765. Couples Holding Hands
N couples sit in 2N seats arranged in a row and want to hold hands. We want to know the minimum number of swaps so that every couple is sitting side by side. A swap consists of choosing any two people, then they stand up and switch seats.
The people and seats are represented by an integer from 0 to 2N-1, the couples are numbered in order, the first couple being (0, 1), the second couple being (2, 3), and so on with the last couple being (2N-2, 2N-1).
The couples' initial seating is given by row[i] being the value of the person who is initially sitting in the i-th seat.
Example 1:
Input: row = [0, 2, 1, 3]
Output: 1
Explanation: We only need to swap the second (row[1]) and third (row[2]) person.Example 2:
Input: row = [3, 2, 0, 1]
Output: 0
Explanation: All couples are already seated side by side.Note:
len(row)is even and in the range of[4, 60].rowis guaranteed to be a permutation of0...len(row)-1.
// Greedy
int minSwapsCouples(vector<int>& row) { // time: O(n^2); space: O(1)
int res = 0, n = row.size();
for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i += 2) {
if (row[i + 1] == (row[i] ^ 1)) continue;
++res;
for (int j = i + 1; j < n; ++j) {
if (row[j] == (row[i] ^ 1)) {
swap(row[i + 1], row[j]);
break;
}
}
}
return res;
}Last updated
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