Medium
Maximize Greatness of an Array — Python
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(n)
# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(n)
# freq table, contructive algorithms
class Solution(object):
def maximizeGreatness(self, nums):
"""
:type nums: List[int]
:rtype: int
"""
return len(nums)-max(collections.Counter(nums).itervalues())
# Time: O(nlogn)
# Space: O(1)
# sort, greedy, two pointers
class Solution2(object):
def maximizeGreatness(self, nums):
"""
:type nums: List[int]
:rtype: int
"""
nums.sort()
left = 0
for right in xrange(len(nums)):
if nums[right] > nums[left]:
left += 1
return left