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All problem ideas belong to MikeMirzayanov. And he prepared all problems himself. I just helped with testing, reviewing and tutorial writing.

1352A - Sum of Round Numbers

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Solution

1352B - Same Parity Summands

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Solution

1352C - K-th Not Divisible by n

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Solution

1352D - Alice, Bob and Candies

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Solution in O(n)
Solution in O(n^2)

1352E - Special Elements

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Solution

1352F - Binary String Reconstruction

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Solution

1352G - Special Permutation

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 » 3 weeks ago, # | ← Rev. 3 →   +159 so some of the participants are going to reach 1800+ ratings ? i believe this shouldn't be happening. CHECK THIS OUT![ ]()edit : this is what cf predictor is saying.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +17 Obviously many experienced users made new accounts just to increase their ratings and Mike asked people not to do this but they won't listen. This is pretty bad and unintended.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 The contest is rated for only those people who have given at least 2 rated rounds I guess. Please correct me If I am wrong
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +4 It is rated for unrated people too
•  » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +3 bro but i have not been rated and iu solved 1 problem
•  » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +3 The ratings haven't been updated yet
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 NO, its is rated for those having rating <=1400
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +52 I think there should be some limit on the max increase possible for this round. Otherwise, it is very unfair for participants with rating >= 1400.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 4 →   -27 Removed, I realize I am wrong
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +15 "unrated" starts off with 1500, then he gets 375, Add them up, what do you think?
•  » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 7 →   -33 Removed, I realized rating matters.
•  » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +14 "Regardless of whether you are a trusted participant of the fourth division or not, if your rating is less than 1400 (or you are a newcomer/unrated), then the round will be rated for you." - mike
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   +3 i agree that the big boost is bad but i don't think anyone who didn't deserve at least 1600-1700 rating could solve all the questions in like 30 mins. but 1800 rating is a bit yikes (which is the +300 rating), so i agree that the max gain should be lowered to around 250 at MOST (for when you solve it as fast as the reds). the problem lies more in smurfing though
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +4 Also an important thing to notice is that out of the top hundred official participants, there are more than 60 users who have created a new account and these users increase as we go for further ranks, so this makes it even more difficult for the green/gray coders to increase their ratings.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 extension not working
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +6 Just wanna know, how accurate this CF PREDICTOR have been in the past ??
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +8 Completely!
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +1 VERY. like only a difference of <=+5 or >=-5 is what I observed from the actual rating change in every contest I sit in.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Oh ok ! That's nice then !!
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +8 But even if someone with a low rating became Expert after this round, their rating will fall again drastically after a div 2 round due to the number of problems they will solve. So it doesn't make that much of a difference I guess!
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +8 I agree with you,rating is not all,what the most important is we can improve ourselves by the codeforces
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can anyone explain the binary search solution for problem C?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +2 The number of integers not divisible by $n$ among numbers $1, 2, \dots, x$ is $x - \lfloor\frac{x}{n}\rfloor$, so you can do binary search to find suitable value of $x$ (such smallest $x$ that $x - \lfloor\frac{x}{n}\rfloor < k$).
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 You may see my binary search implemented solution. 79500682
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +1 Binary search Code...  int n,k; cin>>n>>k; int lo=1,hi=1e10; int res; while(lo=k){ if(mid%n!=0) res=mid; hi=mid; } else{ lo = mid+1; } } cout<
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 can you explain me why hi=1e10
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 hi=2*k is sufficient for all the cases....taking hi=1e10 is unnecessary
•  » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Yeah but with a runtime of O( logn ) it won't matter that much. I was just cautious (during contest) that's why I set a lenient upper limit.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Your code should have been there in the editorial... also thanks for the comments
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 Here is a video explanation of a binary search solution to problem C https://youtu.be/SuzXBjwRx7c?t=271
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Hi, I have solved the ques in O(1) time without binary search. You can see here 79680203
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 can you please explain your code?
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I have used the fact that a number n for its every multiple adds (n-1) numbers to the tally of numbers not divisible by that number n. For example :- 3*1 = 3 leaves (3-1) = 2 numbers which are not divisible by 3 which are 1,2. 3*2 = 6 adds another two numbers to the list of not divisibility which are 4,5. total list becomes (1,2,4,5) i.e. 4 numbers. this is because a number will have n-1 numbers between its two multiples which are not divisible by that number and will have remainder 1 to n-1. d=k//(n-1) # finding how many multiples of n-1 is that number r=k%(n-1) # this is the remainder which will be added as an offset if(r==0): # if r=0 i.e. n-1 divides k then it means the required number 1 less r=-1 # therefore r=-1 ans=(n*d) + r # this is the ans which depicts how many multiples of n has been used in k and + remainder to get the extra number 
•  » » » 12 days ago, # ^ |   0
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   +1 In problem C, how need=(k-1)/(n-1) ?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +6 This can be explained more easily if you understand that before each multiplier of $n$ there are $n-1$ integers not divisible by $n$, so we need to "skip" some number of such blocks. $\lfloor\frac{k}{n-1}\rfloor$ doesn't match because when $k$ is divisible by $n-1$ then we don't need to count the last block.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 won't number of such multipliers be k / n ? if n = 3 and k = 8 there are 8 / 3 multipliers of 3
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Yeah, but we want the numbers that are NOT divisible by n.
•  » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 3 →   0 for n=3, k=81,2,4,5,7,8,10,11 k-1/n-1 +k gives Ans=8+3=11However, a simple k/n gives Ans=8+2=10I guess, there is a more complex logic of using k-1/n-1. Can anyone explain it in a simple way? Stuck at this for quite some time.
•  » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +3 okay so idk how simple this is but like n = 3 k = 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15so k/(n-1) is kinda like accounting for the extra cycle, because you need 1 less N to traverse a cycle (a cycle is 3 numbers, you only need 2 indices in this case to traverse the cycle). then k/(n-1) accounts for that extra N every time it cycles through (if u write it out on paper it makes sense lol)and if the cycle perfectly lands (when k%(n-1) ==0) then you gotta subtract one because you overcounted a cycle. for example, in the n= 3 and k = 8 case, if you did this cycle counting normally you'll end up with 12, but because the cycle cleanly divides you gotta subtract 1. at least i think that's how you do it idk it made sense when i wrote it out and went through casesand of course catch edge cases k == n and k < n
