Minimize the Heights II - 450DSA Cracker Solutio
Akshima Sharma
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Minimize the Heights II
Given an array arr[] denoting heights of N towers and a positive integer K.
For each tower, you must perform exactly one of the following operations exactly once.
Increase the height of the tower by K
Decrease the height of the tower by K
Find out the minimum possible difference between the height of the shortest and tallest towers after you have modified each tower.
You can find a slight modification of the problem here.
Note: It is compulsory to increase or decrease the height by K for each tower. After the operation, the resultant array should not contain any negative integers.
Example 1:
Input:
K = 2, N = 4
Arr[] = {1, 5, 8, 10}
Output:
5
Explanation:
The array can be modified as
{1+k, 5-k, 8-k, 10-k} = {3, 3, 6, 8}.
The difference between
the largest and the smallest is 8-3 = 5.
Example 2:
Input:
K = 3, N = 5
Arr[] = {3, 9, 12, 16, 20}
Output:
11
Explanation:
The array can be modified as
{3+k, 9+k, 12-k, 16-k, 20-k} -> {6, 12, 9, 13, 17}.
The difference between
the largest and the smallest is 17-6 = 11.
Code
//{ Driver Code Starts
// Initial template for C++
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
// } Driver Code Ends
// User function template for C++
class Solution {
public:
int getMinDiff(int arr[], int n, int k) {
sort (arr , arr+n);
int diff = arr[n-1] - arr[0]; //
int mini , maxi ;
for(int i = 1;i<n ;i++){
if(arr[i]-k <= -1) continue;
maxi = max((arr[i-1]+k) , (arr[n-1]-k));
mini = min(arr[i]-k , arr[0]+k);
diff = min(diff , maxi - mini);
}
return diff;
}
};
//{ Driver Code Starts.
int main() {
int t;
cin >> t;
while (t--) {
int n, k;
cin >> k;
cin >> n;
int arr[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> arr[i];
}
Solution ob;
auto ans = ob.getMinDiff(arr, n, k);
cout << ans << "\n";
}
return 0;
}
// } Driver Code Ends
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