Minimum Number of Operations to Make Array Continuous — LeetCode 2009 Python Solution

HardArrayHash TableBinary SearchSliding Window
Problem
#2009
Reading time
2 min

The problem

You are given an integer array nums. In one operation, you can replace any element in nums with any integer.

Example

Input
nums = [4,2,5,3]
Output
0
Explanation
nums is already continuous.

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def minOperations(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
        ans = n = len(nums)
        nums = sorted(set(nums))
        for i, v in enumerate(nums):
            j = bisect_right(nums, v + n - 1)
            ans = min(ans, n - (j - i))
        return ans

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(n \times \log n)
SpaceO(\log n) auxiliary

Pattern: Sliding Window

Collapse a nested loop over every subarray into a single pass with two indices. LeetCode 2009. Minimum Number of Operations to Make Array Continuous is filed here because LeetCode tags it Sliding Window, which is the vocabulary this hub collects.

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The Python solution on this page runs in O(n \times \log n).
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