Subarray With Elements Greater Than Varying Threshold — LeetCode 2334 Python Solution

HardStackUnion FindArrayMonotonic Stack
Problem
#2334
Pattern
Union-Find
Reading time
5 min

The problem

You are given an integer array nums and an integer threshold. Find any subarray of nums of length k such that every element in the subarray is greater than threshold / k.

Example

Input
nums = [1,3,4,3,1], threshold = 6
Output
3
Explanation
The subarray [3,4,3] has a size of 3, and every element is greater than 6 / 3 = 2.

Python solution

Python
class Solution:
    def validSubarraySize(self, nums: List[int], threshold: int) -> int:
        def find(x):
            if p[x] != x:
                p[x] = find(p[x])
            return p[x]

        def merge(a, b):
            pa, pb = find(a), find(b)
            if pa == pb:
                return
            p[pa] = pb
            size[pb] += size[pa]

        n = len(nums)
        p = list(range(n))
        size = [1] * n
        arr = sorted(zip(nums, range(n)), reverse=True)
        vis = [False] * n
        for v, i in arr:
            if i and vis[i - 1]:
                merge(i, i - 1)
            if i < n - 1 and vis[i + 1]:
                merge(i, i + 1)
            if v > threshold // size[find(i)]:
                return size[find(i)]
            vis[i] = True
        return -1

Complexity

MeasureComplexity
TimeO(n)
SpaceO(n) auxiliary

Pattern: Union-Find

Merge groups and ask whether two things are connected, both in near-constant time. LeetCode 2334. Subarray With Elements Greater Than Varying Threshold is filed here because LeetCode tags it Union Find, which is the vocabulary this hub collects.

The union-find guide has the Python template for the pattern and the 83 LeetCode problems that use it.

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