Easy
Time Needed to Buy Tickets — Python
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(1)
# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(1)
class Solution(object):
def timeRequiredToBuy(self, tickets, k):
"""
:type tickets: List[int]
:type k: int
:rtype: int
"""
return sum(min(x, tickets[k] if i <= k else tickets[k]-1) for i, x in enumerate(tickets))