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The problem requires reversing the characters of each individual word in a string while maintaining the original order of the words and the spacing between them. In other words, the sentence structure remains the same, but each word is mirrored in place.
This problem asks us to determine how many strings in the words array are consistent with a given set of allowed charact
The problem gives us a grid called heights, where each cell contains an integer representing elevation. We start at the top-left corner (0, 0) and want to reach the bottom-right corner (rows - 1, columns - 1).
We need to build a lowercase string of length n that satisfies a special condition on repeated letters. For every character, we look at all positions where it appears.
In this problem, Alice repeatedly draws random numbers until her score reaches at least k. Every draw independently produces an integer between 1 and maxPts, inclusive, and each value is equally likely.
The problem gives four integer arrays, nums1, nums2, nums3, and nums4, each containing n elements. We must count how many index tuples (i, j, k, l) satisfy: The important detail is that we are counting tuples of indices, not unique value combinations.
We are given a rectangular board where some cells are missing. Every remaining cell is already colored either black or white in a chessboard pattern. The task is to cover all existing cells using straight triminoes of size 1 × 3 or 3 × 1.
The problem gives us two binary search trees, root1 and root2, along with an integer target. We must determine whether there exists one node from the first tree and one node from the second tree such that their values add up exactly to target.
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This problem asks us to find the in-order successor of a given node inside a Binary Search Tree, abbreviated as BST. Unlike the classic version of the problem, we are not given access to the root of the tree.
The problem gives us an integer array nums and asks us to find the index of any peak element. A peak element is defined as an element that is strictly greater than its immediate neighbors.
The problem presents an undirected graph with n nodes and three types of edges: Type 1 for Alice, Type 2 for Bob, and Ty
The problem asks us to compute the sum of two integers without using the arithmetic operators + and -. Instead of relying on normal arithmetic, we must use bit manipulation to simulate how addition works at the binary level. The input consists of two integers, a and b.
The problem asks us to design a calendar system that supports booking time intervals while enforcing one important rule: no point in time may be covered by three events simultaneously. Each event is represented as a half open interval [startTime, endTime).
The problem gives us a sentence s and an integer k. A sentence is guaranteed to contain words separated by exactly one space, with no extra spaces at the beginning or end. Our task is to return a new sentence that contains only the first k words from the original sentence.
We are given an integer array flowers, where each element represents the beauty value of a flower in a line. We may remove any flowers we want, while preserving the relative order of the remaining flowers. After removals, the remaining sequence must form a valid garden.
The game is played on a one-dimensional stripe of squares, each either black or white. Vasya paints the initial configuration, and Petya can then perform moves to achieve an alternating pattern, where no two adjacent squares share the same color.
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The problem gives us a special type of doubly linked list where every node contains four fields: The next and prev pointers behave exactly like a normal doubly linked list. The extra child pointer introduces another linked list that branches downward from the current node.
We are given an undirected graph. Each edge represents a segment drawn between two points. We may erase exactly one edge, and after removing it we want the remaining graph to become bipartite.
We are given three circles on the plane. Each circle represents a stadium, with a center point and a radius. We need to find a point from which all three stadiums are seen under the same angle.
The problem gives an integer array nums, and asks us to choose two different indices i and j. For those two elements, we compute the expression: Our goal is to return the maximum possible value of this expression.
The problem is asking us to reconstruct a flight itinerary given a list of tickets. Each ticket is a one-way flight represented as a pair of airport codes [from, to]. The traveler always starts at "JFK", and the itinerary must use all tickets exactly once.
The problem asks us to determine how many complete rows of a coin staircase can be formed using exactly n coins. A staircase arrangement follows a very specific structure: - The first row contains 1 coin - The second row contains 2 coins - The third row contains 3 coins -…
We maintain a dynamic set of points on a 2D plane. Three operations are supported.
The problem asks us to determine whether a given collection of cards can be rearranged into groups of consecutive numbers, each of size groupSize.
