Largest 5 in array of 10 numbers without sorting - java

Here's my code to find the max number in an array of numbers, but i can't seem to understand how to get the top 5 numbers and store them in an array and later retrieve them
Here's the code:
public class Max {
public static void main (String[] args)
{
int i;
int large[]=new int[5];
int array[] = {33,55,13,46,87,42,10,34,43,56};
int max = array[0]; // Assume array[0] to be the max for time-being
//Looping n-1 times, O(n)
for( i = 1; i < array.length; i++) // Iterate through the First Index and compare with max
{
// O(1)
if( max < array[i])
{
// O(1)
max = array[i];// Change max if condition is True
large[i] = max;
}
}
for (int j = 0; j<5; j++)
{
System.out.println("Largest 5 : "+large[j]);
}
System.out.println("Largest is: "+ max);
// Time complexity being: O(n) * [O(1) + O(1)] = O(n)
}
}
I'm using an array to store 5 numbers, but when i run it, it is not what i want.
Can anyone help me with the program?

The optimum data structure to retrieve top n items from a larger collection is the min/max heap and the related abstract data structure is called the priority queue. Java has an unbounded PriorityQueue which is based on the heap structure, but there is no version specialized for primitive types. It can used as a bounded queue by adding external logic, see this comment for details..
Apache Lucene has an implementation of the bounded priority queue:
http://grepcode.com/file/repo1.maven.org/maven2/org.apache.lucene/lucene-core/5.2.0/org/apache/lucene/util/PriorityQueue.java#PriorityQueue
Here is a simple modification that specializes it for ints:
/*
* Original work Copyright 2014 The Apache Software Foundation
* Modified work Copyright 2015 Marko Topolnik
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
* the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
/** A PriorityQueue maintains a partial ordering of its elements such that the
* worst element can always be found in constant time. Put()'s and pop()'s
* require log(size) time.
*/
class IntPriorityQueue {
private static int NO_ELEMENT = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
private int size;
private final int maxSize;
private final int[] heap;
IntPriorityQueue(int maxSize) {
this.heap = new int[maxSize == 0 ? 2 : maxSize + 1];
this.maxSize = maxSize;
}
private static boolean betterThan(int left, int right) {
return left > right;
}
/**
* Adds an int to a PriorityQueue in log(size) time.
* It returns the object (if any) that was
* dropped off the heap because it was full. This can be
* the given parameter (in case it isn't better than the
* full heap's minimum, and couldn't be added), or another
* object that was previously the worst value in the
* heap and now has been replaced by a better one, or null
* if the queue wasn't yet full with maxSize elements.
*/
public void consider(int element) {
if (size < maxSize) {
size++;
heap[size] = element;
upHeap();
} else if (size > 0 && betterThan(element, heap[1])) {
heap[1] = element;
downHeap();
}
}
public int head() {
return size > 0 ? heap[1] : NO_ELEMENT;
}
/** Removes and returns the least element of the PriorityQueue in log(size)
time. */
public int pop() {
if (size > 0) {
int result = heap[1];
heap[1] = heap[size];
size--;
downHeap();
return result;
} else {
return NO_ELEMENT;
}
}
public int size() {
return size;
}
public void clear() {
size = 0;
}
public boolean isEmpty() {
return size == 0;
}
private void upHeap() {
int i = size;
// save bottom node
int node = heap[i];
int j = i >>> 1;
while (j > 0 && betterThan(heap[j], node)) {
// shift parents down
heap[i] = heap[j];
i = j;
j >>>= 1;
}
// install saved node
heap[i] = node;
}
private void downHeap() {
int i = 1;
// save top node
int node = heap[i];
// find worse child
int j = i << 1;
int k = j + 1;
if (k <= size && betterThan(heap[j], heap[k])) {
j = k;
}
while (j <= size && betterThan(node, heap[j])) {
// shift up child
heap[i] = heap[j];
i = j;
j = i << 1;
k = j + 1;
if (k <= size && betterThan(heap[j], heap[k])) {
j = k;
}
}
// install saved node
heap[i] = node;
}
}
The way you implement betterThan decides whether it will behave as a min or max heap. This is how it's used:
public int[] maxN(int[] input, int n) {
final int[] output = new int[n];
final IntPriorityQueue q = new IntPriorityQueue(output.length);
for (int i : input) {
q.consider(i);
}
// Extract items from heap in sort order
for (int i = output.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
output[i] = q.pop();
}
return output;
}
Some interest was expressed in the performance of this approach vs. the simple linear scan from user rakeb.void. These are the results, size pertaining to the input size, always looking for 16 top elements:
Benchmark (size) Mode Cnt Score Error Units
MeasureMinMax.heap 32 avgt 5 270.056 ± 37.948 ns/op
MeasureMinMax.heap 64 avgt 5 379.832 ± 44.703 ns/op
MeasureMinMax.heap 128 avgt 5 543.522 ± 52.970 ns/op
MeasureMinMax.heap 4096 avgt 5 4548.352 ± 208.768 ns/op
MeasureMinMax.linear 32 avgt 5 188.711 ± 27.085 ns/op
MeasureMinMax.linear 64 avgt 5 333.586 ± 18.955 ns/op
MeasureMinMax.linear 128 avgt 5 677.692 ± 163.470 ns/op
MeasureMinMax.linear 4096 avgt 5 18290.981 ± 5783.255 ns/op
Conclusion: constant factors working against the heap approach are quite low. The breakeven point is around 70-80 input elements and from then on the simple approach loses steeply. Note that the constant factor stems from the final operation of extracting items in sort order. If this is not needed (i.e., just a set of the best items is enough), the we can simply retrieve the internal heap array directly and ignore the heap[0] element which is not used by the algorithm. In that case this solution beats one like rakib.void's even for the smallest input size (I tested with 4 top elements out of 32).

