Interview 150

Remove Element

Problem
LC 27
File
interview150_LC27RemoveElement.java
Path
pkg5leetcode/interview150/interview150_LC27RemoveElement.java
Package
pkg5leetcode.interview150
Command
java pkg5leetcode/interview150/interview150_LC27RemoveElement.java
Approach
Two pointers skip values equal to val.
Complexity
Time O(n), Space O(1)

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pkg5leetcode/interview150/interview150_LC27RemoveElement.java
1package pkg5leetcode.interview150;2 3/*4 * Remove Element | LC 275 * APPROACH: Two pointers skip values equal to val.6 * COMPLEXITY: Time O(n), Space O(1)7 */8public class interview150_LC27RemoveElement {9    static int removeElement(int[] nums, int val) {10        int k = 0;11        for (int x : nums) if (x != val) nums[k++] = x;12        return k;13    }14 15    public static void main(String[] args) {16        int[] a = {3, 2, 2, 3};17        check(removeElement(a, 3) == 2, "case1");18        int[] b = {0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 0, 4, 2};19        check(removeElement(b, 2) == 5, "case2");20        System.out.println("all tests passed");21    }22 23    static void check(boolean cond, String name) {24        if (!cond) throw new AssertionError("FAILED: " + name);25        System.out.println("  PASS " + name);26    }27}