This problem is asking us to assign a set of jobs, each with a specific time requirement, to k workers such that every job is assigned to exactly one worker, and we minimize the maximum total working time among all workers.
The problem asks us to find the length of the longest contiguous substring that forms a valid parentheses sequence. A valid parentheses sequence is one where every opening parenthesis '(' has a corresponding closing parenthesis ')', and the pairs are correctly nested.
The problem gives us a deck of unique integer cards and asks us to arrange the deck so that a very specific reveal process produces the cards in increasing order. The reveal process works like this: 1. Reveal the top card and remove it from the deck. 2.
The problem asks us to select three items from a store such that their prices are strictly increasing and their indices
This problem asks us to generate the shortest possible abbreviation for a given target word such that the abbreviation cannot also represent any word in the dictionary. An abbreviation replaces one or more non-adjacent substrings with their lengths.
This problem gives us a string s that contains only the characters 'L' and 'R'. The string is guaranteed to already be balanced overall, meaning the total number of 'L' characters equals the total number of 'R' characters.
The problem asks us to find the maximum width ramp in an array of integers. A ramp is defined as a pair of indices (i, j) such that: - i < j - nums[i] <= nums[j] The width of the ramp is simply the distance between the two indices: Our goal is to compute the largest possible…
We are given up to 100 triangles on the plane. Each triangle represents a black spot on a white square. Triangles may overlap, intersect, or even completely cover one another. The task is to compute the perimeter of the union of all black regions.
The problem asks us to calculate the sum of widths for all non-empty subsequences of a given integer array nums. A subsequence is any sequence derived by removing zero or more elements from the original array while maintaining the order.
We are given up to one hundred thousand points on a 2D plane. For every unordered pair of points, we must compute the squared Euclidean distance between them and add all those values together.
The problem gives us a two-dimensional grid of integers called matrix. Each position in the grid contains a value, and we are asked to find the length of the longest strictly increasing path.
The problem asks us to determine how many words in the words array can be transformed into the target string s using a very specific type of expansion operation.
The problem asks us to implement a SnapshotArray, a data structure that behaves like an array but also allows taking snapshots of its state at any moment and retrieving the value of any element at a specific snapshot.
The problem gives us a special alphabet board and asks us to generate the shortest sequence of moves needed to spell a target string. The board contains lowercase English letters arranged in rows: We always begin at position (0, 0), which corresponds to the character 'a'.
We are given a sequence of integers, and the task is to maximize its sum by performing two operations: first, we may choose any prefix of the sequence and multiply every element in it by -1; second, we may choose any suffix of the sequence and multiply every element in it by -1.
We are given a digital time in HH:MM format and need to determine how far the analog clock hands must rotate from the initial position 12:00. The clock starts with both hands pointing at 12. We may rotate each hand independently, and only in the clockwise direction.
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The problem asks us to find the length of the longest sequence of consecutive integers in an unsorted array. A consecutive sequence means numbers that appear one after another numerically, regardless of their position in the array.
Edit The problem gives us an array hours, where each element represents the number of hours an employee worked on a specific day. A day is classified as tiring if the employee worked strictly more than 8 hours. Otherwise, the day is considered non-tiring.
We are asked to compute the maximum number of “tentacles” that can traverse a cylindrical grid from the leftmost column to the rightmost column, given capacities for every corridor connecting adjacent cells.
The problem gives us two strings, word1 and word2. We must choose a non-empty subsequence from each string, concatenate them together, and form a palindrome. Our goal is to maximize the length of that palindrome. A subsequence does not require characters to be contiguous.
The board has N rows and M columns. A robot starts at cell (i, j) and repeatedly performs one random move. From an interior cell it has four equally likely choices: stay in place, move left, move right, or move down.
The problem gives us two integer arrays, nums1 and nums2. We must count the number of valid triplets that satisfy one of
The problem asks us to select exactly three non-overlapping subarrays from the input array nums, where each subarray has length k. Among all valid choices, we must maximize the total sum of all elements contained in those three subarrays.
