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2944. Minimum Number of Coins for Fruits

Description

You are given an integer array prices where prices[i] denotes the number of coins needed to purchase the ith fruit.

The fruit market has the following reward for each fruit:

  • If you purchase the ith fruit at prices[i] coins, you can get any number of the next (i + 1) fruits for free.

Note that even if you can take fruit j for free, you can still purchase it for prices[j] coins to receive its reward.

Return the minimum number of coins needed to acquire all the fruits.

 

Example 1:

Input: prices = [3,1,2]

Output: 4

Explanation:

  • Purchase the 1st fruit with prices[0] = 3 coins, you are allowed to take the 2nd fruit for free.
  • Purchase the 2nd fruit with prices[1] = 1 coin, you are allowed to take the 3rd fruit for free.
  • Take the 3rd fruit for free.

Note that even though you could take the 2nd fruit for free as a reward of buying 1st fruit, you purchase it to receive its reward, which is more optimal.

Example 2:

Input: prices = [1,10,1,1]

Output: 2

Explanation:

  • Purchase the 1st fruit with prices[0] = 1 coin, you are allowed to take the 2nd fruit for free.
  • Take the 2nd fruit for free.
  • Purchase the 3rd fruit for prices[2] = 1 coin, you are allowed to take the 4th fruit for free.
  • Take the 4th fruit for free.

Example 3:

Input: prices = [26,18,6,12,49,7,45,45]

Output: 39

Explanation:

  • Purchase the 1st fruit with prices[0] = 26 coin, you are allowed to take the 2nd fruit for free.
  • Take the 2nd fruit for free.
  • Purchase the 3rd fruit for prices[2] = 6 coin, you are allowed to take the 4th, 5th and 6th (the next three) fruits for free.
  • Take the 4th fruit for free.
  • Take the 5th fruit for free.
  • Purchase the 6th fruit with prices[5] = 7 coin, you are allowed to take the 8th and 9th fruit for free.
  • Take the 7th fruit for free.
  • Take the 8th fruit for free.

Note that even though you could take the 6th fruit for free as a reward of buying 3rd fruit, you purchase it to receive its reward, which is more optimal.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= prices.length <= 1000
  • 1 <= prices[i] <= 105

Solutions

Solution 1

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class Solution:
    def minimumCoins(self, prices: List[int]) -> int:
        @cache
        def dfs(i: int) -> int:
            if i * 2 >= len(prices):
                return prices[i - 1]
            return prices[i - 1] + min(dfs(j) for j in range(i + 1, i * 2 + 2))

        return dfs(1)

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class Solution {
    private int[] prices;
    private int[] f;
    private int n;

    public int minimumCoins(int[] prices) {
        n = prices.length;
        f = new int[n + 1];
        this.prices = prices;
        return dfs(1);
    }

    private int dfs(int i) {
        if (i * 2 >= n) {
            return prices[i - 1];
        }
        if (f[i] == 0) {
            f[i] = 1 << 30;
            for (int j = i + 1; j <= i * 2 + 1; ++j) {
                f[i] = Math.min(f[i], prices[i - 1] + dfs(j));
            }
        }
        return f[i];
    }
}

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class Solution {
public:
    int minimumCoins(vector<int>& prices) {
        int n = prices.size();
        int f[n + 1];
        memset(f, 0x3f, sizeof(f));
        function<int(int)> dfs = [&](int i) {
            if (i * 2 >= n) {
                return prices[i - 1];
            }
            if (f[i] == 0x3f3f3f3f) {
                for (int j = i + 1; j <= i * 2 + 1; ++j) {
                    f[i] = min(f[i], prices[i - 1] + dfs(j));
                }
            }
            return f[i];
        };
        return dfs(1);
    }
};

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func minimumCoins(prices []int) int {
    n := len(prices)
    f := make([]int, n+1)
    var dfs func(int) int
    dfs = func(i int) int {
        if i*2 >= n {
            return prices[i-1]
        }
        if f[i] == 0 {
            f[i] = 1 << 30
            for j := i + 1; j <= i*2+1; j++ {
                f[i] = min(f[i], dfs(j)+prices[i-1])
            }
        }
        return f[i]
    }
    return dfs(1)
}

