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Find Latest Group of Size M — Python
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(n)
# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(n)
class Solution(object):
def findLatestStep(self, arr, m):
"""
:type arr: List[int]
:type m: int
:rtype: int
"""
if m == len(arr):
return m
length = [0]*(len(arr)+2)
result = -1
for i, x in enumerate(arr):
left, right = length[x-1], length[x+1]
if left == m or right == m:
result = i
length[x-left] = length[x+right] = left+right+1
return result