Look at the following code:
public static void main(String args[]) {
int i;
int large[] = new int[5];
int array[] = { 33, 55, 13, 46, 87, 42, 10, 34, 43, 56 };
int max = 0, index;
for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
max = array[0];
index = 0;
for (i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
if (max < array[i]) {
max = array[i];
index = i;
}
}
large[j] = max;
array[index] = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
System.out.println("Largest " + j + " : " + large[j]);
}
}
Note: If you don't want to change the inputted array, then make a copy of it and do the same operation on the copied array.
Take a look at Integer.MIN_VALUE.
I get the following output:
Largest 0 : 87
Largest 1 : 56
Largest 2 : 55
Largest 3 : 46
Largest 4 : 43

Here is a simple solution i quickly knocked up
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int i;
int large[] = new int[5];
int array[] = { 33, 55, 13, 46, 87, 42, 10, 34, 43, 56 };
for (int j = 0; j < array.length; j++) {
for (i = 4; i >= 0; i--) {
if (array[j] > large[i]) {
if (i == 4) {
large[i] = array[j];
}
else{
int temp = large[i];
large[i] = array[j];
large[i+1] = temp;
}
}
}
}
for (int j = 0; j<5; j++)
{
System.out.println("Largest "+ j + ":"+ large[j]);
}
}
}

Sorting, regular expressions, complex data structures are fine and make programming easy. However, I constantly see them misused nowadays and no one has to wonder:
Even if computers have become thousands of times faster over the past decades, the perceived performance still continues to not only not grow, but actually slows down. Once in your terminal application, you had instant feedback, even in Windows 3.11 or Windows 98 or Gnome 1, you often had instant feedback from your machine.
But it seems that it becomes increasingly popular to not only crack nuts with a sledgehammer, but even corns of wheat with steam hammers.
You don't need no friggin' sorting or complex datastructures for such a small problem. Don't let me invoke Z̴̲̝̻̹̣̥͎̀A̞̭̞̩̠̝̲͢L̛̤̥̲͟͜G͘҉̯̯̼̺O̦͈͙̗͎͇̳̞̕͡. I cannot take it, and even if I don't have a Java compiler at hands, here's my take in C++ (but will work in Java, too).
Basically, it initializes your 5 maxima to the lowest possible integer values. Then, it goes through your list of numbers, and for each number, it looks up into your maxima to see if it has a place there.
#include <vector>
#include <limits> // for integer minimum
#include <iostream> // for cout
using namespace std; // not my style, I just do so to increase readability
int main () {
// basically, an array of length 5, initialized to the minimum integer
vector<int> maxima(5, numeric_limits<int>::lowest());
// your numbers
vector<int> numbers = {33, 55, 13, 46, 87, 42, 10, 34, 43, 56};
// go through all numbers.
for(auto n : numbers) {
// find smallest in maxima.
auto smallestIndex = 0;
for (auto m=0; m!=maxima.size(); ++m) {
if (maxima[m] < maxima[smallestIndex]) {
smallestIndex = m;
}
}
// check if smallest is smaller than current number
if (maxima[smallestIndex] < n)
maxima[smallestIndex] = n;
}
cout << "maximum values:\n";
for(auto m : maxima) {
cout << " - " << m << '\n';
}
}
It is a similar solution to rakeb.voids' answer, but flips the loops inside out and does not have to modify the input array.
Use steam hammers when appropriate only. Learn algorithms and datastructures. And know when NOT TO USE YOUR KUNG-FU. Otherwise, you are guilty of increasing the society's waste unecessarily and contribute to overall crapness.
(Java translation by Marko, signature adapted to zero allocation)
static int[] phresnel(int[] input, int[] output) {
Arrays.fill(output, Integer.MIN_VALUE);
for (int in : input) {
int indexWithMin = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < output.length; i++) {
if (output[i] < output[indexWithMin]) {
indexWithMin = i;
}
}
if (output[indexWithMin] < in) {
output[indexWithMin] = in;
}
}
Arrays.sort(output);
return output;
}

As an alternative to sorting, here is the logic. You figure out the code.
Keep a list (or array) of the top X values found so far. Will of course start out empty.
For each new value (iteration), check against top X list.
If top X list is shorter than X, add value.
If top X list is full, check if new value is greater than any value. If it is, remove smallest value from top X list and add new value.
Hint: Code will be better if top X list is sorted.

