Medium
Minimum Increment to Make Array Unique — C++
Full explanation · Time O(nlogn) · Space O(n)
// Time: O(nlogn)
// Space: O(n)
class Solution {
public:
int minIncrementForUnique(vector<int>& A) {
sort(A.begin(), A.end());
A.emplace_back(numeric_limits<int>::max());
int result = 0, duplicate = 0;
for (int i = 1; i < A.size(); ++i) {
if (A[i - 1] == A[i]) {
++duplicate;
result -= A[i];
} else {
int move = min(duplicate, A[i] - A[i - 1] - 1);
duplicate -= move;
result += move * A[i - 1] + move * (move + 1) / 2;
}
}
return result;
}
};