Problem Given a singly linked list, return a random node’s value from the linked list. Each node must have the same probability of being chosen. Implement the Solution class: Solution(ListNode head) Initializes the object with the head of the singly-linked list head. int getRandom() Chooses a node randomly from the list and returns its value. All the nodes of the list should be equally likely to be chosen. Examples Example 1: ...
Problem There is an m x n binary grid matrix with all the values set 0 initially. Design an algorithm to randomly pick an index (i, j) where matrix[i][j] == 0 and flips it to 1. All the indices (i, j) where matrix[i][j] == 0 should be equally likely to be returned. Optimize your algorithm to minimize the number of calls made to the built-in random function of your language and optimize the time and space complexity. ...
Problem Given an integer array nums with possible duplicates, randomly output the index of a given target number. You can assume that the given target number must exist in the array. Implement the Solution class: Solution(int[] nums) Initializes the object with the array nums. int pick(int target) Picks a random index i from nums where nums[i] == target. If there are multiple valid i’s, then each index should have an equal probability of returning. Examples Example 1: ...
The difference between the two is that they do different things: Algorithm Input Output Time Space FISHER-YATES SHUFFLE n elements A list containing all n elements in a random order O(n) O(n) RESERVOIR SAMPLING n elements and integer k A set containing k of the n elements, selected randomly O(n) O(k) Fisher Yates| n elements | a list containint all n elements in random order| O(n) | O(n) ...