MediumNo. 1626

Best Team With No Conflicts — LeetCode 1626 Python Solution

Pattern
Sorting
Topics
Array, Dynamic Programming, Sorting
Reading time
2 min

The problem

You are the manager of a basketball team. For the upcoming tournament, you want to choose the team with the highest overall score.

Example

Input
scores = [1,3,5,10,15], ages = [1,2,3,4,5]
Output
34
Explanation
You can choose all the players.

Python solution

PythonSolution
class Solution:
    def bestTeamScore(self, scores: List[int], ages: List[int]) -> int:
        arr = sorted(zip(scores, ages))
        n = len(arr)
        f = [0] * n
        for i, (score, age) in enumerate(arr):
            for j in range(i):
                if age >= arr[j][1]:
                    f[i] = max(f[i], f[j])
            f[i] += score
        return max(f)

Complexity

Time
O(n·m) (typical)
Space · auxiliary
O(n·m)or optimized

Pattern: Sorting

Spend O(n log n) once to buy an ordering that makes the rest of the problem trivial. LeetCode 1626. Best Team With No Conflicts is filed here because LeetCode tags it Sorting, which is the vocabulary this hub collects.

The sorting guide has the Python template for the pattern and the 401 LeetCode problems that use it.

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Frequently asked questions

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LeetCode 1626. Best Team With No Conflicts is tagged Array, Dynamic Programming and Sorting on LeetCode.

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