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Got it. Thanks.
•  » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   +1 From 1 to N, there are N-1 numbers not divisible by N. In every block of N numbers, N-1 are not divisible by N. So if we want K numbers, there must be at least $\frac{K}{N-1}$ blocks. Each block with N numbers. Let the number of blocks be B. This will take you to $B\times N$. So, from 1 to $BN$, you have $B\times(N-1)$ bad numbers. Count how many more do you need and add that to your current value. If you are already complete, then $BN-1$ is your $K^{th}$ Number.I hope I'm not making this complex. Code For Reference
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Much simple to follow. Thanks
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 i wonder how vovuhs solution is correct :)
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks a tonne doubleux...
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 I still didn't get why are we subtracting 1 from k??
•  » » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 To accommodate tha case when the blocks fit perfectly with no remainders.
•  » » » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 Why the blocks shouldn't fit perfectly? Seriously I didn't get why are we subtracting 1 from k.
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 nice dude, beautiful explaination...thank you!!!
•  » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I got stuck at this for an hour and ruined my contest. D was definitely easier than C and it is unfair to put it after C.
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 Exactly I got stuck too. It was a horrific contest for me. The problems were unsorted and Mike had mentioned it in the announcements. I checked it afterwards.
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I think the difficulty is subjective. I couldn't do B for a long time, switched to C, and I felt it was easier. I totally agree that D was easy to understand but the implementation can get a bit complicated. C was thinking based and if you get the trick, it becomes really easy to implement.
•  » » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Spot on! I had a look at G now and I feel I could have done it within five minutes if I didn't waste all my time at C. For me the difficulty wud be: A
•  » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 "Each multiplier of n shifts our answer by 1. The number of such multipliers is need = k — 1 / n — 1" so he finds numbers such that are divisible by n
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 You can Refer This Explaination
•  » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 That was helpful! Thanks a ton!
•  » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I am glad it helped! mandeeps
•  » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 A better approach in simple way!!https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/80428107
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 I attempted to solve F using dp[n1][n2][n3][ends] : answer to the original problem when you have n1,n2,n3 and the resulting string ends in "ends" ("0" or "1"). My Python solution seems to TLE. Is it because this solution is basically O(10^6) and the number of test cases <= O(10^3), overall O(10^9)? or am I doing something silly Spoilerdef recurse(x, y, z, end, dp): if x == 1 and y == 0 and z == 0: if end == "0": return 0 else: return None if x == 0 and y == 1 and z == 0: if end == "1": return 1 else: return 10 if x == 0 and y == 0 and z == 1: if end == "0": return None else: return 11 if (x, y, z) in dp: return dp[(x, y, z)] res = None if end == "0": if x > 0: res = recurse(x - 1, y, z, "0", dp) if res != None: res = res * 10 if y > 0: res = recurse(x, y - 1, z, "1", dp) if res != None: res = res * 10 else: if y > 0: res = recurse(x, y - 1, z, "0", dp) if res != None: res = res * 10 + 1 if z > 0: res = recurse(x, y, z - 1, "1", dp) if res != None: res = res * 10 + 1 dp[(x, y, z)] = res return res for _ in range(int(input())): x, y, z = map(int, input().split()) res = recurse(x, y, z, "0", {}) if res == None: res = recurse(x, y, z, "1", {}) if len(str(res)) - 1 != x + y + z: diff = x + y + z + 1 - len(str(res)) print("0" * diff + str(res)) else: print(res) 
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 It's even worse than that, because there can be $c_0+c_1+c_2$ digits in each dp state, so you get something like $O(T \cdot (c_0+c_1+c_2) \cdot c_0c_1c_2) \approx 3 \cdot 10^{11}$, which will very clearly not pass.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Could you elaborate where (c0+c1+c2) constant factor exists in my code? I can easily change it so that each state does at most 1 recursive call? Spoilerdef recurse(x, y, z, end, dp): if x == 1 and y == 0 and z == 0: if end == "0": return 0 else: return None if x == 0 and y == 1 and z == 0: if end == "1": return 1 else: return 10 if x == 0 and y == 0 and z == 1: if end == "0": return None else: return 11 if (x, y, z) in dp: return dp[(x, y, z)] res = None if end == "0": if x > 0: res = recurse(x - 1, y, z, "0", dp) if res != None: res = res * 10 if res == None and y > 0: res = recurse(x, y - 1, z, "1", dp) if res != None: res = res * 10 else: if y > 0: res = recurse(x, y - 1, z, "0", dp) if res != None: res = res * 10 + 1 if res == None and z > 0: res = recurse(x, y, z - 1, "1", dp) if res != None: res = res * 10 + 1 dp[(x, y, z)] = res return res for _ in range(int(input())): x, y, z = map(int, input().split()) res = recurse(x, y, z, "0", {}) if res == None: res = recurse(x, y, z, "1", {}) if len(str(res)) - 1 != x + y + z: diff = x + y + z + 1 - len(str(res)) print("0" * diff + str(res)) else: print(res) 
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 it can be done using DP, see this: 79628831
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 nice solution, just one doubt, inside the main function, how do I know whether to call solve(n0,n1,n2,1) or solve(n0,n1,n2,0), I mean both are equally likely to happen(except when we only want 0s or only want 1s in our desired string). Sometimes, I stuck with such doubts and hence unable to decide which way to call recursive dp functions. Can you explain why in main(), you called solve(n0,n1,n2,0) first and then when s.length() was 0, then you decided to call solve(n0,n1,n2,1). Rest is fine to understand.
•  » » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I assume you understand DP state, using 0 means string with ending at 0 which has n0,n1 and n2 count, but if there is no such string let's calculate one that ends with 1
•  » » » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 ok, so you're first guessing whether it can be done with string ending at 0, if not then you try it with string ending with 1. Right?
•  » » » » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 yes
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 solution must be independent of number of cases, if you use dp here
 » 3 weeks ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   +1 this round was so good and i had so much fun as a pupil and learnt new things i hope u do more div4 as u can <3
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can we do Div4-E with segment trees?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 You dont need to use it and it will most probably give MLE . Segment trees take huge amount of space and building and quering them would take additional logn time which would prove to be costly .
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   +4 Segment trees take O(n) space. MLE won't be an issue, I guess. It is just that you don't wanna use a sword for cutting lemons.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 But TLE might be an issue for sure . MLE not sure but still a bad choice for 64MB question XD.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   -36 Segment trees actually take O(nlogn) space
