题目链接:Problem - 1419D1 - Codeforces
因为题目说了只可能是最优选择, 所以能获取的冰球数量稍微推理一下就能得到, 公式是(n-1)/2, 注意就算n为偶数也遵守这个公式, 因为最左最右的冰球都不能买.
关于冰球的排列, 我们按照样例把他拆分, 输出样例是
2
3 1 4 2 5
观察偶数位是: 1 2
观察奇数位是: 3 4 5
显而易见, 将原序列排序后的规律就是 偶数序列+奇数序列 , 之后将这两个序列放在同一个数组中即可ac
ac代码:
#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <queue>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <stack>
#include <deque>
#include <map>
#include <set>
using namespace std;
#define ll long long
#define endl "\n"
#define rep(i, a, b) for (ll i = (a); i <= (b); i++)
#define repr(i, a, b) for (ll i = (a); i < (b); i++)
#define rrep(i, a, b) for (ll i = (b); i >= (a); i--)
#define rrepr(i, a, b) for (ll i = (b); i > (a); i--)
#define min(a,b) (a)<(b)?(a):(b)
#define max(a,b) (a)>(b)?(a):(b)
ll cnt,n,m,t,ant;
const int N=1e5+10;
ll arr[N];
ll ans[N];
string str;
inline ll read()
{
char c = getchar();int x = 0,s = 1;
while(c < '0' || c > '9') {if(c == '-') s = -1;c = getchar();}//是符号
while(c >= '0' && c <= '9') {x = x*10 + c -'0';c = getchar();}//是数字
return x*s;
}
void solve()
{
n=read();
rep(i,1,n) arr[i]=read();
sort(arr+1,arr+1+n);
cnt=(n-1)/2;
cout<<cnt<<endl;
//先填小的数字在偶数位
//再填大的数字在奇数位
ant=1;
for(ll i=2;i<=n;i+=2)
ans[i]=arr[ant++];
for(ll i=1;i<=n;i+=2)
ans[i]=arr[ant++];
rep(i,1,n) cout<<ans[i]<<" ";
puts("");
return;
}
int main()
{
solve();
return 0;
}