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function minimumCoins(prices: number[]): number {
    const n = prices.length;
    const f: number[] = Array(n + 1).fill(0);
    const dfs = (i: number): number => {
        if (i * 2 >= n) {
            return prices[i - 1];
        }
        if (f[i] === 0) {
            f[i] = 1 << 30;
            for (let j = i + 1; j <= i * 2 + 1; ++j) {
                f[i] = Math.min(f[i], prices[i - 1] + dfs(j));
            }
        }
        return f[i];
    };
    return dfs(1);
}

Solution 2

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class Solution:
    def minimumCoins(self, prices: List[int]) -> int:
        n = len(prices)
        for i in range((n - 1) // 2, 0, -1):
            prices[i - 1] += min(prices[i : i * 2 + 1])
        return prices[0]

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class Solution {
    public int minimumCoins(int[] prices) {
        int n = prices.length;
        for (int i = (n - 1) / 2; i > 0; --i) {
            int mi = 1 << 30;
            for (int j = i; j <= i * 2; ++j) {
                mi = Math.min(mi, prices[j]);
            }
            prices[i - 1] += mi;
        }
        return prices[0];
    }
}

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class Solution {
public:
    int minimumCoins(vector<int>& prices) {
        int n = prices.size();
        for (int i = (n - 1) / 2; i; --i) {
            prices[i - 1] += *min_element(prices.begin() + i, prices.begin() + 2 * i + 1);
        }
        return prices[0];
    }
};

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func minimumCoins(prices []int) int {
    for i := (len(prices) - 1) / 2; i > 0; i-- {
        prices[i-1] += slices.Min(prices[i : i*2+1])
    }
    return prices[0]
}

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function minimumCoins(prices: number[]): number {
    for (let i = (prices.length - 1) >> 1; i; --i) {
        prices[i - 1] += Math.min(...prices.slice(i, i * 2 + 1));
    }
    return prices[0];
}

Solution 3

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class Solution:
    def minimumCoins(self, prices: List[int]) -> int:
        n = len(prices)
        q = deque()
        for i in range(n, 0, -1):
            while q and q[0] > i * 2 + 1:
                q.popleft()
            if i <= (n - 1) // 2:
                prices[i - 1] += prices[q[0] - 1]
            while q and prices[q[-1] - 1] >= prices[i - 1]:
                q.pop()
            q.append(i)
        return prices[0]

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class Solution {
    public int minimumCoins(int[] prices) {
        int n = prices.length;
        Deque<Integer> q = new ArrayDeque<>();
        for (int i = n; i > 0; --i) {
            while (!q.isEmpty() && q.peek() > i * 2 + 1) {
                q.poll();
            }
            if (i <= (n - 1) / 2) {
                prices[i - 1] += prices[q.peek() - 1];
            }
            while (!q.isEmpty() && prices[q.peekLast() - 1] >= prices[i - 1]) {
                q.pollLast();
            }
            q.offer(i);
        }
        return prices[0];
    }
}

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class Solution {
public:
    int minimumCoins(vector<int>& prices) {
        int n = prices.size();
        deque<int> q;
        for (int i = n; i; --i) {
            while (q.size() && q.front() > i * 2 + 1) {
                q.pop_front();
            }
            if (i <= (n - 1) / 2) {
                prices[i - 1] += prices[q.front() - 1];
            }
            while (q.size() && prices[q.back() - 1] >= prices[i - 1]) {
                q.pop_back();
            }
            q.push_back(i);
        }
        return prices[0];
    }
};