If you don't want to sort you can check lower number and it's position and replace. WORKING DEMO HERE.
public static void main(String[] args) {
int array[] = {33,55,13,46,87,42,10,34,43,56};
int mArray[] = new int[5];
int j = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if (array[i] > lower(mArray)) {
mArray[lowerPos(mArray)] = array[i];
}
}
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(mArray));
}
public static int lower(int[] array) {
int lower = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for (int n : array) {
if (n < lower)
lower = n;
}
return lower;
}
public static int lowerPos(int[] array) {
int lower = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
int lowerPos = 0;
for (int n = 0; n < array.length; n++) {
if (array[n] < lower) {
lowerPos = n;
lower = array[n];
}
}
return lowerPos;
}
OUTPUT:
[43, 55, 56, 46, 87]

try :
public static int getMax(int max,int[] arr ){
int pos=0;
//Looping n-1 times, O(n)
for( int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) // Iterate through the First Index and compare with max
{
// O(1)
if( max < arr[i])
{
// O(1)
max = arr[i];// Change max if condition is True
pos=i;
}
}
arr[pos]=0;
return max;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int large[]=new int[10];
int array[] = {33,55,13,46,87,42,10,34,43,56};
int k=0;
for(int i=0;i<array.length;i++){
large[k++]=getMax(0,array);
}
System.out.println("Largest 5 is: "+ Arrays.toString(Arrays.copyOf(large,5)));
}
output:
Largest 5 is: [87, 56, 55, 46, 43]

Here is another approach:
public static void main(String args[]){
int i;
int largestSize = 4;
int array[] = {33,55,13,46,87,42,10,34};
// copy first 4 elemets, they can just be the highest
int large[]= Arrays.copyOf(array, largestSize);
// get the smallest value of the large array before the first start
int smallest = large[0];
int smallestIndex = 0;
for (int j = 1;j<large.length;++j) {
if (smallest > large[j]) {
smallest = large[j];
smallestIndex = j;
}
}
// First Loop start one elemnt after the copy
for(i = large.length; i < array.length; i++)
{
// get the smallest value and index of the large array
if(smallest < array[i])
{
large[smallestIndex] = array[i];
// check the next smallest value
smallest = large[0];
smallestIndex = 0;
for (int j = 1;j<large.length;++j) {
if (smallest > large[j]) {
smallest = large[j];
smallestIndex = j;
}
}
}
}
for (int j = 0; j<large.length; j++)
{
System.out.println("Largest 5 : "+large[j]);
}
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Largest is: "+ getHighest(large));
}
private static int getHighest(int[] array) {
int highest = array[0];
for (int i = 1;i<array.length;++i) {
if (highest < array[i]) {
highest = array[i];
}
}
return highest;
}

First of all, you can't use the i constant with large array. i goes up to 10, while large length is 5.
Use a separate variable for that and increment when you add a new value.
Second, this logic is not retrieving the max values, you need to go over your array fully, retrieve the max value and add it to your array. Then you have to it again. You can write a first loop which use large.length as a condition and the inner loop which will use array.length. Or, you can use recursion.