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +9 Segment trees take 4*n space. So it won't be a problem with MLE.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 How to solve problem G using DFS (Depth First Search) ? I tried by joining numbers whose absolute difference satisfies the given condition and then traversing. How can I modify to make it work.?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +8 Checking all possible paths would lead to an exponential solution I think. There can be cycles too [2->4->6->2] (>_<).Maybe as someone mentioned above, don't cut lemons with swords.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 One thing I noticed while trying to solve G with DFS is that you are sure to get a correct answer by traversing along the longest path possible. Take n = 4, if you perform dfs traversal from vertex 1, you won't get answer in the correct format. But if you perform dfs starting from vertex 3, you get 3 1 4 2, which is the only possible answer. This is where I hit a dead-end, we need to solve longest path problem, which is ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Expert opinion required.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   -7 removed
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I tried checking all paths, worked for me too. :) But checking all paths' worst case time complexity is O(V*(V+E)). Could definitely be improved.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I tried that too. getting TLE. can you please share the link to your solution?
•  » » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Sure, here is my submission using DFS, and checking all the paths 79649023. I apologize for all the unnecessary comments, they were mostly used to debug the program.
•  » » » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 No worries!! Thanks :)
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Could someone try to hack 79593227? It does O(n * n * log(n)), which should be cut by the strict time limit but I couldn't hack it.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 faker_faker Can you please check my submission
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can anyone explain the tutorial of the B problem in a much simpler way?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 3 →   0 Since problem demands that the n should be represented as a sum of k numbers such that all k numbers are either even or odd . So to construct the solution: Take the case when all numbers are odd : For this we can take k-1 one's which will make the temporary sum=(k-1)*1 and now we need one number which is odd and is equal to n-(k-1). We will consider this number only when n-(k-1) is odd and n-(k-1)>0 (it is given numbers should be >0). Take the case when all numbers are even : For this we can take k-1 two's which will make the temporary sum=(k-1)*2 and now we need one number which is even and is equal to n-2*(k-1). We will consider this number only when n-2*(k-1) is even and n-2*(k-1)>0 (it is given numbers should be >0). So for the final solution check sub conditions mentioned above and decide whether its possible to construct the solution or not and print the constructed solution (if possible)
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 First you cheack if we can make n even numbers we make (k-1)=2 and n-(k*2)==even number so print Then else cheack ood newcomers make (k-1)=1 abd n-k== ood number so print Then if we can't do any thing print no
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 essentially, odd numbers can only be made with odd numbers, and an odd amount of numbers at that.even numbers can be made with any amount of even numbers and an even amount of odd numbers.then you set all the numbers to 1 or 2 (depending on if you want the array to be even or odd based on those rules) and then the last number is the amount that ur left with after subtracting all of the 1s and 2s
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   +3 I think my solution to G is a bit interesting. For all quadruples of natural numbers till the floor(n/4)th tuple can be arranged in order : 2 4 1 3, eg. 2 4 1 3 6 8 5 7 10 12.... and for the last incomplete tuple, it is easy enough to insert them in between elements of the last complete tuple.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 can anyone tell me, how to solve G using bfs/dfs?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 4 →   0 The vertex set can be represented as the set of all numbers from 1 to n. The adjacent numbers for a node 'x' would be {x-4,x-3,x-2,x+2,x+3,x+4} provided they are in between 1 and n inclusive. Now you can perform DFS. The answer would be the DFS which satisfies the given condition in the problem. (NOTE: Edited: It will not be the DFS which visits all vertices...since the graph formed is connected, each DFS will visit all vertices) Even if you do a DFS from each number, the complexity would be O(n^2) (this include the time for checking the validity of the current DFS), which I guess would pass the problem constraints.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 i tried it earlier but its not working.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 3 →   0
•  » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Saw your code, inside the dfs() for a given node, you are try all possible relevant nodes to jump. I saw that you are only pushing nodes into your path array. Why ain't you popping the elements off, if you don't find the relevant path? Also, why in your main function are you checking val<2 && val>4, ain't you pushing the relevant nodes into you path array. You yourself first built the graph with reachable nodes, why is that condition checking even necessary?Kindly Help.
•  » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +3 I am not trying all possible nodes to jump. Take for example, N = 4, if you draw the graph the edges will be 1-3, 1-4, 2-4. If I start a DFS from node 1, the path array will contain elements in the following order {1,3,4,2}, which is not a valid answer. The correct answer would be the DFS that starts from node 2, {2,4,1,3}. A DFS generates a Spanning Tree, not a path. The path array is just storing the sequence in which the depth first traversal occurs and it may or may not be a path. In order to check whether it is a valid path (both in terms of the definition of being a path and the given condition of the problem), by just checking the given condition of the problem, I would be able to arrive at the solution.
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Wouldn't the if(val<2 || val>4) always hold false because you built the graph in way that only relevant nodes are traversed and after the dfs() call is over, you are again checking the same thing. Shouldn't you rather be checking if the lenght of path array is n or not. Because if it is n, then we always know that the path will be relevant(again because that's how you built the graph array and we will never be able to traverse irrelevant nodes(that do not hold the condition given in the question)). If you agree with me, then I still do not understand why without checking the path length that your solution is passing plus why that rechecking of (val<2 || val>4) condition when that's how your dfs function will traverse the nodes? Kindly explain.
•  » » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +3 Please refer to my previous reply. In the example I have given, both have a length of n, but only DFS from node 2 is a valid answer. Refer to this link for better understanding.
•  » » » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 You didn't get me, you stored nodes in the adjacency list such that they atleast differ by 2 and atmost by 4, then why are you doing checking it again after the dfs call. The dfs traversal will take care of jumping only to the relevant nodes. You said that the path array may contain {1,3,2,4} can you tell me how did you path store 2 after 3, when you don't have 2 in the adjacency list for 3?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +2 Check it out! 79806425
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   -8 In the tutorial of problem D it is mentioned that we could solve the problem in O(n^2) but isn't the required complexity O(n) ? Correct me if i am wrong.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 O(n^2) is the time complexity and O(n) is space complexity. In this question space is unusually restricted so space complexity should not exceed O(n) but time complexity of O(n^2) works just fine
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I am talking about problem D not E.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I think you overestimated the running time of O(n^2) in this problem.Simply (n^2)*T or (SUMn)^2 might not give the correct complexity in this problem. Just try using lagrange or some differential method and we get that worst case is when T=200 and all Ni = 1000, which can be optimized to 1e8 executions:Link
