[Leetcode] Bag of Tokens(Medium)

LeetCode 948 - Bag of Tokens

You have an initial power of power, an initial score of 0, and a bag of tokens where tokens[i] is the value of the ith token (0-indexed).

Your goal is to maximize your total score by potentially playing each token in one of two ways:

  • If your current power is at least tokens[i], you may play the ith token face up, losing tokens[i]power and gaining 1a score.
  • If your current score is at least 1, you may play the ith token face down, gaining tokens[i] power and losing 1 score. Each token may be played at most once and in any order. You do not have to play all the tokens.

Return the largest possible score you can achieve after playing any number of tokens.

example

Input: tokens = [100,200], power = 150
Output: 1
Explanation: Play the 0th token (100) face up, your power becomes 50 and score becomes 1.
There is no need to play the 1st token since you cannot play it face up to add to your score.
Input: tokens = [100,200,300,400], power = 200
Output: 2
Explanation: Play the tokens in this order to get a score of 2:
1. Play the 0th token (100) face up, your power becomes 100 and score becomes 1.
2. Play the 3rd token (400) face down, your power becomes 500 and score becomes 0.
3. Play the 1st token (200) face up, your power becomes 300 and score becomes 1.
4. Play the 2nd token (300) face up, your power becomes 0 and score becomes 2.

How can we solve this problem?

這題的解題思路是這樣透過貪心(gready),也就是說我能用多少power換分就用多少,如果不夠了我就用分換power。換句話說,就是先從最低的token開始換,直到足夠的power後,就以分來換取最高的power,直到不符合條件未知或者沒有任何token可以買為止。
因為要知道當前最大和最小,所以要先排序

Solution:

class Solution {
public:
    int bagOfTokensScore(vector<int>& tokens, int power) {
        //maxinum 
        if(tokens.empty())return 0;
        int score = 0;
        sort(tokens.begin(),tokens.end());
        /*
        strategy: get the mininum token
        if not enough -> get maxinum token
        if it has enough power -> get this token
        */
        int i = 0;
        int j = tokens.size() - 1;
        int res = 0;
        while(i <= j){
            if(power >= tokens[i]){
                score += 1;
                power -= tokens[i++];
                res = max(res,score);
            }else if(score > 0){
                score -= 1;
                power += tokens[j--];
            } else break;
        }
        
        return res;
    }
};