945. Minimum Increment to Make Array Unique
Description
You are given an integer array nums
. In one move, you can pick an index i
where 0 <= i < nums.length
and increment nums[i]
by 1
.
Return the minimum number of moves to make every value in nums
unique.
The test cases are generated so that the answer fits in a 32-bit integer.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [1,2,2] Output: 1 Explanation: After 1 move, the array could be [1, 2, 3].
Example 2:
Input: nums = [3,2,1,2,1,7] Output: 6 Explanation: After 6 moves, the array could be [3, 4, 1, 2, 5, 7]. It can be shown that it is impossible for the array to have all unique values with 5 or less moves.
Constraints:
1 <= nums.length <= 105
0 <= nums[i] <= 105
Solutions
Solution 1: Sorting + Greedy
First, we sort the array $\textit{nums}$, and use a variable $\textit{y}$ to record the current maximum value, initially $\textit{y} = -1$.
Then, we iterate through the array $\textit{nums}$. For each element $x$, we update $y$ to $\max(y + 1, x)$, and accumulate the operation count $y - x$ into the result.
After completing the iteration, we return the result.
The time complexity is $O(n \log n)$, and the space complexity is $O(\log n)$. Here, $n$ is the length of the array $\textit{nums}$.
Python3
class Solution:
def minIncrementForUnique(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
nums.sort()
ans, y = 0, -1
for x in nums:
y = max(y + 1, x)
ans += y - x
return ans
Java
class Solution {
public int minIncrementForUnique(int[] nums) {
Arrays.sort(nums);
int ans = 0, y = -1;
for (int x : nums) {
y = Math.max(y + 1, x);
ans += y - x;
}
return ans;
}
}
C++
class Solution {
public:
int minIncrementForUnique(vector<int>& nums) {
sort(nums.begin(), nums.end());
int ans = 0, y = -1;
for (int x : nums) {
y = max(y + 1, x);
ans += y - x;
}
return ans;
}
};
Go
func minIncrementForUnique(nums []int) (ans int) {
sort.Ints(nums)
y := -1
for _, x := range nums {
y = max(y+1, x)
ans += y - x
}
return
}
TypeScript
function minIncrementForUnique(nums: number[]): number {
nums.sort((a, b) => a - b);
let [ans, y] = [0, -1];
for (const x of nums) {
y = Math.max(y + 1, x);
ans += y - x;
}
return ans;
}
Solution 2: Counting + Greedy
According to the problem description, the maximum value of the result array $m = \max(\textit{nums}) + \textit{len}(\textit{nums})$. We can use a counting array $\textit{cnt}$ to record the occurrence count of each element.
Then, we iterate from $0$ to $m - 1$. For each element $i$, if its occurrence count $\textit{cnt}[i]$ is greater than $1$, then we add $\textit{cnt}[i] - 1$ elements to $i + 1$, and accumulate the operation count into the result.
After completing the iteration, we return the result.
The time complexity is $O(m)$, and the space complexity is $O(m)$. Here, $m$ is the length of the array $\textit{nums}$ plus the maximum value in the array.
Python3
class Solution:
def minIncrementForUnique(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
m = max(nums) + len(nums)
cnt = Counter(nums)
ans = 0
for i in range(m - 1):
if (diff := cnt[i] - 1) > 0:
cnt[i + 1] += diff
ans += diff
return ans
Java
class Solution {
public int minIncrementForUnique(int[] nums) {
int m = Arrays.stream(nums).max().getAsInt() + nums.length;
int[] cnt = new int[m];
for (int x : nums) {
++cnt[x];
}
int ans = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < m - 1; ++i) {
int diff = cnt[i] - 1;
if (diff > 0) {
cnt[i + 1] += diff;
ans += diff;
}
}
return ans;
}
}
C++
class Solution {
public:
int minIncrementForUnique(vector<int>& nums) {
int m = *max_element(nums.begin(), nums.end()) + nums.size();
int cnt[m];
memset(cnt, 0, sizeof(cnt));
for (int x : nums) {
++cnt[x];
}
int ans = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < m - 1; ++i) {
int diff = cnt[i] - 1;
if (diff > 0) {
cnt[i + 1] += diff;
ans += diff;
}
}
return ans;
}
};
Go
func minIncrementForUnique(nums []int) (ans int) {
m := slices.Max(nums) + len(nums)
cnt := make([]int, m)
for _, x := range nums {
cnt[x]++
}
for i := 0; i < m-1; i++ {
if diff := cnt[i] - 1; diff > 0 {
cnt[i+1] += diff
ans += diff
}
}
return ans
}
TypeScript
function minIncrementForUnique(nums: number[]): number {
const m = Math.max(...nums) + nums.length;
const cnt: number[] = Array(m).fill(0);
for (const x of nums) {
cnt[x]++;
}
let ans = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < m - 1; ++i) {
const diff = cnt[i] - 1;
if (diff > 0) {
cnt[i + 1] += diff;
ans += diff;
}
}
return ans;
}