Petr is standing somewhere in a line containing n people. Positions are numbered from 1 at the front to n at the back. He knows two things about his position. At least a people are standing in front of him, and at most b people are standing behind him.
This problem asks us to analyze a database table named Submissions and determine how many unique comments belong to each post.
The problem asks us to identify all large groups in a given string and return their positions as intervals. A group is a sequence of consecutive identical characters.
The input is a numeric string num that is guaranteed to already be a palindrome. The task is to rearrange its digits to create another palindrome that is strictly larger than the original number, while also being the smallest such palindrome possible.
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Each player initially owns cards of exactly one color, their own color. Player i starts with a[i] cards, all of color i. During a swap, two players exchange one card each. A player may only give away cards of their own color, and may never receive a color they already possess.
This problem describes a square room with perfectly reflective walls. The room has side length p, and there are three receptors placed at three corners of the square: - Receptor 0 is at the southeast corner - Receptor 1 is at the northeast corner - Receptor 2 is at the…
The problem gives us the root of an arbitrary binary tree and asks us to find the size of the largest subtree that is also a valid Binary Search Tree, abbreviated as BST. A subtree is any node together with all of its descendants. This means we cannot selectively ignore children.
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The problem asks us to find the lexicographically largest permutation that is still smaller than the given array, using exactly one swap operation.
We are asked to estimate the minimum number of presents the Hedgehog will receive over the next N days. He has two rules governing present reception: every holiday he receives a gift, and he cannot go more than K days without receiving one.
This problem asks us to maximize the number of children who can be satisfied with the available cookies. Each child has a greed factor, and each cookie has a size. A child becomes content only if they receive a cookie whose size is greater than or equal to their greed factor.
This problem requires determining how many candidates a company can hire as seniors and juniors under a fixed budget of $70000, following a strict priority: hire as many seniors as possible first, then use the remaining budget to hire juniors.
We are given the final text printed by INTERCAL's strange "Turing Tape" output procedure. Each printed character was produced from one integer of an unknown array. The encoding process depends on the previous printed character, so every step is linked to the one before it.
The problem gives us a binary matrix M with dimensions height x width. Every cell in the matrix must contain either 0 or 1. There is one important restriction: Every square submatrix of size sideLength x sideLength may contain at most maxOnes cells equal to 1.
The problem asks us to find a subsequence of a given integer array nums such that the sum of that subsequence is as close as possible to a given integer goal.
We have a scenario where a cannon at the origin shoots a number of balls with the same initial speed, each at a given angle. The goal is to determine where each ball lands after either hitting a vertical wall or reaching the ground.
This problem asks us to determine whether a robot, starting at the origin (0, 0) on a 2D plane, returns to the origin after executing a sequence of moves. Each move is represented by a character in a string: 'R' moves right, 'L' moves left, 'U' moves up, and 'D' moves down.
This problem asks us to design a data structure that continuously processes a stream of integers and supports querying t
This problem asks us to implement our own linked list data structure from scratch without using any built in linked list library.
The problem asks us to compute the vertical order traversal of a binary tree. In simpler terms, we are asked to “look at the tree from the side” and collect the nodes that align in the same vertical column.
The problem asks for a preorder traversal of an n-ary tree. In a preorder traversal, the order of visiting nodes is: first the root node, then recursively all the children from left to right.
The problem gives us a keyboard with four operations: - Press A, which inserts one character 'A' - Press Ctrl-A, which selects everything currently on the screen - Press Ctrl-C, which copies the selected text into a clipboard buffer - Press Ctrl-V, which pastes the clipboard…
In this problem, we are given a binary array called bits. The array represents a sequence of encoded characters using the following rules: - A one-bit character is represented by a single 0 - A two-bit character is represented by either 10 or 11 The array is guaranteed to end…
The problem is asking us to find the next greater element for each element in nums1 within another array nums2. Formally, for each element in nums1, we need to locate its position in nums2 and then find the first element to its right in nums2 that is greater than itself.
