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Problem 73

Hard

1 · Worked examples

0 / 3

Type an input and write what you think is the output . Each problem is converted to Web Assembly, so any possible input will show the corresponding output. Only correct predictions count.

solution()
returns

2 · Which problem is it?

Locked until you have predicted 3 outputs correctly.

The accepted solution

1struct Node {
2 int val;
3 Node* next;
4};
5
6Node* build(const vector<int>& values) {
7
8 Node stub{0, nullptr};
9 Node* tail = &stub;
10
11 for (int v : values) {
12 tail->next = new Node{v, nullptr};
13 tail = tail->next;
14 }
15
16 return stub.next;
17}
18
19vector<int> spill(Node* head) {
20
21 vector<int> out;
22
23 for (Node* p = head; p; p = p->next) {
24 out.push_back(p->val);
25 }
26
27 return out;
28}
29
30Node* flipGroups(Node* head, int k) {
31
32 Node* scout = head;
33
34 for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
35
36 if (!scout) {
37 return head;
38 }
39
40 scout = scout->next;
41 }
42
43 Node* prev = flipGroups(scout, k);
44 Node* curr = head;
45
46 for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
47
48 Node* next = curr->next;
49
50 curr->next = prev;
51 prev = curr;
52 curr = next;
53 }
54
55 return prev;
56}
57
58vector<int> solution(const vector<int>& values, int k) {
59
60 Node* head = build(values);
61
62 return spill(flipGroups(head, k));
63}

Names have been stripped. The signature is the only clue you get for free. Compiled as C++20 with the standard headers and using namespace std; already in scope.