888. Fair Candy Swap
Explanation:
To solve this problem, we need to find two boxes, one from Alice and one from Bob, such that after swapping candies between these boxes, both Alice and Bob will have the same total amount of candies. We can represent this problem as a mathematical equation where we need to find x and y such that: sum(alice) - x + y = sum(bob) - y + x This equation simplifies to: x = y + (sum(alice) - sum(bob)) / 2 We can iterate over one of the arrays and for each element, check if the corresponding value exists in the other array. We can also use a set to store all elements of one array for faster lookups.
:
import java.util.*;
class Solution {
public int[] fairCandySwap(int[] aliceSizes, int[] bobSizes) {
int sumAlice = 0, sumBob = 0;
for (int size : aliceSizes) {
sumAlice += size;
}
for (int size : bobSizes) {
sumBob += size;
}
Set<Integer> bobSet = new HashSet<>();
for (int size : bobSizes) {
bobSet.add(size);
}
for (int size : aliceSizes) {
int target = size + (sumBob - sumAlice) / 2;
if (bobSet.contains(target)) {
return new int[]{size, target};
}
}
return new int[2];
}
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