting a contiguous sequence of words (possibly empty) into one of them. Each sentence is a string of words separated by single spaces.
We are given a sequence of four-digit years. Each year may contain mistakes, but we are allowed to repair it by changing at most one digit. After all repairs, the sequence must become non-decreasing, and every resulting year must stay between 1000 and 2011 inclusive.
The problem asks us to rearrange the characters of a string so that characters with higher frequency appear before characters with lower frequency. The output string must group identical characters together, and those groups must appear in descending order of occurrence count.
The problem asks us to find the maximum average value among all contiguous subarrays of a fixed length k. In other words, given an integer array nums, we must examine every possible subarray whose size is exactly k, compute its average, and return the largest average found.
This problem provides a database table named Sales that stores the number of fruits sold on each day. Each row represents a single fruit sale summary for a specific date.
In this problem, we are given two database tables, Employee and Bonus, and we need to produce a result table containing employees who meet one of two conditions: 1. Their bonus is less than 1000. 2. They do not have a bonus record at all.
We are given a sequence of points on the 2D integer grid: a starting point M0 and a sequence of n points A0, A1, …, An-1, where n is always odd. We then define a new sequence M1, M2, … where each Mi is the reflection of Mi-1 over one of the Ai points.
The problem asks us to design a cache that supports two operations: - get(key) returns the value associated with a key if it exists, otherwise -1 - put(key, value) inserts or updates a key-value pair Unlike a normal cache, eviction is not based only on recency.
The problem asks us to implement a class RecentCounter that tracks the number of requests (or pings) made in the last 3000 milliseconds.
This problem asks us to design a simplified file system that supports two operations: 1. Creating a new path with an associated integer value. 2. Retrieving the value stored at a path. A path behaves similarly to a directory structure in a real operating system.
The problem asks us to compute how many distinct values can appear as the GCD of some non-empty subsequence of the given array. A subsequence is formed by deleting zero or more elements while preserving order.
Each event has a range of possible days when it could have happened. For the -th event, any integer day between and is acceptable. We must assign exactly one day to every event, and no two events may share the same day.
The problem provides two traversal orders of the same binary tree: - inorder, which follows the order: left subtree, root, right subtree - postorder, which follows the order: left subtree, right subtree, root We must reconstruct the original binary tree and return its root node.
This problem asks us to find the k values in a Binary Search Tree, or BST, whose values are numerically closest to a given floating point target. A BST has a very important property: - Every value in the left subtree is smaller than the current node.
The elevator follows a completely deterministic cycle. It starts at floor 1 at time 0, climbs one floor per second until it reaches floor m, then immediately reverses direction and goes back down to floor 1, again moving one floor per second.
The problem asks us to determine the sign of the product of all numbers in an integer array, without necessarily computing the actual product itself.
We are given a rectangular grid representing a sheet of graph paper with _n_ rows and _m_ columns. Some of the squares are shaded, marked by *, and the rest are unshaded, marked by ..
We are asked to maintain a dynamic set of positive integers under three operations: adding a number, deleting a number, and computing the sum of medians of every consecutive group of five elements after sorting the set.
The problem asks us to determine the minimum number of times a string a must be repeated such that another string b becomes a substring of the repeated version of a. A substring is a consecutive sequence of characters within a string.
The problem asks us to count the number of subarrays within a given integer array arr whose sums are odd. A subarray is defined as a contiguous segment of the original array. The input is a list of integers, and we need to return the count of subarrays whose total sum is odd.
The problem gives us an array nums, where each element represents a balloon containing a number. When we burst a balloon at index i, we gain coins equal to: The important detail is that the neighbors of a balloon change dynamically as balloons are removed.
The problem asks us to count how many strings of length n satisfy three conditions simultaneously: 1. The string must be lexicographically greater than or equal to s1 2. The string must be lexicographically less than or equal to s2 3.
The input is a tiny arithmetic expression written as a three-character string. The first and third characters are digits from 0 to 9, and the middle character is either + or -. The task is to evaluate the expression and print the resulting integer.
The problem is asking us to compute the distance value between two arrays arr1 and arr2 given a threshold d. Specificall
This problem asks us to find the in-order successor of a given node p inside a Binary Search Tree, abbreviated as BST. An in-order traversal of a BST visits nodes in sorted order: 1. Traverse the left subtree 2. Visit the current node 3.
The problem asks us to compute the n-th Fibonacci number, but with a slight twist in indexing: the sequence starts with f₀ = 1, f₁ = 1. Every subsequent number is the sum of the previous two.
This problem asks us to count the number of arrays of length n where each element is between 1 and m inclusive, and the
The problem gives us an integer array nums and a maximum jump distance k. We start at index 0, and from any position i,
The problem gives us an undirected tree with n nodes labeled from 0 to n - 1. A tree is a connected graph with exactly n - 1 edges and no cycles. Each edge connects two nodes bidirectionally.
