From 66f1e01434de9f06a32abfab05c1012e0c0e8755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: alex Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 23:48:03 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Sort Integers by The Power Value --- power-value/README.md | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ power-value/index.test.ts | 11 ++++++++++ power-value/index.ts | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 89 insertions(+) create mode 100644 power-value/README.md create mode 100644 power-value/index.test.ts create mode 100644 power-value/index.ts diff --git a/power-value/README.md b/power-value/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..198ada0 --- /dev/null +++ b/power-value/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +The power of an integer `x` is defined as the number of steps needed to transform `x` into `1` using the following steps: + +- if `x` is even then `x = x / 2` +- if `x` is odd then `x = 3 * x + 1` + +For example, the power of `x = 3` is `7` because `3` needs `7` steps to become `1` (`3` `-->` `10` `-->` `5` `-->` `16` `-->` `8` `-->` `4` `-->` `2` `-->` `1`). + +Given three integers `lo`, `hi` and `k`. The task is to sort all integers in the interval `[lo, hi]` by the power value in **ascending order**, if two or more integers have **the same** power value sort them by **ascending order**. + +Return the `kth` integer in the range `[lo, hi]` sorted by the power value. + +Notice that for any integer `x` (`lo` `<=` `x` `<=` `hi`) it is **guaranteed** that x will transform into 1 using these steps and that the power of x is will **fit** in a 32-bit signed integer. + + + +**Example 1:** + +``` +Input: lo = 12, hi = 15, k = 2 +Output: 13 +Explanation: The power of 12 is 9 (12 --> 6 --> 3 --> 10 --> 5 --> 16 --> 8 --> 4 --> 2 --> 1) +The power of 13 is 9 +The power of 14 is 17 +The power of 15 is 17 +The interval sorted by the power value [12,13,14,15]. For k = 2 answer is the second element which is 13. +Notice that 12 and 13 have the same power value and we sorted them in ascending order. Same for 14 and 15. +``` + +**Example 2:** + +``` +Input: lo = 7, hi = 11, k = 4 +Output: 7 +Explanation: The power array corresponding to the interval [7, 8, 9, 10, 11] is [16, 3, 19, 6, 14]. +The interval sorted by power is [8, 10, 11, 7, 9]. +The fourth number in the sorted array is 7. +``` + + +**Constraints:** + +- `1 <= lo <= hi <= 1000` +- `1 <= k <= hi - lo + 1` \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/power-value/index.test.ts b/power-value/index.test.ts new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d6f8643 --- /dev/null +++ b/power-value/index.test.ts @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +import { getKth } from "./index"; + +describe("Power Value", () => { + test("Input: lo = 12, hi = 15, k = 2 | Output: 13", () => { + expect(getKth(12, 15, 2)).toBe(13); + }); + + test("Input: lo = 7, hi = 11, k = 4 | Output: 7", () => { + expect(getKth(7, 11, 4)).toBe(7); + }); +}) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/power-value/index.ts b/power-value/index.ts new file mode 100644 index 0000000..125b69a --- /dev/null +++ b/power-value/index.ts @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +export const getKth = (lo: number, hi: number, k: number): number => { + const getPowerOfX = (x: number): number => { + let steps = 0; + let remaining = x; + + while (remaining != 1) { + if (remaining % 2 === 0) { + remaining = remaining / 2; + } else { + remaining = 3 * remaining + 1; + } + steps++; + + } + + return steps; + } + + const intervalMap: { [key: number]: number } = {}; + + for (let i = lo; i <= hi; i++) { + intervalMap[i] = getPowerOfX(i); + } + + const sortedInterval: number[] = Object.keys(intervalMap).map(key => parseInt(key)).sort((keyA, keyB) => { + const a = intervalMap[keyA]; + const b = intervalMap[keyB]; + + if (a === b) return keyA - keyB; + + return a - b; + }) + + return sortedInterval[k - 1]; +}