题目:
A zero-indexed array A of length N contains all integers from 0 to N-1. Find and return the longest length of set S, where S[i] = {A[i], A[A[i]], A[A[A[i]]], ... } subjected to the rule below.
Suppose the first element in S starts with the selection of element A[i] of index = i, the next element in S should be A[A[i]], and then A[A[A[i]]]… By that analogy, we stop adding right before a duplicate element occurs in S.
Example 1:
Input: A = [5,4,0,3,1,6,2]
Output: 4
Explanation:
A[0] = 5, A[1] = 4, A[2] = 0, A[3] = 3, A[4] = 1, A[5] = 6, A[6] = 2.
One of the longest S[K]:
S[0] = {A[0], A[5], A[6], A[2]} = {5, 6, 2, 0}
Note:
N is an integer within the range [1, 20,000].
The elements of A are all distinct.
Each element of A is an integer within the range [0, N-1].
依题意可以知道,给定输入的数组有这样的特点:
1、数组中的元素不重复;
2、长度为N的数组中的所有元素大小范围为[0, N-1]。
所以可以得到结论:数组中元素可以按照{A[i], A[A[i]], A[A[A[i]]], ... } 的规则划分为不同的集合,并且所有集合之间都没有交集。
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解法:因为在集合中出现相同的元素后就停止添加了,将每个走过的路都标记成-1,这样越往后的数字肯定越短,则一碰到-1输出即可。
class Solution {
public int arrayNesting(int[] nums) {
int res = 0;
for(int i = 0 ;i<nums.length;i++){
int temp = i;
int cnt = 0;
while(nums[temp]!=-1){
cnt++;
int next = nums[temp];
nums[temp]=-1;
temp = next;
}
res = Integer.max(cnt,res);
}
return res;
}
}