We are given a collection of sticks, where each stick has an integer length. A rectangular frame needs four sticks arranged as two equal pairs. If the frame is a square, then all four sticks must have the same length.
The folders are displayed in a grid with exactly m columns per row. Folder 1 is in the top-left corner, folder 2 is next to it, and so on. After every m folders we move to the next row. A rectangular frame selection toggles every folder inside the rectangle.
The problem asks us to count how many pairs of substrings, one taken from s and one taken from t, differ by exactly one
This problem asks us to maximize profit from stock trading over a sequence of days, where each transaction incurs a fixed fee. The input array prices represents the stock price on each day, and fee represents the transaction fee charged for every completed buy-sell transaction.
The problem gives us an integer array nums, and asks us to remove exactly one element from the array. After removing that element, the remaining elements shift left, which means their indices may change.
We need to compute the $n$-th hexagonal number. The sequence is defined by the formula $$hn = 2n^2 - n$$ The input contains a single integer $n$, and the output is the value produced by this formula.
The problem asks us to analyze a system that runs one task per day over a fixed period, from 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31. Each day, the task either succeeds or fails.
We are asked to simulate a queue of people where each person has two properties: an importance value a[i] and a patience limit c[i].
The problem asks us to calculate the sum of divisors for numbers in a given integer array nums, but only for those numbe
The problem gives us a database table named Events. Each row represents how many times a certain type of event occurred for a particular business.
This problem asks whether it is possible to divide n people into exactly two groups such that no pair of people who dislike each other end up in the same group.
The problem presents a company hierarchy encoded as a string. Each employee has a name, followed optionally by a colon and a comma-separated list of subordinates, ending with a dot. If an employee has no subordinates, the colon is omitted.
The problem describes a turn-based game between Alice and Bob with a row of stones, each having a numeric value. On each turn, a player removes any stone of their choice.
This problem asks us to compute the minimum number of days required to eat exactly n oranges, given three possible actions that can be performed each day. On any single day, we may choose one of the following operations: 1. Eat exactly one orange. 2.
This problem is essentially a simulation of the Candy Crush game, where we need to repeatedly crush candies in a grid until the board reaches a stable state. The input is an m x n matrix of integers representing different types of candies, and 0 represents empty cells.
This problem gives us a database table named Tweets with two columns: | Column | Description | | --- | --- | | tweetid |
We start with an initial string and pass it around a circle of n people. Every person is allowed to modify the string in only one of two ways: 1. Remove exactly one character from the end. 2. Add exactly one character to the end. A person may also choose to do nothing.
The problem asks us to determine the maximum number of times the word "balloon" can be formed using the characters from a given string text. Each character in text can be used at most once per occurrence of the word.
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The problem asks us to traverse a binary tree and return the node values level by level, but in bottom-up order. Normally, a level order traversal collects values from the root down to the leaves.
We are given the top view of a robotic vacuum cleaner as a convex polygon. The room corner is the usual 90 degree corner formed by two perpendicular walls. We may rotate the vacuum cleaner by any angle and then push it as far as possible into the corner.
The problem gives us an array of distinct integers called nums, and asks us to generate every possible permutation of those numbers. A permutation is an arrangement of elements in a specific order.
The problem asks us to perform a level order traversal of a binary tree, but with a twist. Instead of always traversing each level from left to right, we alternate the traversal direction at every level.
We are asked to analyze a two-player game with a single pile of n stones. The players alternate turns, starting with Serozha.
The problem requires merging two input strings word1 and word2 in an alternating fashion, starting with the first character of word1. This means we take one character from word1, then one character from word2, and repeat this process until one or both strings are exhausted.
The problem asks us to convert a decimal number given as a string into its Hexspeak representation. Hexspeak is derived
The problem asks us to repeatedly replace a number with the sum of its digits until the number becomes a single-digit number. The input is a number n that can be extremely large, up to 10 million digits.
The problem asks us to interpret a string expression representing a set of words generated according to a specific grammar and return all distinct words sorted in lexicographical order. The expression can contain lowercase letters, curly braces {}, and commas ,.
This problem asks us to identify all customers who have purchased every product listed in the Product table. In other words, a customer is eligible for the output if, for each productkey in the Product table, there exists a corresponding row in the Customer table where that…
In this problem, we are given a binary tree where every node contains some number of coins. The total number of coins across the entire tree is exactly equal to the number of nodes in the tree.
We are given a collection of n cities connected by n-1 roads. This means the current network forms a forest: a set of trees, because in graph terms, a connected tree with n nodes has exactly n-1 edges.
