2024-12-18 Daily Challenge

Today I have done leetcode's December LeetCoding Challenge with cpp.

December LeetCoding Challenge 18

Description

Final Prices With a Special Discount in a Shop

You are given an integer array prices where prices[i] is the price of the ith item in a shop.

There is a special discount for items in the shop. If you buy the ith item, then you will receive a discount equivalent to prices[j] where j is the minimum index such that j > i and prices[j] <= prices[i]. Otherwise, you will not receive any discount at all.

Return an integer array answer where answer[i] is the final price you will pay for the ith item of the shop, considering the special discount.

 

Example 1:

Input: prices = [8,4,6,2,3]
Output: [4,2,4,2,3]
Explanation: 
For item 0 with price[0]=8 you will receive a discount equivalent to prices[1]=4, therefore, the final price you will pay is 8 - 4 = 4.
For item 1 with price[1]=4 you will receive a discount equivalent to prices[3]=2, therefore, the final price you will pay is 4 - 2 = 2.
For item 2 with price[2]=6 you will receive a discount equivalent to prices[3]=2, therefore, the final price you will pay is 6 - 2 = 4.
For items 3 and 4 you will not receive any discount at all.

Example 2:

Input: prices = [1,2,3,4,5]
Output: [1,2,3,4,5]
Explanation: In this case, for all items, you will not receive any discount at all.

Example 3:

Input: prices = [10,1,1,6]
Output: [9,0,1,6]

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= prices.length <= 500
  • 1 <= prices[i] <= 1000

Solution

class Solution {
public:
  vector<int> finalPrices(vector<int>& prices) {
    for(int i = 0; i < prices.size() - 1; ++i) {
      for(int j = i + 1; j < prices.size(); ++j) {
        if(prices[j] > prices[i]) continue;
        prices[i] -= prices[j];
        break;
      }
    }
    return prices;
  }
};

// Accepted
// 103/103 cases passed (0 ms)
// Your runtime beats 100 % of cpp submissions
// Your memory usage beats 29.91 % of cpp submissions (13.9 MB)