LintCode Wood Cut
Given n pieces of wood with length L[i] (integer array). Cut them into small pieces to guarantee you could have equal or more than k pieces with the same length. What is the longest length you can get from the n pieces of wood? Given L & k, return the maximum length of the small pieces.
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Example
For L=[232, 124, 456], k=7, return 114.
Note
You couldn't cut wood into float length.
Challenge
O(n log Len), where Len is the longest length of the wood.
这个好像在挑战编程里看到过类似的,用二分搜索,用upper_bound的思想,注意除零的情况。
class Solution {
public:
/**
*@param L: Given n pieces of wood with length L[i]
*@param k: An integer
*return: The maximum length of the small pieces.
*/
int woodCut(vector<int> L, int k) {
// write your code here
long lo = 0;
long hi = 0;
for (int e : L) {
if (hi < e) {
hi = e;
}
}
hi++;
while (lo < hi) {
long mid = (lo + hi) / 2;
if (mid == 0) {
return 0;
}
long tryK = pieces(L, mid);
if (tryK >= k) {
lo = mid + 1;
} else {
hi = mid;
}
}
return lo - 1;
}
long pieces(vector<int>& L, long len) {
int count = 0;
for (int e : L) {
count += e / len;
}
return count;
}
};