There are n
friends that are playing a game. The friends are sitting in a circle and are numbered from 1
to n
in clockwise order. More formally, moving clockwise from the ith
friend brings you to the (i+1)th
friend for 1 <= i < n
, and moving clockwise from the nth
friend brings you to the 1st
friend.
The rules of the game are as follows:
- Start at the
1st
friend. - Count the next
k
friends in the clockwise direction including the friend you started at. The counting wraps around the circle and may count some friends more than once. - The last friend you counted leaves the circle and loses the game.
- If there is still more than one friend in the circle, go back to step
2
starting from the friend immediately clockwise of the friend who just lost and repeat. - Else, the last friend in the circle wins the game.
Given the number of friends, n
, and an integer k
, return the winner of the game.
class Solution {
public:
int findTheWinner(int n, int k) {
queue<int> qu;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
qu.emplace(i);
}
while (qu.size() > 1) {
for (int i = 1; i < k; i++) {
qu.emplace(qu.front());
qu.pop();
}
qu.pop();
}
return qu.front();
}
};