这道题虽然简单,但是可以有多种解法,适合练习各种解法。
题目要求返回库存余量最少的cnt个商品余量,这其实就是求数组中最小的cnt个数。题目强调返回顺序不限,这正好适合用快速选择算法,因为partition函数刚好找到第cnt小的数时,其左侧的都比它小,左侧元素的大小顺序是无关紧要的,不需要把左侧的部分都排好序就可以直接返回。
用基于快速排序思想的快速选择算法:
class Solution {
public:
vector<int> inventoryManagement(vector<int>& stock, int cnt) {
vector<int> res;
int len = stock.size();
quick_select(stock,0,len-1,cnt);
for(int i = 0;i < cnt;i++)
res.push_back(stock[i]);
return res;
}
void quick_select(vector<int>& stock,int left,int right,int cnt)
{
if(left <= right)
{
int pos = partition(stock,left,right);
if(pos == cnt - 1){
return;
}
else if(pos > cnt -1){
quick_select(stock,left,pos - 1,cnt);
}
else{
quick_select(stock,pos + 1,right,cnt);
}
}
}
int partition(vector<int>& stock,int left,int right)
{
if(left >= right)
return left;
int pivot = stock[left];
while(left < right){
while(left<right&&stock[right] >= pivot) right--;
stock[left] = stock[right];
while(left<right&&stock[left]<= pivot) left++;
stock[right] = stock[left];
}
stock[left] = pivot;
return left;
}
};