You could do this properly in an OOp way. This maintains a list of the n largest values of a list of offered values.
class Largest<T extends Comparable<T>> {
// Largest so far - null if we haven't yet seen that many.
List<T> largest;
public Largest(int n) {
// Build my list.
largest = new ArrayList(n);
// Clear it.
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
largest.add(i, null);
}
}
public void offer(T next) {
// Where to put it - or -1 if nowhere.
int place = -1;
// Must replace only the smallest replaceable one.
T smallest = null;
for (int i = 0; i < largest.size(); i++) {
// What's there?
T l = largest.get(i);
if (l == null) {
// Always replace null.
place = i;
break;
}
if (l.compareTo(next) < 0) {
// Only replace the smallest.
if (smallest == null || l.compareTo(smallest) < 0) {
// Remember here but keep looking in case there is a null or a smaller.
smallest = l;
place = i;
}
}
}
if (place != -1) {
// Replace it.
largest.set(place, next);
}
}
public List<T> get() {
return largest;
}
}
public void test() {
Integer array[] = {33, 55, 13, 46, 87, 42, 10, 34, 43, 56};
Largest<Integer> l = new Largest<>(5);
for (int i : array) {
l.offer(i);
}
List<Integer> largest = l.get();
Collections.sort(largest);
System.out.println(largest);
// Check it.
List<Integer> asList = Arrays.asList(array);
Collections.sort(asList);
asList = asList.subList(asList.size() - largest.size(), asList.size());
System.out.println(asList);
}
For larger numbers you can improve the algorithm using binarySearch to find the best place to put the new item instead of blindly walking the whole list. This has the added benefit of returning a sorted list.
class Largest<T extends Comparable<T>> {
// Largest so far - null if we haven't yet seen that many.
List<T> largest;
// Limit.
final int n;
public Largest(int n) {
// Build my list.
largest = new ArrayList(n + 1);
this.n = n;
}
public void offer(T next) {
// Try to find it in the list.
int where = Collections.binarySearch(largest, next, Collections.reverseOrder());
// Positive means found.
if (where < 0) {
// -1 means at start.
int place = -where - 1;
// Discard anything beyond n.
if (place < n) {
// Insert here.
largest.add(place, next);
// Trim if necessary.
if (largest.size() > n) {
largest.remove(n);
}
}
}
}
public List<T> get() {
return largest;
}
}

Simple working solution for this for all condition is as given below. Please refer code below and let me know in case of any issue in comments.
public static void main(String[] args) {
int arr[] = {75, 4, 2, 43, 56, 1,66};
int k = 5;
int result = find5thMaxValueApproach3(arr, k);
System.out.println("\n 5th largest element is : " + result);
}
static int find5thMaxValueApproach3(int arr[], int k){
int newMax = 0;
int len = arr.length;
int lastMax = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for(int j = 0; j < k; j++){
int i = 0;
while(arr[i] >= lastMax )
i++;
if(i >= len)
break;
newMax = arr[i];
for( ; i < len; i++){
if( arr[i] < lastMax && arr[i] > newMax){
newMax = arr[i];
}
}
System.out.println("newMax =" + newMax+ " lastMax="+ lastMax);
lastMax = newMax;
}
return lastMax;
}

Related

how to construct an array of 100 elements containing the numbers 1 -100 for which shellsort, with the increments 1 4 13 40 (The worst case)?

This is the original question
"Shell Sort worst case. Construct an array of 100 elements containing the numbers 1 through 100 for which shellsort, with the increments 1 4 13 40, uses as large a number of compares as you can find."
There are 100! permutations for an array of 100 elements, it's terrifying to go through each permutation and find which one has the maximum number of compares. Is there any smarter way to approach this problem? My approach this problem is through violence, but only randomly shuffle the array 100000000 time which is less than 100! and it take me half an hour to get the final output.
I pasted my code below. I appreciate any suggestions from you guys!
`
package ch_2_1;
import edu.princeton.cs.algs4.StdOut;
import edu.princeton.cs.algs4.StdRandom;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class exer_19
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// initial permutation
int[] array = new int[100];
for ( int i = 1; i < 101; i++)
{
array[i-1] = i;
}
// find the worst case and the number of compares
worst_input(array);
}
private static void worst_input(int[] array)
{
int max_count = 0;
int[] copy = new int[100];
int[] worst_case = new int[100];
for ( int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++)
{
int[] temp = generate(array);
for (int j = 0; j < 100; j++){ copy[j] = temp[j];}
Shell_sort operation = new Shell_sort();
operation.shell_sort(temp);
if (operation.compare() > max_count)
{
max_count = operation.compare();
worst_case = copy;
}
System.out.println(i);
}
for ( int s : worst_case){ System.out.print(s + " ");}
System.out.println();
System.out.println(max_count);
System.out.println();
}
private static int[] generate( int[] array)
{
StdRandom.shuffle(array);
return array;
}
private static class Shell_sort // it's necessary to create a private class to hold the shell sort method
// b/c the method must record the # of compares to sort the array, and this # count need to be returned
// to the worst_input method. Therefore, having a class to encapsulate the two methods is very helpful
{
private int count = 0;
private void shell_sort(int[] test)
{
int N = test.length;
int h = 1;
while (h < N/3) h = 3*h + 1; // 1, 4, 13, 40, 121...
while ( h > 0)
{
for ( int i = h; i < N; i++) // starting from the largest h-value th element of the array (simplified: ith element)
{
// if ith element is less than i-h th element, swap the two, continue this process until the condition is not met
for ( int j = i; j >= h && less( test[j], test[j-h]); j = j - h)
{
exchange( test, j, j-h);
count++;
}
}
// when reached the end of the array, update h value
h = h/3;
}
}
private int compare()
{
return count;
}
}
private static boolean less( int current, int previous)
{
return current < previous;
}
private static void exchange(int[] array, int cur_index, int pre_index)
{
int temp = array[pre_index];
array[pre_index] = array[cur_index];
array[cur_index] = temp;
}
}
`

