[timu] <p>Given an array with <em>n</em> objects colored red, white or blue, sort them so that objects of the same color are adjacent, with the colors in the order red, white and blue.</p><p>Here, we will use the integers 0, 1, and 2 to represent the color red, white, and blue respectively.</p><p><strong>Note:</strong>
You are not suppose to use the library's sort function for this problem.</p><p class="showspoilers">
</p><p><strong>Follow up:</strong>
A rather straight forward solution is a two-pass algorithm using counting sort.
First, iterate the array counting number of 0's, 1's, and 2's, then overwrite array with total number of 0's, then 1's and followed by 2's.</p>Could you come up with an one-pass algorithm using only constant space?
[silu]
two pass: first pass: count the number of 0,1,2
second pass: fill the array with number of 0,1,2
one pass solution:
keep two pointers to point the beginning of the 0,and 2;
public void sortColors(int[] nums) {
// 1-pass
int p1 = 0, p2 = nums.length - 1, index = 0;
while (index <= p2) {
if (nums[index] == 0) {
nums[index] = nums[p1];
nums[p1] = 0;
p1++;
}
if (nums[index] == 2) {
nums[index] = nums[p2];
nums[p2] = 2;
p2--;
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">index--;</span>
}
index++;
}
}
public void sortColors(int[] nums) {
// 2-pass
int count0 = 0, count1 = 0, count2 = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
if (nums[i] == 0) {count0++;}
if (nums[i] == 1) {count1++;}
if (nums[i] == 2) {count2++;}
}
for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
if (i < count0) {nums[i] = 0;}
else if (i < count0 + count1) {nums[i] = 1;}
else {nums[i] = 2;}
}
}