Problem In the classic problem of the Towers of Hanoi, you have 3 rods and N disks of different sizes which can slide onto any tower. The puzzle starts with disks sorted in ascending order of size from top to bottom (e.g., each disk sits on top of an even larger one). You have the following constraints: (A) Only one disk can be moved at a time. (B) A disk is slid off the top of one rod onto the next rod. (C) A disk can only be placed on top of a larger disk. ...
Problem Given a string s containing just the characters '(', ')', '{', '}', '[' and ']', determine if the input string is valid. An input string is valid if: Open brackets must be closed by the same type of brackets. Open brackets must be closed in the correct order. Every close bracket has a corresponding open bracket of the same type. Examples Example 1: ...
Stack of Plates Problem Imagine a (literal) stack of plates. If the stack gets too high, it might topple. Therefore, in real life, we would likely start a new stack when the previous stack exceeds some threshold. Implement a data structure SetOfStacks that mimics this. SetOfStacks should be composed of several stacks, and should create a new stack once the previous one exceeds capacity. SetOfStacks.push() and SetOfStacks.pop() should behave identically to a single stack (that is, pop() should return the same values as it would if there were just a single stack). ...
Problem Implement a first in first out (FIFO) queue using only two stacks. The implemented queue should support all the functions of a normal queue (push, peek, pop, and empty). Implement the MyQueue class: void push(int x) Pushes element x to the back of the queue. int pop() Removes the element from the front of the queue and returns it. int peek() Returns the element at the front of the queue. boolean empty() Returns true if the queue is empty, false otherwise. Notes: ...
Problem Implement a last-in-first-out (LIFO) stack using only two queues. The implemented stack should support all the functions of a normal stack (push, top, pop, and empty). Implement the MyStack class: void push(int x) Pushes element x to the top of the stack. int pop() Removes the element on the top of the stack and returns it. int top() Returns the element on the top of the stack. boolean empty() Returns true if the stack is empty, false otherwise. Notes: ...
Problem 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. Examples Example 1: ...
Problem The next greater element of some element x in an array is the first greater element that is to the right of x in the same array. You are given two distinct 0-indexed integer arrays nums1 and nums2, where nums1 is a subset of nums2. For each 0 <= i < nums1.length, find the index j such that nums1[i] == nums2[j] and determine the next greater element of nums2[j] in nums2. If there is no next greater element, then the answer for this query is -1. ...
Problem You are keeping score for a baseball game with strange rules. The game consists of several rounds, where the scores of past rounds may affect future rounds’ scores. At the beginning of the game, you start with an empty record. You are given a list of strings ops, where ops[i] is the ith operation you must apply to the record and is one of the following: An integer x - Record a new score of x. "+" - Record a new score that is the sum of the previous two scores. It is guaranteed there will always be two previous scores. "D" - Record a new score that is double the previous score. It is guaranteed there will always be a previous score. "C" - Invalidate the previous score, removing it from the record. It is guaranteed there will always be a previous score. Return the sum of all the scores on the record. ...
Problem Design a stack that supports push, pop, top, and retrieving the minimum element in constant time. Implement the MinStack class: MinStack() initializes the stack object. void push(int val) pushes the element val onto the stack. void pop() removes the element on the top of the stack. int top() gets the top element of the stack. int getMin() retrieves the minimum element in the stack. You must implement a solution with O(1) aka constant time complexity for each function. ...
Problem Given a string s representing a valid expression, implement a basic calculator to evaluate it, and return the result of the evaluation. Note: You are not allowed to use any built-in function which evaluates strings as mathematical expressions, such as eval(). Examples Example 1: Input: s = "3+2*2" Output: 7 Example 2: Input: s = " 3/2 " Output: 1 ...