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   -8 Can't this be a better O(1) approach for the C question testcases(t) { int n,k; cin>>n>>k; if (k
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Genius!! I read your code, and while I don't fully understand it yet, I'm sure that the time complexity can indeed be made O(1).
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 79527398 This is the code that I submitted in the contest
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   -8 How to solve G question by dfs ? if anyone have done it by dfs mehtod can you provide me solution ? Thanks in advance .
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 The solution of G in tutorial is very good but how to come up with this solution? I mean the intuition for the tutorial solution.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 It's all about observation.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I played with small permutations, trying to find a working block small enough so I could replicate it, and built the big N-elements answer. For me, it turned out to be a block of the first 4 numbers:2 4 1 3For N = 4 this is good. So as I said, I tried to make it work like a "brick" to build the answer, making chains of this block. So, if you have N = 8, you can "link" two of these structures:2 4 1 3 — 6 8 5 7And so on. Then I worked out on the case when N = 5 (more generally, when N%4 = 1), and I noticed that simply adding n to the sequence is ok.For N = 6, or N%4 = 2, you have to pop the last element (3) of your sequence, and mix the remaining two elements:2 4 1 5 3 6And lastly for N = 7 or N%4 = 3, an extra step, also removing the last element and mixing the remaining three elements:2 4 1 5 7 3 6
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Am I the only one who solved problem G by graph?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Can you explain your approach
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Make a graph of N nodes numbered 1 to N. Then for each node i add bidirectional edges between node i and i+2,i+3,i+4. After that Run dfs from each node separately, and check only for the straight path going from the node to any leaf node, if that path covers all N nodes then answer is the node of the path in the same order, otherwise if don't get any such path at the end, then answer doesn't exist.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Got it. Thanks
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I saw in your code that in your dfs(), you have used break statement. If we don't get a relevant path by traversing from the given node then don't you think that then we should try for another node rather than giving yup our hopes that we won't find the right path if the very first node is unvisited. Moreover, in that case the path vector (in your code-v) will be not remain global but rather be passed in the function(in non-reference way)Kindly correct me, as to why your code used break?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I just saw your solution for G, where you visit a node if it's not visited and then break out of the loop. What if you start from Node 1, then visit Node 3 and find out that permutation starting from 1->3 is not possible but permutation starting from 1->4 is possible ? You are not visiting node 4 from 1 as you have a break statement.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 What you are saying is theoretically not possible, can you give any test case?
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 3 →   0 Yes, it seems like it's not possible after checking few cases. But can you prove that your solution always finds a solution if it exists? Also why is it theoretically not possible ?
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 ok, nice, just one question, is that due to the order you store nodes in the adjacency list for a given node or what? Will that still hold if you change the order of placing elements in some random order inside the adjacency list?
•  » » » » » 5 days ago, # ^ |   0 Did you figure it out ?
•  » » » » » » 5 days ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 Actually, changing the order of elements does not change the answer. But, I still didn't get the break; in the dfs in the for loop. If you got that, kindly reply.
•  » » » 5 days ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 By looking at gjaiswal108's output it seems like you only need to start dfs from i=2.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   -8 is this contest unrated?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +5 Rated for participants below 1400 rating
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Good contest! I only got 3 almost 4 but got stuck :"( I wish there will be another Div.4 round in future ~
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   -8 Can anyone explain in Problem E why am I getting TLE when i am using map to count the frequency and find them 79611958 and it accepts the solution when i m using unordered map 79613165 i think in both cases overall time complexity is O(n*n). vovuh?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Map has a time complexity of O(nlogn).
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 still smaller than n*n
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 NO it's O(n^2logn)...
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   +1 The total complexity becomes $n^2*\log{n}$, which is higher than the expected complexity. The extra $\log{n}$ factor arises because of using map
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I used unordered_set instead of map. Which should be have constant Time Complexity for inserting and finding elements. Still TLE on subtask 3.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 I think unordered_set has a very high constant time factor because it uses hash table. Even though insertion could be O(1), the hash table updating is very slow. Therefore, the number of insertion operations that can be done in 1 second is lesser than that of typical constant time operations.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 You're using an array of size 1001 when the max input size is 8000
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Unordered (hash-based) sets/maps have average constant time complexity, but since the standard hash function is deterministic, a test case can be crafted specifically to cause a high number of items to be placed in the same bucket, degenerating it to a linked list.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   -8 Can anyone explain the case when n1 = 0 for problem F. Weren't we supposed to output a SINGLE string??????? I assumed that n1 = 0 would implicitly mean that either n2 = 0 || n0 = 0. Wasn't that supposed to be the case?????????
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 yes you are right if n1=0 then only one of the n0 and n2 will be non zero in the testcase.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   -9 can anyone explain how case n0=1 , n1=0 , n2=1 will be handled in question F ??
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 there is no valid answer for cases like n1=0 and n0 and n2 being both being non zero .your submission will not be evaluated on these type of cases.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 when will the ratings be updated
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 After system testing is complete.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   -8 could someone explain me the fallacy in my implementation of problem G using dfs..THX in Advance...
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   -8 In problem C, why is need = (k-1)/(n-1) ?
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Is there a way of doing E using sliding windows that doesn't cause TLE? or particularly any other way of doing E, I don't like editorials' solution for E, and was thinking if there is some other way.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I got accepted with two pointers (which you can relate to sliding window). My approach was going through each element of the array and finding a subsegment with a sum equal to the element, as long as the difference between the two indices $l$ and $r$ is higher than 1. Two pointers has a complexity of $O(2n)$...so you can simplfy it to $O(n)$, and doing it for each element gives a complexity of $O(n^2)$. Here's my submission: 79549243Just to be sure, I also used printf and scanf instead of cin, cout and FAST I/O, as it can be even faster with large inputs. Also note that I could have also saved the result for previous numbers to make it faster when there are repetitions, but in the worst case scenario where that wouldn't happen, it wouldn't be of much help.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Oh! I knew it can be done with a sliding window approach. Thanks for clarifying!
