Short Problem Definition:
The member states of the UN are planning to send 2 people to the moon. They want them to be from different countries. You will be given a list of pairs of astronaut ID’s. Each pair is made of astronauts from the same country. Determine how many pairs of astronauts from different countries they can choose from.
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Complexity:
time complexity is O(N)
space complexity is O(1)
Execution:
Keep track of Melements at a time. Basically a simplified prefix sum.
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#!/bin/pythonimport sysdef getWays(squares, d, m): cnt = 0 q = squares[:m-1] for ele in squares[m-1:]: q.append(ele) if (sum(q) == d): cnt += 1 q.pop(0) return cntn = int(raw_input().strip())s = map(int, raw_input().strip().split(' '))d,m = raw_input().strip().split(' ')d,m = [int(d),int(m)]result = getWays(s, d, m)print(result) |
