Degree Of An Array Problem
Description
LeetCode Problem 697.
Given a non-empty array of non-negative integers nums, the degree of this array is defined as the maximum frequency of any one of its elements.
Your task is to find the smallest possible length of a (contiguous) subarray of nums, that has the same degree as nums.
Example 1:
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Input: nums = [1,2,2,3,1]
Output: 2
Explanation:
The input array has a degree of 2 because both elements 1 and 2 appear twice.
Of the subarrays that have the same degree:
[1, 2, 2, 3, 1], [1, 2, 2, 3], [2, 2, 3, 1], [1, 2, 2], [2, 2, 3], [2, 2]
The shortest length is 2. So return 2.
Example 2:
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Input: nums = [1,2,2,3,1,4,2]
Output: 6
Explanation:
The degree is 3 because the element 2 is repeated 3 times.
So [2,2,3,1,4,2] is the shortest subarray, therefore returning 6.
Constraints:
- nums.length will be between 1 and 50,000.
- nums[i] will be an integer between 0 and 49,999.
Sample C++ Code
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class Solution {
public:
int findShortestSubArray(vector<int>& nums) {
unordered_map<int,vector<int>> mp;
for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++)
mp[nums[i]].push_back(i);
int degree=0;
for (auto it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); it++)
degree = max(degree, int(it->second.size()));
int shortest = nums.size();
for (auto it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); it++) {
if (it->second.size() == degree) {
shortest = min(shortest, it->second.back()-it->second[0] + 1);
}
}
return shortest;
}
};