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 use this function for each elements of array ,increment ans by 1 if this function return true,take care of the function it return true for subarray of length one also but in our case it should be at least two. overall time complexity O(n*n),space complexity O(n). my sol
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 did not receive a rating even after solving a question in the contest div.4
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Rating will be updated soon!
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I can't find my username in the final standings list.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 click on show unofficial
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•  » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 You are ranked on position 9100.
•  » » » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thank you
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 I partecipated in this contest and in Round 639 but they doesn't show up in the contests section of my account (I was unrated in both)
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Same here bro
 » 3 weeks ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   0 For the problem 1352G — Special PermutationMany of the contestants have used some relationship of n with the modulo of 4they have made cases liken < 4 Not possible (Understandable)n%4 == 1 some casen%4 == 2 some other casen%4 == 3 some other casen%4 == 0 some other caseCan someone please share their approach here regarding the same?Thanks
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0  ll two,one,zero; cin>>zero>>one>>two; string ans = ""; bool started=false; char prev; while(two--){ if(!started){ started = true; ans += "11"; prev = '1'; }else{ ans += "1"; } } while(one--){ if(!started){ started = true; ans += "10"; prev = '0'; }else{ if(prev=='0'){ ans += "1"; prev = '1'; }else{ ans += "0"; prev = '0'; } } } while(zero--){ if(!started){ started = true; ans += "00"; prev = '0'; }else{ if(prev=='1'){ ans += "00"; prev = '0'; }else{ ans += '0'; } } } cout<
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 1 1 8 1
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 What do you mean by this Eureka17?
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Your code will output 110101010100. However there is 9 pairs that have 1 "1". The reason is that you probably didn't consider the case where there is even number of pair that has 1 "1". When this happens, before you add only zeros, the last digit of sequence will be 1 (the reason is you started with 0 and you add even number of digits). Because the last digit is 1, when you add zeros, one more pair that has 1 "1" appear.
•  » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks, I got it why I was wrong I cannot place the zeroes of n0 after ones of n1, since that will produce an extra n1 pair.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 For a case 1 2 0, your code is producing a output 10100. In your output n2 = 3, but it should be 2.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can someone help me out, in problem A my code is working fine with testcase1 in Hackerrank editor and my terminal but it is giving different output when I submit it in CForces. Submission: https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/79486521
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 submit GNU C++14 or GNU C++17
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Yes, it got accepted. Thank you :)
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I had the same problem during the round. I fixed it by replacing pow function with a variable starting in 1 outside the loop, and multiplying by 10 each cycle.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Okay :)
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 I have used a hashmap in problem E but still TLE.Can anyone explain why i cant get it Accepted with this solution(https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/79563004).I use java,can this be a factor as it is slower than c++.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 You are getting TLE because you are storing the sum of all consecutive elements in the map and then iterating it with loop. if there are n elements the map will contain nearly n*n elements. And then searching each element in the map will make your time complexity O(n^3). Also, you cannot use a map since it consumes a lot of memory. Your code's memory size is also greater than the memory constraints.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I used a map and it passed just fine.My Code in Java
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Consider case n1=0 separately and print the sting of n0+1 zeros or n2+1 ones correspondingly.won't this make a 01 appear in the string while there should be no such pair in the string?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 (I kind of misunderstood what you said, so I'm rewriting my comment.)That sentence means how to handle cases like 3 0 0 or 0 0 4.For 3 0 0 you need 0000, and for 0 0 4 you should output 11111.Testcases such as 3 0 3 will not appear at all, since there must exist "01" or "10" somewhere so there is no solution for this case. The problem statement says that impossible testcases will not be given.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Video editorial of problem E.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Which libraries are allowed to import in python?
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 nice problems for rating<=1400....i learned a lot (mainly difference b/w sets and arrays)
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Скажите пожалуйста почему в задаче C количество множителея не равно [n/k]?
 » 3 weeks ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   0 Nice contest for beginners like me. Thanks Mike Mirzayanov.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 ek baat batao saala tumlog B waale ka answer socha kaise? translated:- how did you come up the answer for B, I mean thought process.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 This wasn't the translation...If you understand properties of parity of numbers, then thinking a while you can come up with the solution.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 can you suggest some resource to study that might help for this type of questions?
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I learnt from a Bengali Language book. Assuming you won't understand Bengali, you may refer to very basic Number Theory book or tutorial which covers this:  even ± even = even even ± odd = odd odd ± odd = even 
•  » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I thought you were talking about some solid stuff to study. I know this much. Thanks for your help.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 These questions were really fun to solve, although I did horrible during the actual competition. I was motivated to solve all the questions for the very first time. Being new to the CC scene and facing Div 1/2 always seemed very overwhelming. Can't wait to get better and contribute to this awesome community!
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Following is my logic for 1352F: Binary String Reconstruction:First, if n0>0, I insert n0+1 0's and then if n2>1, I insert n2+1 1's, Now we have already created a pair of 01 in our string so we need n1-1 pairs. For this, I consider the last element of the current string and insert alternate bits in the end n1-1 times. For the last step, if n0 and n2 is 0, I insert 1 in the string and then insert alternate bits. The code is giving incorrect answer. My submission: https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/79648402
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can anyone please tell me, will this solution pass if time limit was 2 sec? Thank you...
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Can anyone tell me the problem with my Codeforces Round 640 (Div. 4) Ques B. Here is my code:

