COPS - Editorial

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We can also use difference array .
Time Complexity = O(100)

https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/37389449

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for sample input it is showing correct o/p .but WA when submitted

t=int(input())
for j in range(t):
    ar=[]
    count=0
    flag=True
    m,x,y=map(int,input().split())
    ar=list(map(int,input().split()))
    i=0
    while i<m-1:
        if ar[i]+x*y>=ar[i+1] or ar[i]+x*y>=100:
            if ar[i]+x*y>=100:
                break
        else:
            if ar[i+1]-x*y>ar[i]+x*y:
                count+=ar[i+1]-ar[i]-2*x*y-1
        i=i+1
    if 100>ar[i]+x*y:
        count+=100-ar[i]-x*y
    if m==1:
        print(100-min(100,ar[0]+x*y)+max(0,ar[0]-x*y))
    else:
        print(count)
65

Here’s a random test input your solution fails on:

1
3 4 3
28 32 73
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66

Yes mistake is I haven’t consider the lower bound of the first cop. Thank u

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67

Sir, please provide answer also. Thanks

68 
46
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69

Thanks Sir.

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70

Sir, my approach is O(mlogm) ?
Here is my code code

71

I was able to complete this in O(N) complexity where N is the number of cops.

Logic:
1> select all the houses where thief cannot go ie for every cop position…lower_house=i-xy and upper_house=i+x*y where i is current position of cop, x is speed of that cop and y is time for which he can search…which is given in question…both lower_house and upper_house are included.
2> create a set (python) of these values(lower_house to upper_house) for example set([i for i in range(lower_house,upper_house+1,1])…note if value of lower_house is lesser than 1 update its value to 1 and if value of upper_house exceeds 100 then update the value to 100…because the houses are numbered from 1 to 100 both inclusive, we cannot exceed these bounds.
3> take union of all such houses which are generated at every iteration of step 1 and 2 combined for each cop…union because even if the same house is visited by other cops it would be counted only once in every step.
4> finally we would get a set of all the houses where the thief cannot go.
5>number of safe houses = 100 - len(set of the house which cops can visit).
solutionlink

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72

Can anyone please help me out in finding error in my code . It is passing sample test cases but gives wrong answer on submission.

here is my solution CodeChef: Practical coding for everyone

73

Any idea why i am getting wrong answer ?
https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/41551792
Thank you!

74

the test cases given below,my code passed all but still its giving WA
T =int(input())
for _ in range(T):
count=0
M,X,Y=map(int,input().split())
list1=list(map(int,input().split()[:M]))
list1.sort()
cover=XY
for i in range(1,M,1):
if abs(list1[i]-list1[i-1])>2cover:
count=count+abs(list1[i]-list1[i-1])-2*cover-1
if (list1[0]-1)>cover:
count=count+list1[0]-1-cover
if (100 - list1[-1]-1)>cover:
count=count+100-list1[-1]-cover
print(count)

75

great!

76

@ souravobl I don’t see your submission to this problem under your CodeChef profile and it’s really difficult to guess what indentation you have used when you don’t use preformatted text. Button: </>

T =int(input())
for _ in range(T):
    count=0

etc

77

how did u come up with this?

78

solutionn link not found

79

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int t,m,x,y,k,a[100],count1=0;
cin>>t;
while(t!=0)
{
cin>>m>>x>>y;
a[100]={0};
while(m!=0)
{
int l=x*y;
cin>>k;
if(l>=k)
{
for(int j=1;j<=k+l;j++)
{
if(a[j]!=-1)
a[j]=-1;
}
}
else
{
for(int j=k-l;j<=k+l;j++)
{
if(a[j]!=-1)
a[j]=-1;
}
}
m–;
}
for(int i=1;i<=100;i++)
{
if(a[i]!=-1)
count1++;
}
cout<<count1<<endl;
t–;
}
return 0;
}
please help me finding error in my code i am getting right anwer for each testcase separately but giving wrong answer when i am taking all the inputs together.

80

Please either format your code or (better!) link to your submission - the forum software has mangled it and it won’t compile! :slight_smile:

Edit:

Unscrambled it - pay attention to compiler warnings - you might think that a[100] = {0} clears the array a, but that’s not what it does.

[simon@simon-laptop][08:14:14]
[~/devel/hackerrank/otherpeoples]>./compile-latest-cpp.sh 
Compiling nitishsharma12-COPS.cpp
+ g++ -std=c++14 nitishsharma12-COPS.cpp -O3 -g3 -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -DONLINE_JUDGE -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG -fsanitize=undefined -ftrapv
nitishsharma12-COPS.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
nitishsharma12-COPS.cpp:10:14: warning: array subscript is above array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
         a[100]={0};
         ~~~~~^
+ set +x
Successful
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81

thanku sir

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82

Hii everyone , I tried to solve this COPS problem with an approach , and I was able to pass all the given sample test cases, but while submitting it , it was showing WRONG ANSWER. Can anyone help me to find out why this approach is giving wrong answer.

Link to the solution :
https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/47712485