Medium
Minimum Limit of Balls in a Bag — C++
Full explanation · Time O(nlogm) · Space O(1)
// Time: O(nlogn), m is the max of nums
// Space: O(1)
class Solution {
public:
int minimumSize(vector<int>& nums, int maxOperations) {
const auto& check = [&nums, &maxOperations](int x) {
return accumulate(cbegin(nums), cend(nums), 0,
[&x](int total, int a) {
return total + ((a + x - 1) / x - 1);
}) <= maxOperations;
};
int left = 1, right = *max_element(cbegin(nums), cend(nums));
while (left <= right) {
int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
if (check(mid)) {
right = mid - 1;
} else {
left = mid + 1;
}
}
return left;
}
};