Queue Reconstruction by Height
Suppose you have a random list of people standing in a queue. Each person is described by a pair of integers (h, k), where h is the height of the person and k is the number of people in front of this person who have a height greater than or equal to h. Write an algorithm to reconstruct the queue.
Note:
The number of people is less than 1,100.
Example
Input:
[[7,0], [4,4], [7,1], [5,0], [6,1], [5,2]]
Output:
[[5,0], [7,0], [5,2], [6,1], [4,4], [7,1]]
Tips:
- Pick out tallest group of people and sort them in a subarray (S).
- Since there's no other groups of people taller than them, therefore each guy's index will be just as same as his k value.
- For 2nd tallest group (and the rest), insert each one of them into (S) by k value. So on and so forth.
E.g.
input: [[7,0], [4,4], [7,1], [5,0], [6,1], [5,2]]
subarray after step 1: [[7,0], [7,1]]
subarray after step 2: [[7,0], [6,1], [7,1]]
Code:
public class Solution {
public int[][] reconstructQueue(int[][] people) {
//pick up the tallest guy first
//when insert the next tall guy, just need to insert him into kth position
//repeat until all people are inserted into list
Arrays.sort(people,new Comparator<int[]>(){
@Override
public int compare(int[] o1, int[] o2){
return o1[0]!=o2[0]?-o1[0]+o2[0]:o1[1]-o2[1];
}
});
List<int[]> res = new LinkedList<>();
for(int[] cur : people){
if(cur[1]>=res.size())
res.add(cur);
else
res.add(cur[1],cur);
}
return res.toArray(new int[people.length][]);
}
}