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[LeetCode] 414. Third Maximum Number #414

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grandyang opened this issue May 30, 2019 · 0 comments
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[LeetCode] 414. Third Maximum Number #414

grandyang opened this issue May 30, 2019 · 0 comments

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grandyang commented May 30, 2019

 

Given a non-empty array of integers, return the third maximum number in this array. If it does not exist, return the maximum number. The time complexity must be in O(n).

Example 1:

Input: [3, 2, 1]

Output: 1

Explanation: The third maximum is 1.

 

Example 2:

Input: [1, 2]

Output: 2

Explanation: The third maximum does not exist, so the maximum (2) is returned instead.

 

Example 3:

Input: [2, 2, 3, 1]

Output: 1

Explanation: Note that the third maximum here means the third maximum distinct number.
Both numbers with value 2 are both considered as second maximum.

 

这道题让我们求数组中第三大的数,如果不存在的话那么就返回最大的数,题目中说明了这里的第三大不能和第二大相同,必须是严格的小于,而并非小于等于。这道题并不是很难,如果知道怎么求第二大的数,那么求第三大的数的思路都是一样的。那么我们用三个变量first, second, third来分别保存第一大,第二大,和第三大的数,然后我们遍历数组,如果遍历到的数字大于当前第一大的数first,那么三个变量各自错位赋值,如果当前数字大于second,小于first,那么就更新second和third,如果当前数字大于third,小于second,那就只更新third,注意这里有个坑,就是初始化要用长整型long的最小值,否则当数组中有INT_MIN存在时,程序就不知道该返回INT_MIN还是最大值first了,参见代码如下:

 

解法一:

class Solution {
public:
    int thirdMax(vector<int>& nums) {
        long first = LONG_MIN, second = LONG_MIN, third = LONG_MIN;
        for (int num : nums) {
            if (num > first) {
                third = second;
                second = first;
                first = num;
            } else if (num > second && num < first) {
                third = second;
                second = num;
            } else if (num > third && num < second) {
                third = num;
            }
        }
        return (third == LONG_MIN || third == second) ? first : third;
    }
};

 

下面这种方法的时间复杂度是O(nlgn),不符合题目要求,纯粹是拓宽下思路哈,利用了set的自动排序和自动去重复项的特性,很好的解决了问题,对于遍历到的数字,加入set中,重复项就自动去掉了,如果此时set大小大于3个了,那么我们把set的第一个元素去掉,也就是将第四大的数字去掉,那么就可以看出set始终维护的是最大的三个不同的数字,最后遍历结束后,我们看set的大小是否为3,是的话就返回首元素,不是的话就返回尾元素,参见代码如下:

 

解法二:

class Solution {
public:
    int thirdMax(vector<int>& nums) {
        set<int> s;
        for (int num : nums) {
            s.insert(num);
            if (s.size() > 3) {
                s.erase(s.begin());
            }
        }
        return s.size() == 3 ? *s.begin() : *s.rbegin();
    }
};

 

参考资料:

https://discuss.leetcode.com/topic/63903/short-easy-c-using-set

 

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