What is the issue with my maximum product algorithm

Here is the code:
public static int MaxProduct(int... a){ // the max possible product from an array
int i = 0;
int j = 0;
int m = 0;
int n = a.length;
while (i<n){
j++;
while(j<n ){
if (a[i]*a[j] > m){
m = a[i]*a[j];
j++;
}
}
i++;
}
return m;
}
System.out.println(MaxProduct(1,2,3,4,5));
The algorithm seems to work as expected (after check and making a table of the debugger). For the first index of an array it checks all possible products and edits m accordingly from 1 through to 5. And then once j is equal to 5 a[j]understandably is out of bounds since there are only 5 elements in the array
I then see the arrayoutofbounds error in the debugger beside (again which is what id expect) but instead of i increasing, and the second while loop starting the cycle again, a[i] stays as 1, the algorithm concludes, and i get the output 5
How do i get this to output 20 (4x5)
You need to make two changes. Check below 2 TODOs.
public static int MaxProduct(int... a) { // the max possible product from an array
int i = 0;
int j = 0;
int m = 0;
int n = a.length;
while (i < n) {
j = i + 1; // TODO: 1
while (j < n) {
if (a[i] * a[j] > m) {
m = a[i] * a[j];
}
j++; // TODO:2
}
i++;
}
return m;
}

Dynamic Programming (Codility Q: NumberSolitaire)