This problem asks us to compute the XOR sum of every possible pairwise bitwise AND between two arrays. More formally, for every pair (i, j): - Take arr1[i] AND arr2[j] - Add that result to a conceptual list - Compute the XOR of all values in that list The challenge is that…
The problem asks us to convert a non-negative integer into its English words representation. Instead of returning digits such as 12345, we must produce a properly formatted English phrase such as "Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Forty Five".
The problem gives an array nums containing exactly 2 n integers. We must divide these integers into two separate groups, each containing exactly n elements. After forming the two groups, we compute the sum of each group and measure the absolute difference between those sums.
This problem asks us to find the longest contiguous subarray of 1s in a binary array nums after deleting exactly one ele
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The problem gives a binary string s, consisting only of the characters '0' and '1'. We must count how many substrings co
We are asked to calculate the probability that if Petya and Vasya each pick an integer randomly from their respective intervals, the interval between the two chosen numbers contains exactly k lucky numbers. Lucky numbers are those containing only the digits 4 and 7.
The problem gives us an integer array arr and asks us to compute the average value after removing the smallest 5% and th
The problem asks us to find all pairs of numbers in an array that have the smallest absolute difference. In other words, given a list of distinct integers, we want to identify every pair [a, b] such that the difference b - a is minimized across all possible pairs in the array…
In this problem, we are given two strings, jewels and stones. The string jewels represents all stone types that are considered jewels. Each character is a unique jewel type. For example, if jewels = "aA", then both lowercase 'a' and uppercase 'A' are jewel types.
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This problem is asking us to determine the maximum number of contiguous chunks into which we can split an array such that sorting each chunk individually and concatenating them results in a fully sorted array.
Each input line describes a geometric object in the plane. The equation
The problem provides a list of meeting intervals, where each interval is represented as [start, end]. Each pair describes the start time and end time of a meeting. The task is to determine whether a single person can attend every meeting without any scheduling conflicts.
This problem is asking us to find classes in a school database that have at least five students enrolled. The input is a table named Courses with two columns: student and class. Each row represents one student being enrolled in one class.
Each stamp describes a direct transfer between two cities. If the envelope contains n stamps, then the letter passed through exactly n + 1 cities in sequence. The route never revisits a city, so the entire journey forms a simple path.
We are asked to construct a special kind of binary sequence, called a recurrent binary sequence. Each term in this sequence is either 0 or 1, and for a given integer k, there exist coefficients c₁, c₂, …, cₖ, also 0 or 1, such that every term from the k-th onward is a…
The problem gives us a 2 x n grid where each cell contains some number of points. Two robots move across this grid one after another. Both robots start at the top-left corner (0, 0) and must reach the bottom-right corner (1, n - 1). The movement rules are very restrictive.
This problem gives us a list of points on a 2D plane, where each point is represented as [x, y]. We need to find the widest vertical area that contains no points strictly inside it. A vertical area is defined by two vertical lines.
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We have n positions arranged in a circle. The flea starts on one position. After the first minute it moves forward by 1 step, after the second minute by 2 steps, after the third minute by 3 steps, and so on.
This problem asks us to simulate a game of Tic-Tac-Toe on a 3 x 3 grid given a sequence of moves. Each move specifies th
We are given a lowercase string that may contain accidental repeated keystrokes. Whenever two equal characters become adjacent, both characters must be deleted. After removing one pair, new adjacent equal pairs may appear, and those must also be removed.
We are asked to analyze a straight-line race of length _s_ kilometers involving _n_ cars. Each car has a list of driving segments, and each segment specifies a constant speed and a duration. The car moves at that speed for the given time before switching to the next segment.
We are given a simple polygon on the plane, representing the incubator area. DravDe starts at point , which is guaranteed to lie strictly outside the polygon.
In this problem, we are given an undirected graph where two players, Mouse and Cat, move alternately across the graph according to specific rules. The graph is represented as an adjacency list, where graph[a] contains all nodes directly connected to node a.
This problem asks us to reconstruct the ordering of characters in an unknown alien language. We are given a list of words that are already sorted according to the alien language's lexicographical order.
We are asked to construct a square matrix of size _n_ × _n_, where _n_ is an even number. The matrix must satisfy four properties. The main diagonal contains only zeroes.
In this problem, we are given an integer n, and we must determine whether it is an Armstrong number. An Armstrong number is defined as follows: - Let k be the number of digits in n. - Take every digit in the number. - Raise each digit to the power k.
The problem describes a two-player game played on an array of stone piles. Each pile contains a positive number of stones, and the piles are arranged in a row. Alice and Bob alternate turns, with Alice always moving first.
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The problem asks us to determine, for each given puzzle string, how many words from a given list words are valid for that puzzle. A word is valid for a puzzle if it contains the first character of the puzzle and all characters of the word are also present in the puzzle.
The problem gives us an Employee table containing three columns: Column Meaning --- --- id Unique employee identifier company Company name salary Employee salary We need to return the row or rows that correspond to the median salary for each company.