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HackerRank - summing pieces - score 19/ 40
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace SummingPieces
{
class Program
{
/*
*
* start: 11:09
* read problem statement
* https://www.hackerrank.com/contests/world-codesprint-7/challenges/summing-pieces
* work on DP formula
* from 11:00 -> 12:46pm
* work on two test cases
* Fully understand the fomula, let us give it a try using code
*
* put code to run: 1:37pm
* debugging more 50+ minutes
* put int testing on 3:02pm
*
* Start: 3:06pm
* work on wrong answer, timeout issue
* Add memorization into the code
* Continue to more code more readable, less complicate
*
* start: 7:36pm
* work on bug fix using module -> 11 point out of 40
* continue to work on timeout 3 second issue
*
* bug fix NO2: 11.03 -> 13.79
* comment out debug code:
*
* push long -> int
*
* special discussion in the function:
* multiplicationWithCare
* score from 13.79 -> 19.31
* Ranking from 732 -> 692
*/
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//test();
program();
}
private static void test()
{
int n = 3;
string[] arr = new string[3] { "1", "3", "6" };
Console.WriteLine(calculateUsingDP(n, arr));
}
/*
* start: 1:39pm
*
*/
private static void program()
{
int n = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
string[] arr = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
Console.WriteLine(calculateUsingDP(n, arr));
}
/*
* work on: 1:20pm
* continue: 1:20pm - ?
* IMPORTANT FIX:
* bug fix NO1: this fix -> point 4 -> point 11
*/
private static long calculateUsingDP(int n, string[] arr)
{
int module = 1000 * 1000 * 1000 + 7;
int[] input = convertInt(arr);
int[] kCount = new int[n];
int[] kSum = new int[n];
int[] sumA = new int[n];
kCount[0] = 1;
kSum[0] = 1;
sumA[0] = input[0];
Dictionary<string, int> data = new Dictionary<string, int>();
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
{
int[] tmp = new int[i + 1];
int memo = 0;
for (int j = i; j >= 0; j--)
{
int start = j;
int end = i;
int count = end - start + 1;
int leftEnd = j - 1;
if (leftEnd >= 0)
{
int tmpSum = (memo + input[start]) % module;
int prod = AxB(tmpSum, count);
tmp[start] = (sumA[leftEnd] +
AxB(kCount[leftEnd], prod)) % module;
memo = tmpSum;
}
else
{
int v1 = AxB(memo + input[0], count);
tmp[0] = v1 % module;
}
}
sumA[i] = arraySum(tmp, module);
kCount[i] = (kSum[i - 1] + 1) % (int)module; // bug fix NO1
kSum[i] = (kSum[i - 1] + kCount[i]) % (int)module; //bug fix NO1
}
return sumA[n - 1];
}
/*
* start: 6:44pm
* exit: 6:46pm
*
* Reduce % modulde calculation to minimum
* Still same score
*/
private static int arraySum(int[] tmp, int module)
{
int result = 0;
foreach (int item in tmp)
{
result = (result + item) % module ;
}
return result;
}
/*
* start: 3:26pm
* Test case:
* sum * count
* Need to figure out how to shorten the time to do calculation
* Test the funnction
*
* speed up modulation
* https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/cryptography/modarithmetic/a/fast-modular-exponentiation
*/
private static int AxB(int sum, int count)
{
int module = 1000 * 1000 * 1000 + 7;
long MAX = long.MaxValue;
int result = 0;
long p = (long)sum * (long)count;
if (p < MAX)
result = (int)(p % module);
else
{
int step = (int)(MAX / sum) ;
int no = count / step;
int small = count - (no * step);
result = (sum * step) ;
result = (result * no);
result += (sum * small);
result = result % module;
}
return result;
}
private static int[] convertInt(string[] arr)
{
int n = arr.Length;
int[] res = new int[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
res[i] = Convert.ToInt32(arr[i]);
return res;
}
}
}
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