# include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std; int main(){ int t; cin>>t; while(t-->0){ int n,k; cin>>n>>k; if(k==1){ cout<<"YES"<<endl; cout<<n; } else if(n==k){ cout<<"YES"<<endl; for(int i=1;i<=k;i++) cout<<'1'<<' '; } else{ if(n%2==0){ if(k<=n/2){ cout<<"YES"<<endl; for(int i=1;i<k;i++) cout<<'2'<<' '; int number = n — (k-1)*2; cout<<number; } else cout<<"NO"; } else{ if(k%2==0) cout<<"NO"; else if(k>n) cout<<"NO"; else{ cout<<"YES"<<endl; for(int i=1;i<k;i++) cout<<'1'<<' '; int number = n — (k-1)*1; cout<<number; } } } cout<<endl; } return 0; }

•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 In your submission of that code, the judge says it failed in case 54 of the 2nd test, as you didn't give an answer to it, although it exists. Luckily that line of the test case is shown, and it seems that fails with 6 4. And as you can see, you can represent it with numbers 1 1 1 3.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Thank you for such contest!
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   +3 Anyone still struggling about writing a good comment?I do :(
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 can anyone help me with problem c?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 You can Refer This Explaination
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 here is my code https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/79555009
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can someone please explain me why in problem C the need is that specific value?( need=⌊k−1/n−1⌋) What is the math behind that. I've googled about it a lot but cannot find any answer. I would really appreciate if someone can help me understand that.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 You Can Refer This Explaination
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks. I got that logic now.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I am glad you understood the logic!
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 sorry if this is a dumb question ... but how for problem C (K-th Not Divisible by n) k-1/n-1 is correct.. i have got a little at the lower part is resetting the cycle but how n-1 and not n. hope for a answer with examples
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 4 →   0 C Problem Explainationhow n-1 and not nBecause there will be n-1 numbers (which are non-divisible by n) between the two consecutive multiples of n.For Ex-n=7 k=97Non divisible numbers which are between first multiple of 7 and second multiple of 7 : 8,9,10,11,12,13 which is 6(n-1) here n=7.I did this Problem with the Formula k/(n-1) [Accepted] My Solution-79621837k/n-1 -> 97/6 = 16 + 97%6(Remainder)Now,16 means the n-1 elements are between the 16th multiple of 7(not included) and 17th Multiple of 7(not included).16th series of n-1 elements will be : 113 114 115 116 117 118Now we got the series where the kth element is present , Question is what will be the kth element in it?Kth element will be the Remainder of k/n-1 (k%n-1) So answer will be n*(k/n-1) + k%(n-1)But if Remainder is 0 which means the element is present in the last position of Previous(15th) series. Because 113 is the first element(97th position which is k) of the 16th series. So 0th element will be 111 which is 96th Position(if k=96)So Answer if Remainder is 0 is : n*(k/n-1) -1I Hope You Understood this!
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 thank you sir now i got it clearly
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 I am Glad you Understood gouravmajee1999 !!
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can Anyone Explain Why in Editorial of Problem D is it written that l<=r,why not l
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Because as said in the editorial: l is the position of the leftmost remaining candy and r is the position of the rightmost remaining candy. If you do l < r, then the one of the candy will remain uneaten (the one placed at when l == r) because for l == r, the loop will not run and the person with next turn would not be able to eat that candy.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks makkoncept For Replying. I understood your point but suppose if Alice has eaten that candy , and According to the loop's Condition(l<=r) bob can eat the candy but he shouldn't be eating that candy because Alice has already eaten it.Am I right?
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 My solution for 1352E had O(n^2) time and got TLE. Approach is quite similar to the one described in editorial. Perhaps the time limits are too stricthttps://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/79526875__
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 The issue with your code is that you are using map, and increases the complexity of your solution to $O(n^2*n log n)$, giving TLE.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Use unordered_map or an array instead of map You will get AC.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can anyone tell me if there is any mathematical intuition behind the derivation of formula ⌊k−1/n−1⌋ in .1352C - K-е неделящееся на n
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 You Can Refer this explaination
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +1 for every n integers , there are n-1 integers before it which are not divisible by n; say n=4, then there are n-1=3 integers 1,2,3 which are not divisible by 4.so for after every n-1 positions,there is multiple of n . So our ans is shifted by 1; then for k postions, your ans is shifted by k/(n-1);but if k is divisble by n-1 , we dont need to count the final shift.So we can check for only k-1 pos , i.e shift= k-1 / (n-1)shift=(k-1)/(n-1); ans= k + shift ; print ans;
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thank you for the explanation M.A.D.T.I.T.A.N
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 the final shift is not added because the kth pos is the last element i,e n-1th pos in final series. since k doesnot cross the series we need not add it
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks a lot. You know I read all the explanations for this problem but couldn't get my head around as why we were subtracting 1 from k, even some of the red coders's explanations. But yours is a brilliant yet simple explanation.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can anyone Explain E with good explination. Thanks in Advance!