This is the question:
codility.com/programmers/task/number_solitaire
and below link is my result (50% from Codility):
https://codility.com/demo/results/training8AMJZH-RTA/
My code (at the first, I tried to solve this problem using Kadane's Algo):
class Solution {
public int solution(int[] A) {
int temp_max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
int max = 0;
int k = 1;
if(A.length == 2) return A[0] + A[A.length-1];
for(int i = 1; i < A.length-1; i++) {
if(temp_max < A[i]) temp_max = A[i];
if(A[i] > 0) {
max += A[i];
temp_max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
k = 0;
} else if(k % 6 == 0) {
max += temp_max;
temp_max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
k = 0;
}
k++;
}
return A[0] + max + A[A.length-1];
}
And below is the solution (100% from Codility result) that I found from web:
class Solution {
public int solution(int[] A) {
int[] store = new int[A.length];
store[0] = A[0];
for (int i = 1; i < A.length; i++) {
store[i] = store[i-1];
for (int minus = 2; minus <= 6; minus++) {
if (i >= minus) {
store[i] = Math.max(store[i], store[i - minus]);
} else {
break;
}
}
store[i] += A[i];
}
return store[A.length - 1];
}
}
I have no idea what is the problem with my code:(
I tried several test cases but, nothing different with the solution & my code
but, codility test result shows mine is not perfectly correct.
(https://codility.com/demo/results/training8AMJZH-RTA/)
please anyone explain me the problem with my code~~
Try this test case[-1, -2, -3, -4, -3, -8, -5, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -1].
you solution return -4 (A[0],A[1],A[length-1],Here is the mistake), but the correct answer is -6 (A[0],A[6],A[length-1]).
Here is a my solution,easy to understand:
public int solution(int[] A) {
int lens = A.length;
int dp[] = new int[6];
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
dp[i] = A[0];
}
for (int i = 1; i < lens; i++) {
dp[i%6] = getMax6(dp) + A[i];
}
return dp[(lens-1)%6];
}
private int getMax6(int dp[]){
int max = dp[0];
for (int i = 1; i < dp.length; i++) {
max = Math.max(max, dp[i]);
}
return max;
}
Readable solution from Java:
public class Solution {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(new Solution().solution(new int[]{1, -2, 0, 9, -1, -2}));
}
private int solution(int[] A) {
int N = A.length;
int[] dp = new int[N];
dp[0] = A[0];
for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {
double sm = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
for (int j = 1; j <= 6; j++) {
if (i - j < 0) {
break;
}
double s1 = dp[i - j] + A[i];
sm = Double.max(s1, sm);
}
dp[i] = (int) sm;
}
return dp[N-1];
}
}
Here is a solution similar to #0xAliHn but using less memory. You only need to remember the last 6 moves.
def NumberSolitaire(A):
dp = [0] * 6
dp[-1] = A[0]
for i in range(1, len(A)):
maxVal = -100001
for k in range(1, 7):
if i-k >= 0:
maxVal = max(maxVal, dp[-k] + A[i])
dp.append(maxVal)
dp.pop(0)
return dp[-1]
Based on the solutions posted, I made nice readable code. Not best performance.
int[] mark = new int[A.length];
mark[0] = A[0];
IntStream.range(1, A.length)
.forEach(i -> {
int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
mark[i] = IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 6)
.filter(die -> i - die >= 0)
.map(r -> Math.max(mark[i - r] + A[i], max))
.max().orElse(max);
});
return mark[A.length - 1];
Because you are not using dynamic programming, you are using greedy algorithm. Your code will fail when the max number in a range will not be the right choice.
function solution(A) {
// This array contains a maximal value at any index.
const maxTill = [A[0]];
// It's a dynamic programming so we will choose maximal value at each
// Index untill we reach last index (goal)
for (let i = 1; i < A.length; i++) {
// Step 1 . max value of each index will be atleast equal to or greater than
// max value of last index.
maxTill[i] = maxTill[i - 1];
// For each index we are finding the max of last 6 array value
// And storing it into Max value.
for (let dice = 1; dice <= 6; dice++) {
// If array index is itself less than backtrack index
// break as you dont have 6 boxes in your left
if (dice > i) {
break;
} else {
// The most important line .
// Basically checking the max of last 6 boxes using a loop.
maxTill[i] = Math.max(
maxTill[i - dice],
maxTill[i]
);
}
}
// Until this point maxStill contains the maximal value
// to reach to that index.
// To end the game we need to touch that index as well, so
// add the value of the index as well.
maxTill[i] += A[i];
}
return maxTill[A.length - 1];
}
console.log(solution([-1, -2, -3, -4, -3, -8, -5, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -1]));
This is my solution. I try to make the code easy to apprehend. It might not save space as much as it can.
private static int solution(int A[])
{
// N // N is an integer within the range [2..100,000];
// A[] // each element of array A is an integer within the range [−10,000..10,000].
int N = A.length;
int[] bestResult = new int[N]; // record the current bestResult
Arrays.fill(bestResult, Integer.MIN_VALUE); // fill in with the smallest integer value
// initialize
bestResult[0] = A[0];
for (int i = 0;i < A.length;i++) {
// calculate six possible results every round
for (int j = i + 1; (j < A.length) && (i < A.length) && j < (i + 1) + 6; j++) {
// compare
int preMaxResult = bestResult[j]; // the max number so far
int nowMaxResult = bestResult[i] + A[j]; // the max number at bestResult[i] + A[j]
bestResult[j] = Math.max(preMaxResult, nowMaxResult);
}
}
return bestResult[bestResult.length-1];
}
Here is the simple Python 3 solution:
import sys
def solution(A):
dp = [0] * len(A)
dp[0] = A[0]
for i in range(1, len(A)):
maxVal = -sys.maxsize - 1
for k in range(1, 7):
if i-k >= 0:
maxVal = max(maxVal, dp[i-k] + A[i])
dp[i] = maxVal
return dp[len(A)-1]
100% c++ solution(
results)
#include <climits>
int solution(vector<int>& A) {
const int N = A.size();
if (N == 2)
return A[0] + A[1];
vector<int> MaxSum(N, INT_MIN);
MaxSum[0] = A[0];
for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {
for (int dice = 1; dice <= 6; dice++) {
if (dice > i)
break;
MaxSum[i] = max(MaxSum[i], A[i] + MaxSum[i - dice]);
}
}
return MaxSum[N-1];
}
100% python solution
with the help of the answers above and https://sapy.medium.com/cracking-the-coding-interview-30eb419c4c57
def solution(A):
# write your code in Python 3.6
# initialize maxUntil [0]*n
n = len(A)
maxUntil = [0 for i in range(n)]
maxUntil[0]=A[0]
# fill in maxUntil, remember to chack limits
for i in range(1, n): # for each
maxUntil[i] = maxUntil [i-1]
# check the max 6 to the left:
# for 1,..,6:
for dice in range(1,7):
if dice > i: # if dice bigger than loc - we are out of range
break
#else: check if bigger than cur elem, if so - update elem
maxUntil[i] = max(maxUntil[i],maxUntil[i-dice])
# add the current jump:
maxUntil[i] +=A[i]
# must reach the last sq:
return maxUntil[n-1]
I would like to explain the algorithm I have come up with and then show you the implementation in C++.
Create a hash for the max sums. We only need to store the elements within reach, so the last 6 elements. This is because the dice can only go back so much.
Initialise the hash with the first element in the array for simplicity since the first element in this hash equals to the first element of the inputs.
Then go through the input elements from the second element.
For each iteration, find the maximum values from the last 6 indices. Add the current value to that to get the current max sum.
When we reach the end of the inputs, exit the loop.
Return the max sum of the last element calculated. For this, we need clipping with module due to the space optimisation
The runtime complexity of this dynamic programming solution is O(N) since we go through element in the inputs. If we consider the dice range K, then this would be O(N * K).
The space complexity is O(1) because we have a hash for the last six elements. It is O(K) if we does not consider the number of dice faces constant, but K.
int solution(vector<int> &A)
{
vector<int> max_sums(6, A[0]);
for (size_t i = 1; i < A.size(); ++i) max_sums[i % max_sums.size()] = *max_element(max_sums.cbegin(), max_sums.cend()) + A[i];
return max_sums[(A.size() - 1) % max_sums.size()];
}
Here's my answer which gives 100% for Kotlin
val pr = IntArray(A.size) { Int.MIN_VALUE }
pr[0] = A.first()
for ((index, value) in pr.withIndex()) {
for (i in index + 1..min(index + 6, A.lastIndex)) {
pr[i] = max(value + A[i], pr[i])
}
}
return pr.last()
I used forwarded prediction, where I fill the next 6 items of the max value the current index can give.

