leetcode - 238. Product of Array Except Self

Description

Given an integer array nums, return an array answer such that answer[i] is equal to the product of all the elements of nums except nums[i].

The product of any prefix or suffix of nums is guaranteed to fit in a 32-bit integer.

You must write an algorithm that runs in O(n) time and without using the division operation.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,2,3,4]
Output: [24,12,8,6]

Example 2:

Input: nums = [-1,1,0,-3,3]
Output: [0,0,9,0,0]

Constraints:

2 <= nums.length <= 10^5
-30 <= nums[i] <= 30
The product of any prefix or suffix of nums is guaranteed to fit in a 32-bit integer.

Follow up: Can you solve the problem in O(1) extra space complexity? (The output array does not count as extra space for space complexity analysis.)

Solution

space $o(n)$ solution

Use separate dicts to store the prefix product and suffix product, then the result will be pre_prod[i] * suf_prod[i]

Time complexity: $o(n)$
Space complexity: $o(n)$

space $o(1)$ solution

Use returned list as the pre_prod, then directly times the numbers from the end to the start.

Time complexity: $o(n)$
Space complexity: $o(1)$

Code

space $o(n)$ solution

class Solution:
    def productExceptSelf(self, nums: List[int]) -> List[int]:
        prod_before = [1]
        for each_num in nums[:-1]:
            prod_before.append(prod_before[-1] * each_num)
        prod_after = [1]
        for i in range(len(nums) - 1, 0, -1):
            prod_after.append(prod_after[-1] * nums[i])
        prod_after.reverse()
        res = []
        for i in range(len(prod_before)):
            res.append(prod_before[i] * prod_after[i])
        return res

space $o(1)$ solution

class Solution:
    def productExceptSelf(self, nums: List[int]) -> List[int]:
        res = [1] * len(nums)
        pred_prod = 1
        for i in range(1, len(nums)):
            pred_prod *= nums[i - 1]
            res[i] *= pred_prod
        pre_prod = 1
        for i in range(len(nums) - 2, -1, -1):
            pre_prod *= nums[i + 1]
            res[i] *= pre_prod
        return res