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 3 →   0 Firstly calculate the prefix sum of the array. Then check if any element of the given array is present in the sum of the consecutive array by using the following:int cn=0;for(int i=0;i<=n-2;i++) { for(int j=i+2;j<=n;j++) { int tmp=sum[j]-sum[i]; if(tmp<=n) if(v[tmp])cn+=v[tmp],v[tmp]=0; // it checks how element in the array is present //as the sum of the consecutive array elements. }}here is my code https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/79643490
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thank you ankitsingh123
 » 3 weeks ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   -8 I'm trying to solve Problem F with this code. #include using namespace std; #define fro(i, s, n) for (int i = int(s); i < int(n); i++) #define _fro(i, s, n) for (int i = int(s); i <= int(n); i++) #define rfro(i, s, n) for (int i = int(n); i >= int(s); i--) #define sz(a) int((a).size()) #define ll long long #define pb push_back #define in insert #define F first #define S second #define E endl #define R return #define NL cout << endl; #define gcd(a, b) __gcd(a, b) // ********************************** C O D E ********************************** // int main() { int t; scanf("%d", &t); while (t--) { int n0, n1, n2; scanf("%d%d%d", &n0, &n1, &n2); if (n0 && n1 && n2) { _fro(i, 0, n0) printf("0"); _fro(i, 0, n2) printf("1"); fro(i, 1, n1) printf(i & 1 ? "0" : "1"); } else { if (n1 && !n0 && !n2) _fro(i, 0, n1) printf(i & 1 ? "0" : "1"); else { if (n0 && !n1 && !n2) _fro(i, 0, n0) printf("0"); else { if (n2 && !n1 && !n0) _fro(i, 0, n2) printf("1"); else { if (n0 && n1 && !n2) { _fro(i, 0, n0) printf("0"); _fro(i, 1, n1) printf(i & 1 ? "0" : "1"); } else { if (n1 && n2 && !n0) { _fro(i, 0, n2) printf("1"); _fro(i, 1, n1) printf(i & 1 ? "0" : "1"); } else _fro(i, 0, n0) printf("0"); } } } } } NL; } } and I got WA on test 2 in (test case 101). Help!
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 input : 1 1 4 0 your code print 000101 which is wrong, as it contains 2 pairs on 0's and 3 pairs of '01'.here is my code: https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/79642604 if you need any help.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 #include #include #include #include #include #include #include using namespace std; typedef long long ll; const int N = 8010; int a[N]; int cal[N]; bool is[N]; int sum[N]; int main() { int t; cin >> t; while(t --) { memset(is, 0 , sizeof is); memset(cal, 0, sizeof cal); memset(sum, 0, sizeof sum); int n; scanf("%d", &n); for(int i = 1; i <= n; i ++) scanf("%d", &a[i]); for(int i = 1; i <= n - 1; i ++) { sum[i] = a[i] + a[i + 1]; is[sum[i]] = 1; //here } for(int i = 3; i <= n; i ++) { for(int j = 1; j <= n - i + 1; j ++) { if(sum[j] != -1) sum[j] += a[i + j - 1]; if(sum[j] > n) sum[j] = -1; else is[sum[j]] = 1; } } int ans = 0; for(int i = 1; i <= n; i ++) { if(is[a[i]]) { ans ++; // cout << i << ' '; } } cout << ans << endl; } return 0; } why this code is accepted? where i mark "here",sum is out of bounds.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 problem E
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Arrays in C or c++ are allocated in contiguous memory. Let your array size is 6 and you store 8 elements in the array. Then the two extra elements may or may not be stored in the array. It depends on your memory location. If the two extra elements stored lie in another's memory location (i.e. stored in those locations where memory is already allocated) then the compiler will show some error, but if those additional elements get some unallocated memory or free memory then there will be no problem while running the program.In your case, the additional elements are getting free unallocated memory in the memory allocation (i.e. program's virtual memory), so your program is not showing any error. It varies compiler to compiler.
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 thank you very much
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Your welcome.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 I feel div4B harder than 1329B - Dreamoon любит последовательности, which is div1B. Div4B was too dirty kind of problem.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 That depends on the perspective and the mathematical background. For me 1329B is more or less unsolvable. I remember having read the editorial some days ago but still could not instantly tell how it works.
 » 3 weeks ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   0 I Solved Problem E with two methods (One got Accepted Other got TLE)1)I used an array to maintain the sum of every segment which Got Accepted Solution-797172642)I used map to maintain the sum of every segment which Got Time Limit Exceeded on test 6. Solution-79717344Can Anyone Tell what is a reason behind it? Thanks in advance.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 zeph0yr , using array we can find the value at index i in O(1); whereas the value at index in map is found in O(logn) , as map uses Hashing. Basically the rest of the program uses O(n*n*checking value)For array sol: O( n*n*1)for map sol: O(n*n*logn). thus TLE!
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thank you so much M.A.D.T.I.T.A.N I got it now!
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 I am getting WA on test case 2 of problem E Can someone help me know which test case can it go wrong? Link : https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/79717403
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 Hi! It seems that your code is a bit complicated and hard to debug You can refer the editorial which is good You can also refer my simple solution — 79717188You just have to calculate sum of all the subarrays possible except one. Complexity — O(n^2)
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Why are we doing if(cnt[a[i]]>0)ans++; and not if(cnt[i]>0)ans++; ??
 » 3 weeks ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   -8 say please, why the solution of C isn't k+[k/n]?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 You Can Refer This Explaination
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thank you
•  » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Welcome dude Hayk007
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# What is the binary search solution for problem C ?

