Given an integer array of size
n, find all elements that appear more than
⌊ n/3 ⌋
times. The algorithm should run in linear time and in O(1) space.
Hint:
- How many majority elements could it possibly have?
- Do you have a better hint? Suggest it!
imagine each number are competing with each other. So for each majority element, it must kills 2 other element to survive at last.
We use i1, i2 to record the majority elements and c1 c2 to record the count.
If there is a vacant, fill it
If there is a same, add count.
If there is no same number, substract 1 from c1,c2 (killing 2 other numbers).
At last we need to check the i1 and i2.
Code:
public class Solution {
public List<Integer> majorityElement(int[] nums) {
int i1 = 0;
int i2 = 0;
int c1 = 0;
int c2 = 0;
for(int i : nums){
if(c1 > 0 && i == i1){
c1++;
} else if(c2 > 0 && i == i2){
c2++;
} else {
if(c1 == 0){
i1 = i;
c1++;
} else if(c2 == 0){
i2 = i;
c2++;
} else{
c1--;
c2--;
}
}
}
List<Integer> ret = new ArrayList<>();
if(c1 > 0 && check(nums,i1)) ret.add(i1);
if(c2 > 0 && check(nums,i2)) ret.add(i2);
return ret;
}
public boolean check(int[] nums, int i){
int count = 0;
for(int n : nums){
if(n == i) count++;
}
return count > nums.length / 3;
}
}