27. Remove Element – Easy
descrition
Given an array and a value, remove all instances of that value in-place and return the new length.
Do not allocate extra space for another array, you must do this by modifying the input array in-place with O(1) extra memory.
The order of elements can be changed. It doesn’t matter what you leave beyond the new length.
Example
Given nums = [3,2,2,3], val = 3,
Your function should return length = 2, with the first two elements of nums being 2.
解析
核心思想:双指针;注意需求的分析,根据需求进一步优化设计。
方法 1
参见 code: int removeElementKeepOrder(vector
快慢指针,icur 指向新数组的结尾,i 遍历数组,只要当前值不等于 val 则进行复制。
方法 2
注意到题目的两个前提条件:(1)数组中元素的位置可以改变;(2)超过最新长度 length 后面的元素无关紧要。
这两个条件使得算法进一步优化成为可能。比如当 nums=[1,2,3,5,4],val=4,如果使用方法 1,将产生 4 次赋值操作。而 nums=[4,1,2,3,5],val=4 时,也将产生 4 次赋值操作,实际上我们可以直接将 4 直接删掉的。
还是两个指针,只不过这是两个对立的指针,icur 从前往后,指向当前要检查的数,在此之前的数都是满足要求的,当 nums[icur] 不满足要求时,值需要将 nums[iend] 赋值给它,并将 iend 自减即可, 这相当于之间删除 val。虽然时间复杂度还是 O(n),但实际上赋值操作的次数只等于需要删除的元素个数,当需要删除的元素个数很少时,算法很高效。
code
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
class Solution{
public:
int removeElement(vector<int>& nums, int val){
//return removeElementKeepOrder(nums, val);
return removeElementChangePlace(nums, val);
}
// time-O(n), space-O(1)
int removeElementKeepOrder(vector<int>& nums, int val){
int icur = 0;
for(int i=0; i<nums.size(); i++){
if(nums[i] != val){
nums[icur++] = nums[i];
}
}
return icur; // return new length
}
// time-O(n). In this approach, the number of assignment operation is
// equal to the number of elements to remove. So it is more efficent if
// elements to remove are rare.
// Note: this optimization is based on the condition of
// (1) The order of elements can be changed
// (2) It doesn't matter what you leave beyond the new length.
// space-O(1),
int removeElementChangePlace(vector<int>& nums, int val){
int icur = 0;
int iend = nums.size() - 1;
while(icur<=iend){
if(nums[icur] == val){
// move nums[icur] to the end and delete which operation is equal to subtract iend.
// note: icur can't be decrease, because the current element
// dosen't check
nums[icur] = nums[iend];
iend--;
}else{
icur++;
}
}
return iend+1;
}
};
int main()
{
return 0;
}
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