feat(work): add solutions for problems 42, 209, and 34

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42. Trapping Rain Water
Difficulty: Hard
https://leetcode.com/problems/trapping-rain-water/
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Given n non-negative integers representing an elevation map where the
width of each bar is 1, compute how much water it can trap after
raining.
Example 1:
Input: height = [0,1,0,2,1,0,1,3,2,1,2,1]
Output: 6
Explanation: The above elevation map (black section) is represented
by array [0,1,0,2,1,0,1,3,2,1,2,1]. In this case, 6 units of rain
water (blue section) are being trapped.
Example 2:
Input: height = [4,2,0,3,2,5]
Output: 9
Constraints:
• n == height.length
• 1 <= n <= 2 * 10^4
• 0 <= height[i] <= 10^5
"""
class Solution:
def trap(self, height: list[int]) -> int:
left, right = 0, len(height) - 1
leftMax, rightMax = 0, 0
total = 0
while left < right:
leftMax = max(leftMax, height[left])
rightMax = max(rightMax, height[right])
if height[left] < height[right]:
total += leftMax - height[left]
left += 1
else:
total += rightMax - height[right]
right -= 1
return total
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"""
209. Minimum Size Subarray Sum
Difficulty: Medium
https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-size-subarray-sum/
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Given an array of positive integers nums and a positive integer
target, return the minimal length of a subarray whose sum is greater
than or equal to target. If there is no such subarray, return 0
instead.
Example 1:
Input: target = 7, nums = [2,3,1,2,4,3]
Output: 2
Explanation: The subarray [4,3] has the minimal length under the
problem constraint.
Example 2:
Input: target = 4, nums = [1,4,4]
Output: 1
Example 3:
Input: target = 11, nums = [1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]
Output: 0
Constraints:
• 1 <= target <= 10^9
• 1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^4
Follow up: If you have figured out the O(n) solution, try coding
another solution of which the time complexity is O(n log(n)).
"""
class Solution:
def minSubArrayLen(self, target: int, nums: list[int]) -> int:
window_sum = 0
length = len(nums) + 1
left = 0
for right in range(len(nums)):
window_sum += nums[right]
while window_sum >= target:
length = min(length, right - left + 1)
window_sum -= nums[left]
left += 1
if length > len(nums):
return 0
return length
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"""
34. Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array
Difficulty: Medium
https://leetcode.com/problems/find-first-and-last-position-of-element-in-sorted-array/
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Given an array of integers nums sorted in non-decreasing order, find
the starting and ending position of a given target value.
If target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].
You must write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime complexity.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 8
Output: [3,4]
Example 2:
Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 6
Output: [-1,-1]
Example 3:
Input: nums = [], target = 0
Output: [-1,-1]
Constraints:
• 0 <= nums.length <= 10^5
• -10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
• nums is a non-decreasing array.
• -10^9 <= target <= 10^9
"""
class Solution:
def searchRange(self, nums: list[int], target: int) -> list[int]:
def find(first):
result = -1
left, right = 0, len(nums) - 1
while left <= right:
mid = (left + right) // 2
if nums[mid] == target:
result = mid
if first:
right = mid - 1
else:
left = mid + 1
elif nums[mid] < target:
left = mid + 1
else:
right = mid - 1
return result
return [find(True), find(False)]