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ALTSEQ - Alternating Sequences |
Given an array a of N integers a1, a2, a3, ... aN you have to find the longest alternating sub-sequence of this array.
An alternating sequence b1, b2 ... bk, k>=1 is a sequence that has the 2 following properties:
- |b1| < |b2| < |b3| < ... < |bk|
- The signs alternate between adjacent elements, i.e., if b1 > 0 then b2 < 0, b3 > 0 and so on. Alternatively, if b1 < 0, then b2 > 0, b3 < 0 and so on.
A sub sequence of array a is a sequence obtained by dropping some elements of the array a. Here is the formal definition.
It is guaranteed that the array a contains no element equal to 0.
Constraints
1 <= N <= 5000
|ai| <= 10^9, ai not equal to 0.
Input
The first line contains a single integer N, denoting the size of the array. The next line contains N integers, denoting the array a.
Output
Print a single integer - the length of the longest alternating sub-sequence.
Example
Input: 8 1 2 -2 -3 5 -7 -8 10 Output: 5
Explanation
One of the longest alternating subsequence is
1 -2 5 -7 10
Added by: | Beer hu !! |
Date: | 2016-07-01 |
Time limit: | 1s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All except: ASM64 GOSU JS-MONKEY |
Resource: | Hackerrank |
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2017-06-09 18:04:24
use a little variation in the LIS problem...............AC in 1 go.... |
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2017-04-17 01:40:19 Jared León
No need for long long in c++. Somehow it gets crazy when the condition ( |ai| > |aj| and (ai > 0 and aj < 0 ) or (ai < 0 and aj>0) ) is used. Instead, the bug free condition (ai > 0 and aj < 0 and ai > -aj) or (ai < 0 and aj > 0 and -ai > aj) is necessary. Most WA in test case 15 are because of bugs and not the algorithm itself. |
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2017-04-16 14:54:57
people having WA in test case 15, beware of overflow, (in testing the sign of a number) , cost me 3 WA |
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2017-02-20 12:56:12
silly mistake cost me 1 WA |
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2017-01-24 18:54:12
Those who are failing the Test Case 15 look at the 1st condition given in problem again.(|b1|<|b2|<|b3|<.....<|bk|) |
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2017-01-17 19:30:17
@heavenhunter - My tip is to not use spoj toolkit, there are bad test cases there, I modified my code according to that and got a lot of WA (mostly on test 15). And yes, int is enough to hold the array. (I just set the size of dp to 5005 or something a little more than 5000 just in case) Last edit: 2017-01-17 19:31:35 |
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2017-01-16 10:32:33 Heaven Hunter
Test case 15 giving wrong answer, does someone have any advice/tips? Since Max(N) is 5000, I believe 32-bit integer is sufficient for storing the dp array. |
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2016-12-28 13:02:42
test case 15 giving wrong answer. |
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2016-12-25 15:25:21
max didn't cause any problem @sas |
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2016-12-21 23:48:56
sas pro |