Given an integer array with
even
length, where different numbers in this array represent different
kinds
of candies. Each number means one candy of the corresponding kind. You need to distribute these candies
equally
in number to brother and sister. Return the maximum number of
kinds
of candies the sister could gain.
Example 1:
Input: candies = [1,1,2,2,3,3] Output: 3 Explanation: There are three different kinds of candies (1, 2 and 3), and two candies for each kind. Optimal distribution: The sister has candies [1,2,3] and the brother has candies [1,2,3], too. The sister has three different kinds of candies.
Example 2:
Input: candies = [1,1,2,3] Output: 2 Explanation: For example, the sister has candies [2,3] and the brother has candies [1,1]. The sister has two different kinds of candies, the brother has only one kind of candies.
Note:
- The length of the given array is in range [2, 10,000], and will be even.
- The number in given array is in range [-100,000, 100,000].
解题思路:
结果只有两种可能,要么是数组的长度的一半或者所有不重复的元素的个数,这两个谁小答案就是哪一个,通过使用set函数可以得到没有重复元素的candies的数组。
解题代码:
return min(len(candies)/2,len(set(candies)))