Median
Time Limit: 1000MS | Memory Limit: 65536K | |
Total Submissions: 10526 | Accepted: 3719 |
Description
Given N numbers, X1, X2, ... , XN, let us calculate the difference of every pair of numbers: ∣Xi - Xj∣ (1 ≤ i < j ≤ N). We can get C(N,2) differences through this work, and now your task is to find the median of the differences as quickly as you can!
Note in this problem, the median is defined as the (m/2)-th smallest number if m,the amount of the differences, is even. For example, you have to find the third smallest one in the case of m = 6.
Input
The input consists of several test cases.
In each test case, N will be given in the first line. Then N numbers are given, representing X1, X2, ... , XN, ( Xi ≤ 1,000,000,000 3 ≤ N ≤ 1,00,000 )
Output
For each test case, output the median in a separate line.
Sample Input
4 1 3 2 4 3 1 10 2
Sample Output
1 8
Source
POJ Founder Monthly Contest – 2008.04.13, Lei Tao
思路见代码
代码如下:
#include<iostream>
#include<cstdio>
#include<algorithm>
#include<vector>
#include<cmath>
#include<stack>
#include<string>
#include<cstring>
#define ll long long
using namespace std;
const int N=1e5+5;
int a[N];
int n;
ll m;
bool ok(int x){//是否符合有m个差值小于等于x
int res=0;
for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++){//以a[i]开始的数对,差值<=x的多少个
res+=upper_bound(a+i,a+n,a[i]+x)-(a+i)-1;
}
return res>=m;
}
int main(){
while(scanf("%d",&n)!=EOF){
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
scanf("%d",&a[i]);
}
m=(ll)n*(n-1)/2;
if(m%2)m=(m/2)+1;
else m/=2;
sort(a,a+n);
int left=-1,right=a[n-1]-a[0]+1;
while(left<right-1){
int mid=(left+right)/2;//枚举第k大的值
if(ok(mid))right=mid;//有超过m个值小于mid
else left=mid;
}
printf("%d\n",right);
}
}