2545. Sort the Students by Their Kth Score
Description
There is a class with m
students and n
exams. You are given a 0-indexed m x n
integer matrix score
, where each row represents one student and score[i][j]
denotes the score the ith
student got in the jth
exam. The matrix score
contains distinct integers only.
You are also given an integer k
. Sort the students (i.e., the rows of the matrix) by their scores in the kth
(0-indexed) exam from the highest to the lowest.
Return the matrix after sorting it.
Example 1:
Input: score = [[10,6,9,1],[7,5,11,2],[4,8,3,15]], k = 2 Output: [[7,5,11,2],[10,6,9,1],[4,8,3,15]] Explanation: In the above diagram, S denotes the student, while E denotes the exam. - The student with index 1 scored 11 in exam 2, which is the highest score, so they got first place. - The student with index 0 scored 9 in exam 2, which is the second highest score, so they got second place. - The student with index 2 scored 3 in exam 2, which is the lowest score, so they got third place.
Example 2:
Input: score = [[3,4],[5,6]], k = 0 Output: [[5,6],[3,4]] Explanation: In the above diagram, S denotes the student, while E denotes the exam. - The student with index 1 scored 5 in exam 0, which is the highest score, so they got first place. - The student with index 0 scored 3 in exam 0, which is the lowest score, so they got second place.
Constraints:
m == score.length
n == score[i].length
1 <= m, n <= 250
1 <= score[i][j] <= 105
score
consists of distinct integers.0 <= k < n
Solutions
Solution 1: Sorting
We sort score in descending order based on the scores in the $k^{th}$ column, and then return it.
The time complexity is $O(m \times \log m)$, and the space complexity is $O(1)$. Here, $m$ is the number of rows in score.
1 2 3 |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
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1 2 3 4 |
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1 2 3 |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
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