Given an array with 2 integers that repeat themselves the same no. of times, how do i print the two integers

i'm new to this, Say if you typed 6 6 6 1 4 4 4 in the command line, my code gives the most frequent as only 6 and i need it to print out 6 and 4 and i feel that there should be another loop in my code
public class MostFrequent {
//this method creates an array that calculates the length of an integer typed and returns
//the maximum integer...
public static int freq(final int[] n) {
int maxKey = 0;
//initiates the count to zero
int maxCounts = 0;
//creates the array...
int[] counts = new int[n.length];
for (int i=0; i < n.length; i++) {
for (int j=0; j < n[i].length; j++)
counts[n[i][j]]++;
if (maxCounts < counts[n[i]]) {
maxCounts = counts[n[i]];
maxKey = n[i];
}
}
return maxKey;
}
//method mainly get the argument from the user
public static void main(String[] args) {
int len = args.length;
if (len == 0) {
//System.out.println("Usage: java MostFrequent n1 n2 n3 ...");
return;
}
int[] n = new int[len + 1];
for (int i=0; i<len; i++) {
n[i] = Integer.parseInt(args[i]);
}
System.out.println("Most frequent is "+freq(n));
}
}
Thanks...enter code here
Though this may not be a complete solution, it's a suggestion. If you want to return more than one value, your method should return an array, or better yet, an ArrayList (because you don't know how many frequent numbers there will be). In the method, you can add to the list every number that is the most frequest.
public static ArrayList<Integer> freq(final int[] n) {
ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
...
if (something)
list.add(thatMostFrequentNumber)
return list;
}
The solutions looks like this:
// To use count sort the length of the array need to be at least as
// large as the maximum number in the list.
int[] counts = new int[MAX_NUM];
for (int i=0; i < n.length; i++)
counts[n[i]]++;
// If your need more than one value return a collection
ArrayList<Integer> mf = new ArrayList<Integer>();
int max = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_NUM; i++)
if (counts[i] > max)
max = counts[i];
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_NUM; i++)
if (counts[i] == max)
mf.add(i);
return mf;
Well you can just do this easily by using the HashTable class.
Part 1. Figure out the frequency of each number.
You can do this by either a HashTable or just a simple array if your numbers are whole numbrs and have a decent enough upper limit.
Part 2. Find duplicate frequencies.
You can just do a simple for loop to figure out which numbers are repeated more than once and then print them accordingly. This wont necessarily give them to you in order though so you can store the information in the first pass and then print it out accordingly. You can use a HashTable<Integer,ArrayList<Integer> for this. Use the key to store frequency and the ArrayList to store the numbers that fall within that frequency.
You can maintain a "max" here while inserting into our HashTable if you only want to print out only the things with most frequency.
Here is a different way to handle this. First you sort the list, then loop through and keep track of the largest numbers:
class Ideone
{
public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
{
int n[] = { 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 1 };
List<Integer> maxNums = new ArrayList<Integer>();
int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
Integer lastValue = null;
int currentCount = 0;
Arrays.sort(n);
for( int i : n ){
if( lastValue == null || i != lastValue ){
if( currentCount == max ){
maxNums.add(lastValue);
}
else if( currentCount > max ){
maxNums.clear();
maxNums.add(lastValue);
max = currentCount;
}
lastValue = i;
currentCount = 1;
}
else {
currentCount++;
}
System.out.println("i=" + i + ", currentCount=" + currentCount);
}
if( currentCount == max ){
maxNums.add(lastValue);
}
else if( currentCount >= max ){
maxNums.clear();
maxNums.add(lastValue);
}
System.out.println(maxNums);
}
}
You can try it at: http://ideone.com/UbmoZ5

