Tag: Wikipedia article

LeetCode 295. Find Median from Data Stream in Java

In this post we will try to solve the LeetCode 295. Find Median from Data Stream problem using the Java programming language and the VSCode IDE on a Windows computer.

The median is the middle value in an ordered integer list. 
If the size of the list is even, 
there is no middle value and the median is the mean of the two middle values.

For example, for arr = [2,3,4], the median is 3.
For example, for arr = [2,3], the median is (2 + 3) / 2 = 2.5.

Implement the MedianFinder class:

o MedianFinder()
	initializes the MedianFinder object.
o void addNum(int num)
	adds the integer num from the data stream to the data structure.
o double findMedian()
	returns the median of all elements so far. 
	Answers within 10-5 of the actual answer will be accepted.
	
Constraints:

o -10^5 <= num <= 10^5
o There will be at least one element in the data structure before calling findMedian.
o At most 5 * 10^4 calls will be made to addNum and findMedian.

Related Topics:

o Two Pointers
o Design
o Sorting
* Heap (Priority Queue)
o Data Stream

In a nutshell the class needs to process integers in the specified range and at different points we can be asked to return the current Median. As a brute force approach, I tried sorting. I did not submit such an approach because it is quite expensive (slow) and the problem is rated Hard by LeetCode. Continue reading “LeetCode 295. Find Median from Data Stream in Java”

LeetCode 141 Linked List Cycle in Java

In this post we will solve the LeetCode 141 Linked List Cycle problem.

Given head, the head of a linked list, 
determine if the linked list has a cycle in it.

There is a cycle in a linked list 
if there is some node in the list that can be reached again by continuously following the next pointer. 

Internally, pos is used to denote the index of the node that tail's next pointer is connected to. 
Note that pos is not passed as a parameter.

Return true if there is a cycle in the linked list. 
Otherwise, return false.

Constraints:

o The number of the nodes in the list is in the range [0, 10^4].
o -10^5 <= Node.val <= 10^5
o pos is -1 or a valid index in the linked-list.

Related Topics:

o Hash Table
o Linked List
o Two Pointers

We are given a singly linked list and are asked to determine if there is a cycle in it. If interested in the problem please take a look at the current description of it in the LeetCode website. Continue reading “LeetCode 141 Linked List Cycle in Java”