描述
Given an unsorted array of integers, find the length of the longest consecutive elements sequence.
For example, Given [100, 4, 200, 1, 3, 2]
, The longest consecutive elements sequence is [1, 2, 3, 4]
. Return its length: 4.
Your algorithm should run in O(n)
complexity.
分析
如果允许O(n \log n)O(nlogn)的复杂度,那么可以先排序,可是本题要求O(n)
。
由于序列里的元素是无序的,又要求O(n)
,首先要想到用哈希表。
用一个哈希表存储所有出现过的元素,对每个元素,以该元素为中心,往左右扩张,直到不连续为止,记录下最长的长度。
因为要找到的是连续元素,左右扫描过程中,将连通部分去除,这样可以简单复杂度,对于每次的中心点,比较其可扩张的长度大小,找到最大值。
// Longest Consecutive Sequence
// Time Complexity: O(n),Space Complexity: O(n)
class Solution {
public:
int longestConsecutive(const vector<int> &nums) {
unordered_set<int> my_set;
for (auto i : nums) my_set.insert(i);
int longest = 0;
for (auto i : nums) {
int length = 1;
for (int j = i - 1; my_set.find(j) != my_set.end(); --j) {
my_set.erase(j);
++length;
}
for (int j = i + 1; my_set.find(j) != my_set.end(); ++j) {
my_set.erase(j);
++length;
}
longest = max(longest, length);
}
return longest;
}
};