From ed9774da224130eef15fdd4ab203c912e2c24fd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yudhvir Singh Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 11:15:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] problem 2037 --- python/problem_2037/README.md | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ python/problem_2037/solution.py | 17 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 python/problem_2037/README.md create mode 100644 python/problem_2037/solution.py diff --git a/python/problem_2037/README.md b/python/problem_2037/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a8f1b69 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/problem_2037/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +# 2037. Minimum Number of Moves to Seat Everyone +Easy + +There are n seats and n students in a room. You are given an array seats of length n, where seats[i] is the position of the ith seat. You are also given the array students of length n, where students[j] is the position of the jth student. + +You may perform the following move any number of times: + + Increase or decrease the position of the ith student by 1 (i.e., moving the ith student from position x to x + 1 or x - 1) + +Return the minimum number of moves required to move each student to a seat such that no two students are in the same seat. + +Note that there may be multiple seats or students in the same position at the beginning. + + + +Example 1: + +Input: seats = [3,1,5], students = [2,7,4] +Output: 4 +Explanation: The students are moved as follows: +- The first student is moved from from position 2 to position 1 using 1 move. +- The second student is moved from from position 7 to position 5 using 2 moves. +- The third student is moved from from position 4 to position 3 using 1 move. +In total, 1 + 2 + 1 = 4 moves were used. + +Example 2: + +Input: seats = [4,1,5,9], students = [1,3,2,6] +Output: 7 +Explanation: The students are moved as follows: +- The first student is not moved. +- The second student is moved from from position 3 to position 4 using 1 move. +- The third student is moved from from position 2 to position 5 using 3 moves. +- The fourth student is moved from from position 6 to position 9 using 3 moves. +In total, 0 + 1 + 3 + 3 = 7 moves were used. + +Example 3: + +Input: seats = [2,2,6,6], students = [1,3,2,6] +Output: 4 +Explanation: Note that there are two seats at position 2 and two seats at position 6. +The students are moved as follows: +- The first student is moved from from position 1 to position 2 using 1 move. +- The second student is moved from from position 3 to position 6 using 3 moves. +- The third student is not moved. +- The fourth student is not moved. +In total, 1 + 3 + 0 + 0 = 4 moves were used. + + + +Constraints: + + n == seats.length == students.length + 1 <= n <= 100 + 1 <= seats[i], students[j] <= 100 + + diff --git a/python/problem_2037/solution.py b/python/problem_2037/solution.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9fae79c --- /dev/null +++ b/python/problem_2037/solution.py @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +from typing import List + +class Solution: + def minMovesToSeat(self, seats: List[int], students: List[int]) -> int: + if len(seats) == 1 or len(students) == 0: + return 0 + + # sort seats + seats.sort() + students.sort() + + # now get the diff as number of moves + num_moves = 0 + for i in range(len(seats)): + num_moves += abs(seats[i] - students[i]) + + return num_moves