We are asked to examine permutations of numbers from 1 to n and focus on "lucky numbers" - integers that contain only the digits 4 and 7.
In this problem, we are given the root node of a binary tree. Every node belongs to a specific level in the tree. The root is at level 1, its direct children are at level 2, their children are at level 3, and so on.
We start with a set of distinct lattice points on the plane. We may add more points, and the final set must satisfy a geometric condition for every pair of points. Take any two points.
This problem asks us to generate all possible synonymous variations of a given sentence based on a list of equivalent wo
We have a fixed starting point, the handbag, and up to 24 scattered objects on a 2D plane. Lena always starts at the handbag, walks around collecting at most two objects, returns to the handbag, then repeats until every object is stored back.
In this problem, we are given a binary string s that contains only the characters '0' and '1'. The string is guaranteed to begin with '1', which means there are no leading zeros. The task is to determine whether the string contains at most one contiguous segment of ones.
The problem asks us to add two numbers that are represented in negabinary, which is base -2. Unlike standard binary (base 2), each bit in negabinary contributes a value multiplied by powers of -2.
This problem gives us a sorted array of integers named nums and a target integer named target. The array is sorted in ascending order, meaning every element is smaller than the elements that come after it. We must determine whether the target value exists in the array.
We are given three positive integers representing the prices of three presents. There are three sisters, ranked by age: eldest, middle, and youngest.
The problem describes a robot moving on a rectangular m x n grid. The robot starts at the top left corner of the grid and wants to reach the bottom right corner. At every step, the robot is only allowed to move either one cell to the right or one cell downward.
The problem asks us to construct the shortest possible string that contains both str1 and str2 as subsequences. A subsequence does not require characters to appear contiguously. Instead, the characters only need to appear in the same relative order.
This problem asks us to simulate movement on a 2D plane according to a string of directional instructions. Each characte
This problem is asking us to determine the maximum number of contiguous chunks into which we can split an array such that sorting each chunk individually and concatenating them results in a fully sorted array.
The problem requires designing a system to manage seat reservations for n seats numbered from 1 to n. You need to implement a SeatManager class with two main operations: reserve and unreserve.
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We are given a rectangular garden represented as an n×m grid. Each cell contains either grass, which does not require mowing, or weeds, which do. We start at the top-left corner of the garden, always on grass, and initially facing right.
The problem asks us to construct the longest possible string using only the characters 'a', 'b', and 'c', while satisfyi
The problem is asking us to identify users who qualify as interview candidates based on their performance in LeetCode contests. We are provided two tables: Contests and Users.
This problem gives us a row of seats represented by the array row, where each value is the ID of the person currently sitting in that seat. The row contains 2n people, meaning there are exactly n couples.
The problem gives us a database table named Activities with two columns: | Column | Meaning | | --- | --- | | selldate |
We are given several bags of cookies, where each bag contains some number of cookies. Olga wants to steal exactly one bag. After removing that bag, the total number of cookies left behind must be even so the two sisters can split them equally.
We are given a small group of people and a list of pairs who cannot work together. We need to choose the largest possible subset such that every pair inside the chosen group is compatible. This is naturally a graph problem. Think of each volunteer as a vertex.
This problem asks us to identify all buyers who purchased the product named S8 but never purchased the product named iPhone. We are given two tables: The Product table stores information about products. Each row contains a unique productid, the product name, and its unit price.
We need to evaluate a sum over an interval [l, r]. For every integer x in that range, we compute next(x), where next(x) means the smallest lucky number greater than or equal to x. A lucky number is a positive integer whose decimal digits are only 4 and 7.
The problem gives us several classes, where each class is represented as [passi, totali]. The value passi tells us how many students currently pass the exam, while totali tells us the total number of students in that class.