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func minimumCoins(prices []int) int {
    n := len(prices)
    q := Deque{}
    for i := n; i > 0; i-- {
        for q.Size() > 0 && q.Front() > i*2+1 {
            q.PopFront()
        }
        if i <= (n-1)/2 {
            prices[i-1] += prices[q.Front()-1]
        }
        for q.Size() > 0 && prices[q.Back()-1] >= prices[i-1] {
            q.PopBack()
        }
        q.PushBack(i)
    }
    return prices[0]
}

// template
type Deque struct{ l, r []int }

func (q Deque) Empty() bool {
    return len(q.l) == 0 && len(q.r) == 0
}

func (q Deque) Size() int {
    return len(q.l) + len(q.r)
}

func (q *Deque) PushFront(v int) {
    q.l = append(q.l, v)
}

func (q *Deque) PushBack(v int) {
    q.r = append(q.r, v)
}

func (q *Deque) PopFront() (v int) {
    if len(q.l) > 0 {
        q.l, v = q.l[:len(q.l)-1], q.l[len(q.l)-1]
    } else {
        v, q.r = q.r[0], q.r[1:]
    }
    return
}

func (q *Deque) PopBack() (v int) {
    if len(q.r) > 0 {
        q.r, v = q.r[:len(q.r)-1], q.r[len(q.r)-1]
    } else {
        v, q.l = q.l[0], q.l[1:]
    }
    return
}

func (q Deque) Front() int {
    if len(q.l) > 0 {
        return q.l[len(q.l)-1]
    }
    return q.r[0]
}

func (q Deque) Back() int {
    if len(q.r) > 0 {
        return q.r[len(q.r)-1]
    }
    return q.l[0]
}

func (q Deque) Get(i int) int {
    if i < len(q.l) {
        return q.l[len(q.l)-1-i]
    }
    return q.r[i-len(q.l)]
}

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function minimumCoins(prices: number[]): number {
    const n = prices.length;
    const q = new Deque<number>();
    for (let i = n; i; --i) {
        while (q.getSize() && q.frontValue()! > i * 2 + 1) {
            q.popFront();
        }
        if (i <= (n - 1) >> 1) {
            prices[i - 1] += prices[q.frontValue()! - 1];
        }
        while (q.getSize() && prices[q.backValue()! - 1] >= prices[i - 1]) {
            q.popBack();
        }
        q.pushBack(i);
    }
    return prices[0];
}

class Node<T> {
    value: T;
    next: Node<T> | null;
    prev: Node<T> | null;

    constructor(value: T) {
        this.value = value;
        this.next = null;
        this.prev = null;
    }
}

class Deque<T> {
    private front: Node<T> | null;
    private back: Node<T> | null;
    private size: number;

    constructor() {
        this.front = null;
        this.back = null;
        this.size = 0;
    }

    pushFront(val: T): void {
        const newNode = new Node(val);
        if (this.isEmpty()) {
            this.front = newNode;
            this.back = newNode;
        } else {
            newNode.next = this.front;
            this.front!.prev = newNode;
            this.front = newNode;
        }
        this.size++;
    }

    pushBack(val: T): void {
        const newNode = new Node(val);
        if (this.isEmpty()) {
            this.front = newNode;
            this.back = newNode;
        } else {
            newNode.prev = this.back;
            this.back!.next = newNode;
            this.back = newNode;
        }
        this.size++;
    }

    popFront(): T | undefined {
        if (this.isEmpty()) {
            return undefined;
        }
        const value = this.front!.value;
        this.front = this.front!.next;
        if (this.front !== null) {
            this.front.prev = null;
        } else {
            this.back = null;
        }
        this.size--;
        return value;
    }

    popBack(): T | undefined {
        if (this.isEmpty()) {
            return undefined;
        }
        const value = this.back!.value;
        this.back = this.back!.prev;
        if (this.back !== null) {
            this.back.next = null;
        } else {
            this.front = null;
        }
        this.size--;
        return value;
    }

    frontValue(): T | undefined {
        return this.front?.value;
    }

    backValue(): T | undefined {
        return this.back?.value;
    }

    getSize(): number {
        return this.size;
    }

    isEmpty(): boolean {
        return this.size === 0;
    }
}

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