1299. Replace Elements with Greatest Element on Right Side
Description
Given an array arr
, replace every element in that array with the greatest element among the elements to its right, and replace the last element with -1
.
After doing so, return the array.
Example 1:
Input: arr = [17,18,5,4,6,1] Output: [18,6,6,6,1,-1] Explanation: - index 0 --> the greatest element to the right of index 0 is index 1 (18). - index 1 --> the greatest element to the right of index 1 is index 4 (6). - index 2 --> the greatest element to the right of index 2 is index 4 (6). - index 3 --> the greatest element to the right of index 3 is index 4 (6). - index 4 --> the greatest element to the right of index 4 is index 5 (1). - index 5 --> there are no elements to the right of index 5, so we put -1.
Example 2:
Input: arr = [400] Output: [-1] Explanation: There are no elements to the right of index 0.
Constraints:
1 <= arr.length <= 104
1 <= arr[i] <= 105
Solutions
Solution 1: Reverse Traversal
We use a variable $mx$ to record the maximum value to the right of the current position, initially $mx = -1$.
Then we traverse the array from right to left. For each position $i$, we denote the current value as $x$, update the current position's value to $mx$, and then update $mx = \max(mx, x)$.
Finally, return the original array.
The time complexity is $O(n)$, where $n$ is the length of the array. The space complexity is $O(1)$.
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