There is a list of sorted integers from 1 to n. Starting from left to right, remove the first number and every other number afterward until you reach the end of the list.
Repeat the previous step again, but this time from right to left, remove the right most number and every other number from the remaining numbers.
We keep repeating the steps again, alternating left to right and right to left, until a single number remains.
Find the last number that remains starting with a list of length n.
Example:
Input:
n = 9,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2 4 6 8
2 6
6
Output:
6
来源:力扣(LeetCode)
链接:https://leetcode-cn.com/problems/elimination-game
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一般这种题目,要么是数学题,要么用递归。
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
从左到右变成了[2,4,6,8],相当于[1,2,3,4]的结果 * 2
再对[1,2,3,4]进行从右到左,变成[1,3),相当于[1,2]的结果 * 2 - 1。(ps,如果是[1,2,3,4,5]从右到左,变成[2,4],相当于[1,2]的结果 *2)
再对[1,2]从左到右,剩下2,相当于[1]的结果 * 2。
所以不管什么数字,每次都是除以2,到最后只剩下1。唯一要注意的是,从右到左的时候,奇偶是有变化的。
class Solution {
public int lastRemaining(int n) {
return elimit(n , true);
}
public int elimit(int n, boolean forward) {
if (n == 1) {
return 1;
}
if (forward) {
return 2 * elimit(n / 2, false);
} else {
if (n % 2 == 0) {
return 2 * elimit(n / 2, true) - 1;
} else {
return 2 * elimit(n / 2, true);
}
}
}
}