Debugging HeapSort Java Code

I have a test program to randomly generate data are randomly generated, and then pass them to the class constructor of class Sorter. Then Sorter will sort the data and pass it back through a method to the main function. I have also implemented several other sorting method as the subclass of the Sorter class, and they work just fine. So I think there're no problems in my Sorter class.
Below is the output of my test program when using heapsort.
Data:
48 96 71 81 78 72 93 52 67 70
Sorted Data:
48 71 81 78 72 67 52 93 70 96
As you can see, data is not sorted after going through the following code. And below is the code.
public class HeapSort extends Sorter{
private int[] heap;
private int size;
public HeapSort(int[] data){
super(data);
}
public void sort(){
constructHeap();
for(int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--){
numbers[i] = extractMax();
}
}
public void constructHeap(){
size = numbers.length;
heap = new int[size];
for(int j = 0; j < size; j++) heap[j] = numbers[j];
for(int i = size/2 - 1; i >= 0; i--){
fixHeap(i, heap[i]);
}
}
public int extractMax(){
int max = heap[0];
fixHeap(0, heap[--size]);
return max;
}
public void fixHeap(int pos, int key){
if(left(pos) > size) heap[pos] = key; // if current position is leaf
else{
int largest = pos;
int r = right(pos);
int l = left(pos);
if(r < size && heap[largest] < heap[r]) largest = r;
if(l < size && heap[largest] < heap[l]) largest = l;
if(largest == pos) heap[pos] = key;
else{
heap[pos] = heap[largest];
fixHeap(largest, key);
}
}
}
public int left(int i){return 2*i+1;}
public int right(int i){return 2*i+2;}
}
Edited:
Below is the debugged code. Hopefully someone would find it useful.
public class HeapSort extends Sorter{
private int[] heap;
private int size;
public HeapSort(int[] data){
super(data);
}
public void sort(){
constructHeap();
for(int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--){
numbers[i] = extractMax();
}
}
public void constructHeap(){
size = numbers.length;
heap = new int[size];
for(int j = 0; j < size; j++) heap[j] = numbers[j];
for(int i = size/2 - 1; i >= 0; i--){
fixHeap(i);
}
}
public int extractMax(){
int max = heap[0];
heap[0] = heap[--size];
fixHeap(0);
return max;
}
public void fixHeap(int pos){
if(left(pos) < size){ // if current position is not leaf
int largest = pos;
int r = right(pos);
int l = left(pos);
if(r < size && heap[largest] < heap[r]) largest = r;
if(l < size && heap[largest] < heap[l]) largest = l;
if(largest != pos){
exchange(pos, largest);
fixHeap(largest);
}
}
}
public int left(int i){return 2*i+1;}
public int right(int i){return 2*i+2;}
public void exchange(int a, int b){
int temp = heap[a];
heap[a] = heap[b];
heap[b] = temp;
}
}
I assume you have a debugger, and know how to use it.
In my opinion, the best way to debug complex code is what I call "divide and conquer debugging". Pseudocode:
void debug(Time beforeTheBug, Time afterTheBug) {
do {
Time pivot = between(beforeTheBug, afterTheBug);
if (stateIsAsExceptedAt(pivot)) {
afterTheBug = pivot;
} else {
beforetheBug = pivot;
}
} while (amountOfCodeExecutedBetween(beforeTheBug, afterTheBug) is not trivial);
}
In your case, my first check was the output. Indeed, it was not sorted, so the bug is in this class.
My next check was whether the heap invariant was satisfied after constructHeap. At that time, heap is [96, 48, 93, 81, 78, 72, 71, 52, 67, 70], so the heap invariant is not satisfied (48 is not greater than 78), and a bug occurs during construction of the heap.
Looking at constructHeap() reveals no useful break point, because the first loop is quite simpe, and very unlikely to be wrong, while the second loop (with its call to fixHeap) contains all the complexity.
The first iteration of the loop finds nothing to change, which is correct, as the subtree already satisfies the heap invariant. Same for the second iteration.
The third iteration correctly identifies that the right child is greater than the root, and swaps the two.
The forth iteration finds nothing to change, which is correct.
So it is the very last iteration of the loop that contains the problem. Both children are greater than the parent. fixHeap correctly moves the greater child into the root, and invokes itself recursively. That invocation finds the heap invariant satisfied, and returns. But the invariant is not satisfied after the return.
So the problem is somewhere from detection of the heap invariant to the return. The detection checks:
if (r < size && heap[largest] < heap[r])
largest = r;
if (l < size && heap[largest] < heap[l])
largest = l;
where heap is [96, 96, 93, 81, 78, 72, 71, 52, 67, 70]. Yes, 96 is greater than 81 and 78. But actually, shouldn't heap[pos] == key? Ah, that's what the next statement does...
Put differently, we were checking the heap invariant before completing the previous update, and then finishing that update, which broke the invariant in this case ...

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