- Difficulty: Medium
- Tags: LeetCode, Medium, Array, Sorting, Simulation, Heap (Priority Queue), leetcode-2593, O(nlogn), O(n), Sort, Hash Table
Problem
You are given an array nums
consisting of positive integers.
Starting with score = 0
, apply the following algorithm:
- Choose the smallest integer of the array that is not marked. If there is a tie, choose the one with the smallest index.
- Add the value of the chosen integer to
score
. - Mark the chosen element and its two adjacent elements if they exist.
- Repeat until all the array elements are marked.
Return the score you get after applying the above algorithm.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [2,1,3,4,5,2] Output: 7 Explanation: We mark the elements as follows: - 1 is the smallest unmarked element, so we mark it and its two adjacent elements: [2,1,3,4,5,2]. - 2 is the smallest unmarked element, so we mark it and its left adjacent element: [2,1,3,4,5,2]. - 4 is the only remaining unmarked element, so we mark it: [2,1,3,4,5,2]. Our score is 1 + 2 + 4 = 7.
Example 2:
Input: nums = [2,3,5,1,3,2] Output: 5 Explanation: We mark the elements as follows: - 1 is the smallest unmarked element, so we mark it and its two adjacent elements: [2,3,5,1,3,2]. - 2 is the smallest unmarked element, since there are two of them, we choose the left-most one, so we mark the one at index 0 and its right adjacent element: [2,3,5,1,3,2]. - 2 is the only remaining unmarked element, so we mark it: [2,3,5,1,3,2]. Our score is 1 + 2 + 2 = 5.
Constraints:
1 <= nums.length <= 105
1 <= nums[i] <= 106