- Difficulty: Hard
- Tags: LeetCode, Hard, Greedy, Array, Math, Binary Search, Sorting, leetcode-2790, O(n), Constructive Algorithms, Counting Sort, Prefix Sum
Problem
You are given a 0-indexed array usageLimits
of length n
.
Your task is to create groups using numbers from 0
to n - 1
, ensuring that each number, i
, is used no more than usageLimits[i]
times in total across all groups. You must also satisfy the following conditions:
- Each group must consist of distinct numbers, meaning that no duplicate numbers are allowed within a single group.
- Each group (except the first one) must have a length strictly greater than the previous group.
Return an integer denoting the maximum number of groups you can create while satisfying these conditions.
Example 1:
Input: usageLimits
= [1,2,5]
Output: 3
Explanation: In this example, we can use 0 at most once, 1 at most twice, and 2 at most five times.
One way of creating the maximum number of groups while satisfying the conditions is:
Group 1 contains the number [2].
Group 2 contains the numbers [1,2].
Group 3 contains the numbers [0,1,2].
It can be shown that the maximum number of groups is 3.
So, the output is 3.
Example 2:
Input: usageLimits
= [2,1,2]
Output: 2
Explanation: In this example, we can use 0 at most twice, 1 at most once, and 2 at most twice.
One way of creating the maximum number of groups while satisfying the conditions is:
Group 1 contains the number [0].
Group 2 contains the numbers [1,2].
It can be shown that the maximum number of groups is 2.
So, the output is 2.
Example 3:
Input: usageLimits
= [1,1]
Output: 1
Explanation: In this example, we can use both 0 and 1 at most once.
One way of creating the maximum number of groups while satisfying the conditions is:
Group 1 contains the number [0].
It can be shown that the maximum number of groups is 1.
So, the output is 1.
Constraints:
1 <= usageLimits.length <= 105
1 <= usageLimits[i] <= 109