You are given an integer array nums and you have to return a new counts array. The counts array has the property where counts[i] is the number of smaller elements to the right of nums[i].
Example:
Given nums = [5, 2, 6, 1]
To the right of 5 there are 2 smaller elements (2 and 1).
To the right of 2 there is only 1 smaller element (1).
To the right of 6 there is 1 smaller element (1).
To the right of 1 there is 0 smaller element.
Return the array [2, 1, 1, 0].
Solution 1(divide and conquer):
vector countSmaller(vector& nums) {
int n = nums.size();
vector cnt(n, 0);
vector index(n);
for(int i = 0; i& nums, vector& cnt, vector& index, int left, int right) {
if(left >= right) return;
int mid = (left + right)/2;
mergeSort(nums, cnt, index, left, mid);
mergeSort(nums, cnt, index, mid+1, right);
merge(nums, cnt, index, left, right);
}
void merge(vector& nums, vector& cnt, vector& index, int left, int right) {
int mid = (left+right)/2;
int i = left, j = mid+1, k = 0, count = 0;
vector newindex(right-left+1);
while(i<=mid || j<=right){
if(i>mid)
newindex[k++] = index[j++];
else if(j>right){
cnt[index[i]] += count;
newindex[k++] = index[i++];
}
else if(nums[index[i]] <= nums[index[j]]){
cnt[index[i]] += count;
newindex[k++] = index[i++];
}
else{
newindex[k++] = index[j++];
count++;
}
}
for(i = 0; i<=right-left; i++)
index[left+i] = newindex[i];
}
notes:
Should change the index instead of the array itself.
reference:
https://leetcode.com/problems/count-of-smaller-numbers-after-self/discuss/76583/11ms-JAVA-solution-using-merge-sort-with-explanation
Solution 2(augmented BST):
class TreeNode{
public:
TreeNode *left = NULL, *right = NULL;
int val, sum, dup = 1;
TreeNode(int val){
this->val = val;
this->sum = 0;
}
};
vector countSmaller(vector& nums) {
int n = nums.size();
vector ans(n, 0);
TreeNode* root = NULL;
for(int i = n-1; i>=0; i--)
root = insert(nums[i], ans, root, i, 0);
return ans;
}
TreeNode* insert(int num, vector& ans, TreeNode* root, int i, int preSum) {
if(root == NULL){
root = new TreeNode(num);
ans[i] = preSum;
}
else if(num == root->val){
root->dup++;
ans[i] = preSum + root->sum;
}
else if(num < root->val){
root->sum++;
root->left = insert(num, ans, root->left, i, preSum);
}
else{
root->right = insert(num, ans, root->right, i, preSum + root->sum + root->dup);
}
return root;
}
reference:
https://leetcode.com/problems/count-of-smaller-numbers-after-self/discuss/76580/9ms-short-Java-BST-solution-get-answer-when-building-BST