•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 You can This ExplainationThough it is not a Binary Search Approach but it's easier than Binary Search
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 In problem E. Special Elements, if I compute a prefix array and run two loops to take out sum and use hashing as used above to count the special elements, why does it gives TLE?When this also takes O(n^2) and the above mentioned solution also takes O(n^2) ?Does it shows TLE even if memory limit exceeds ? If not then what does the judgement says ?
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   +1 You did not check the sum int k = pre[j]-pre[i]; to be in bounds of the array, but then write at that position. h[k]=0;
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks, got an AC.Could you please state the reason as why does not checking the bounds gives TLE and not Runtime error ?Accessing something out of bounds gives Runtime error , right? Please correct me.
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thats the undefined part of undefined behaviour
•  » » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Okay, Thanks.
 » 3 weeks ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   0 O(n) solution for problem D is also very simple. :)(Ok, technically it is not O(n) since a.pop(0) is not O(1), but this can be easily taken care of at the expense of the brevity of the solution.)
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 No time complexity analysis. :(
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 n-(k+1)n-2*(k+1)I don't understand how almost everyone knows those equations except me..Help me to understand how you guys come up with those formulae..
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 For Problem F .. The constrain (0≤n0,n1,n2≤100; n0+n1+n2>0 ) . But n2 must be n2>=1 . if n0 = 1 n1 = 0 n2 = 2 output is = 00 . Why? and How !!!!!!!if n2==0 there will no such solution that can satisfy the condition.
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 It is guaranteed that the answer for given n0,n1,n2 exists.
•  » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   -8 No , I guess for a case n0=(1..k) , n1=0 & n2=(1..k) we can't find any solution I guess. Please correct me If I am worng.
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Can Anybody tell me the logic behind why l<=r and not l
•  » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Because either of them will eat the candy at the index l=r. If you use l
•  » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Harry122 Suppose if Alice has eaten that candy , and According to the loop's Condition(l<=r) bob can eat the candy but he shouldn't be eating that candy because Alice has already eaten it.Am I right?
•  » » » » 3 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 l is the index of leftmost uneaten candy and r is the index of rightmost uneaten candy. so when l=r happens, that means all candies from index 0 to index l-1 are eaten by alice and all candies from index r+1 to n-1 are eaten by bob. so candy at index l=r will be uneaten so in the loop we should proceed. Now if alice's turn is to eat candy then l++ will be done and all candies are eaten (l>r happens) and similarly if bob's turn is to eat candy then r-- will be done and again all candies are eaten (l>r happens).
•  » » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Thank you for the reply Harry122.I know the concept you are talking about , but Suppose Alice ate the candy at l=r then we should have not let bob eat that already eaten candy , because if bob also eats the candy then output will be wrong because it will be counted!
•  » » » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Yes, Bob should not be able to eat that candy and the code given in editorial won't allow Bob to eat that candy as there is (l<=r) condition in the while loops inside the if-else condition.
•  » » » » » » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 Yeah!I tried to prevent any risk by using an array which kept a count which candy is eatable and which candy is non-eatable.Which got Accepted!
 » 3 weeks ago, # |   0 Here is the easiest solution 79942144 for 1352C - K-е неделящееся на n Though I am newbie, I have tried on my own way.You may have a look....
•  » » 2 weeks ago, # ^ |   0 Good one.
 » 2 weeks ago, # | ← Rev. 4 →   0 For F(Binary string construction), if n0=1, n1=0, n2=1, the editorial solution, gives output 00. Some other codes gives output 0011, which is incorrect. What should be the correct answer since no valid string is possible for this case.Update- Missed the statement " It is guaranteed that a solution exists."
 » 2 weeks ago, # |   0 Guys I am a noob I need help with this problem 1352F Brinary String construction. ihave read the editorial I am trying a new approach need some help with that . Here's the solution : https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/80051458 Hope you would help me out.Gracias Lord_Thunder.
 » 2 weeks ago, # |   0 Can someone explain why am I getting TLE in question D, I know its an easy problem but I checked my while loops and none of them are recurring, idk why my code suddenly stops any bad practices you see,Thanks My Solution
•  » » 12 days ago, # ^ |   0 This loop? for(k = 0;k<=i;j++) { u+=x[k]; } 
 » 2 weeks ago, # |   0 how is f question tagged as dfs. How to use dfs to solve this
 » 2 weeks ago, # |   0 In problem D ,what if the both alice and bob took 2 steps and size of candies eaten by alice is array[0] and bob eat sumofarray-array[0].why this solution is wrong because on 2nd time bob eats all the candies remaining after the first move...plzzzz Helpe me upon this.
 » 12 days ago, # |   0 It's my solution (80618856) for D (1352D - Alice, Bob and Candies).Hope it will be easier to understand.
 » 7 days ago, # |   0 Problem 1352F Can someone please explain why am I getting TLE in this solutionThis is my submissionSince maximum number of elements inside the string will be always less than 500 and number of independent test case is 1000 so we can solve the question in O(t*n) time right?? But why I am getting TLE here?
 » 4 days ago, # | ← Rev. 4 →   0 Why is my code getting the wrong answer in problem G: Special Permutation? I have made the permutation using all the odd numbers below n, then all the even numbers below n and if the number is less than 4 then the permutation is not possible. my submission- https://codeforces.com/contest/1352/submission/81379552