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Leetcode Problem #665 (Medium): Non-decreasing Array
Description:
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Given an array
numswithnintegers, your task is to check if it could become non-decreasing by modifying at most one element.We define an array is non-decreasing if
nums[i] <= nums[i + 1]holds for everyi(0-based) such that (0 <= i <= n - 2).
Examples:
Example 1: Input: nums = [4,2,3] Output: true Explanation: You could modify the first 4 to 1 to get a non-decreasing array.
Example 2: Input: nums = [4,2,1] Output: false Explanation: You can't get a non-decreasing array by modify at most one element.
Constraints:
n == nums.length1 <= n <= 10^4-10^5 <= nums[i] <= 10^5
Idea:
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This problem seems easy at first read. If we iterate through the nums array (N), count the number of instances in which an element is lower than the one preceeding (err), and then see that count go above 1, then we should be able to return false. The problem becomes more difficult, however, once we realize that we're allowed to modify one element, which will naturally impact its relationship with the surrounding elements.
With that in mind, we can think of the different possible scenarios faced when we find an incidence of decreasing value. Consider the base scenario, with N[i-1] = a and N[i] = b:
From here, we can see that there are three possible scenarios for each of the surrounding elements (N[i-2] and N[i+1]). They can either be larger than a (x >= a), in between a and b (b < y < a) or smaller than b (z <= b):
Scenarios XAB and ABZ can quickly be determined to trigger a return of false because in both cases the err count will increment to 2:
Things get more complicated, however, once the values are staggered. In the case of ZABX, we either move a down or b up in order to achieve increasing values, while in YABX we can only move b up and in ZABY we can only move a down:
In the final scenario, YABY, there is no possible way to fix the array, even though there's only one incidence of a descending value:
With this all in mind, we can write our function to return false if we see err > 1 or if we see the YABY scenario. If we reach the end without triggering either condition, we can return true.
- Time Complexity: O(N) where N is the length of N
- Space Complexity: O(1) with no modification of inputs
Implementation:
There are only minor differences in the code of all four languages.
Javascript Code:
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var checkPossibility = function(N) {
for (let i = 1, err = 0; i < N.length; i++)
if (N[i] < N[i-1])
if (err++ || (i > 1 && i < N.length - 1 && N[i-2] > N[i] && N[i+1] < N[i-1]))
return false
return true
};
Python Code:
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class Solution:
def checkPossibility(self, N: List[int]) -> bool:
err = 0
for i in range(1, len(N)):
if N[i] < N[i-1]:
if err or (i > 1 and i < len(N) - 1 and N[i-2] > N[i] and N[i+1] < N[i-1]):
return False
err = 1
return True
Java Code:
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class Solution {
public boolean checkPossibility(int[] N) {
for (int i = 1, err = 0; i < N.length; i++)
if (N[i] < N[i-1])
if (err++ > 0 || (i > 1 && i < N.length - 1 && N[i-2] > N[i] && N[i+1] < N[i-1]))
return false;
return true;
}
}
C++ Code:
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class Solution {
public:
bool checkPossibility(vector<int>& N) {
for (int i = 1, err = 0; i < N.size(); i++)
if (N[i] < N[i-1])
if (err++ || (i > 1 && i < N.size() - 1 && N[i-2] > N[i] && N[i+1] < N[i-1]))
return false;
return true;
}
};
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by seanpgallivan
seanpgallivan | Sciencx (2021-05-04T09:31:47+00:00) Solution: Non-decreasing Array. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2021/05/04/solution-non-decreasing-array/
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